1. What is the best thing about your workplace?
It's a real big shop, with a very diverse mix of up to date technology. This makes for interesting work. Everyone but management is very appreciative of the work you do.
2. What do you hate about your workplace?
Hmm, in no particular order:
- Using taglines rather than solving problems.
- Constant reminder, you have no contract, you work at-will, action can be taken up to and including termination.
- Management failures are kept (demoted) as deadwood, staff "failures" get the walk of shame straight out the door.
- Pearl harbor files are kept on everyone, so they can bounce your butt when tired of you
- A strict seniority system, very much like the Indian caste system, which is always very much at odds with actual contributions.
- Not very family friendly, the company is first priority. Need to go to court, well give up some visitation so you can make up your time. We fought hard to get Christmas off, we bargain with each other on all other holidays.
There are no small irritants, just the constant deception resulting in items in number 2.
4. Describe the actions/quirks of the weirdest person you work with.
There is this young party animal sports fanatic with low work ethic that thinks his 5 years of experience are some kind of match for the senior guys with 20+ years. All his time has been at this company, the senior guys have been at several companies.
But since he'’s a great two faced brown noser who shares management'’s sports enthusiasm, he gets treated as if he'’s equal to those with senior experience.
Now on the surface this might not seem so bad, but to give a specific example of lazy inexperienced to dedicated experience. The first two weeks I worked there, I had identified all the system software in use and downloaded all the documentation at the correct levels. Mr Party still has no idea of the full software list or where to find the doc five years later. He knows his sports & can talk a good BS though. When he hits a tough problem, he dances, when senior staff hits one, they fix it.
His level of arrogance is boundless and adds to his weirdness. It'’s rather odd watching him goof off and kiss management ass at the same time. We all marvel at it. Who'’s dumber?
He tried this two timing with a very hot young chick and a much older woman (could almost be his mom) who were actually friends with each other and worked together. When he finally got caught, guess who he picked? The old one (no offense ladies) but the rest of the guys could not understand that at all.
5. What is one thing that you would change at your workplace to make life a helluva lot better?
If only one thing, then management honesty, that should address most of items in number 2.
Well most everyone I know has gotten his one.
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