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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2014 20:34:29 GMT -5
I love that I work with a great group of women , boss included and we make a pretty good team. I like that I wear jeans and a lab coat . The pay and benefits vacation time are good. The work is a good balance of interesting and mundane. I work in the QA dept in food manufacturing. My schedule alternates with one week monitoring the production floor and the next week in the lab sampling and testing raw materials, packaging, R and D etc. I like the alternating as I can socialize on the floor weeks and hide away on the lab weeks. I like that I'm always learning new things. I love that I work four 10's.
I hate the math and spread sheets. I hate the winter commute. I hate that there is no flexibility in hours. I hate that sometimes I have to flip from a second shifter to a first shifter and back again. I really don't mind the day/night flip so much but my body hates it.
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weecdngeer
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Post by weecdngeer on Mar 14, 2014 21:25:47 GMT -5
I'm a mid-level manager at a big multinational corporation Likes - My position is very well placed. I'm exposed to our execs frequently, I have significant information about almost all of our project. I frequently get to see my projects discussed in national news programs, which still gives me a bit of a thrill. My work is really interesting. I like my director, even if I don't get much of her time anymore due to general team overload and my subordinates are all great. My coworkers are all great to work with for the most part. Our work hours are flexible. I get a tonne of time off, and there isn't any issue with coming in late/leaving early if you have something going on. I'm very well compensated and our structure is designed to promote saving.. I only started at this position 2 years ago, but my total annual compensation has increased by about 50% in that time, even though I took a cut to my base pay to come. My retirement savings have gone from pathetic to passable YM level in that time as well.
Dislikes - It's a really formal, stuffy atmosphere. Day to day work is interesting, but we don't really have a lot of fun. I don't really enjoy wearing a suit every day. (not typical for our city at all) Workload is intense. I average about 50 hours a week, but 80 hour weeks are not uncommon at all. Crappy systems. I work in a really fast moving business unit for a very slow, bureaucratic company. Work within our unit is great, but any of the corporate systems (HR, finance, AP) are incredibly painful to deal with.
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JustLurkin
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Post by JustLurkin on Mar 15, 2014 15:02:21 GMT -5
I recently left a job I grew to hate, so many of my items are comparisons of the two jobs.
Likes: Close to home, which means I can drive it--no more public transportation or being far away during emergencies The main supervisor worked his way up through the ranks, and remembers where he came from--which means he's always got our back and is able to see our side of the story. There is a real team atmosphere, when you need help people fall all over themselves to provide it. When you are sick or on vacation incomplete assignments are picked up and completed. Not able to work from home. Managers appreciate you, it's all smiles when you arrive and if it's snowing it's all they can do to not run up and hug you. We have lots of jokesters, makes the day enjoyable and pass by quickly. Surprisingly, customers are much nicer and appreciative when you help them. What we do is one of the ripples in the pond that makes the world better.
Dislikes Not able to work from home. I'm not supposed to stream music. It's an open office...is it really *that* hard to cover your mouth when you sneeze or leave the room to blow your nose? That's basically it, I traded the germ-infested public transportation for a germ-infested office.
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moneymaven
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Post by moneymaven on Mar 17, 2014 14:05:22 GMT -5
I'm good at what I do, and respected in the industry.
Good growth trajectory, can have longevity at the company, CE is paid for and I can develop non essential credentials that will support pay increases, close to home (I can go home for lunch or tend to appointments, etc.) I like my coworkers and reports. I have a front parking spot (I used to have to park downtown and never was close to my office), I have a large private office. Decent working hours with short days (7.5 hour days).
They have terrible coffee. Industry politics. Would prefer a laptop instead of desktop.
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