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Electronics job: Left after one day
Bud:
--- Quote from: Gyro on November 20, 2021, 11:02:45 pm ---A decent company's final interview process should take around half a day, on site -
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You guys down there in EU must be living in a fantasy land.
floobydust:
There are toxic workplaces in engineering. You'll notice those companies in a state of crisis:
Projects are years late, over budget, nothing is working properly, customers upset, understaffed, rush rush push push panic etc. etc.
One place was on their fourth engineering manager, as that seemed to be the best person to throw under the bus. The CEO was a complete idiot and sabotaging engineering efforts constantly. Millions $ wasted.
Another place was on their third engineering manager and third project engineer. No new products out the door for almost 5 years.
It's no fun walking into this and what you will find is blame being cast on anything but the real problem "we just can't find the right people", "it's that former employee..."
In the energy sector (oil and gas) a business can do no wrong when commodity prices are high, so you'll find many nuthouses that otherwise would be out of business.
Consulting can add further weight because the employees are jealous of your high price compared to them not getting raises for a long time. Most are "paycheque players" content to do little but collect a paycheque, who cares if engineering endeavors are failing, why should they assist you anyhow - it doesn't affect them or their bottom line.
Instead of staying and putting up with the abuse, I've learned to walk out the door. People who stay- end up with health issues due to the stress and misery. Really tough people can stay and weather the mess but you have to look after yourself.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: floobydust on November 21, 2021, 01:43:53 am ---In the energy sector (oil and gas) a business can do no wrong when commodity prices are high, so you'll find many nuthouses that otherwise would be out of business.
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That's true of many businesses in many sectors in the current capital euphoria where even bankrupt companies can do capital raises. Ridiculously inefficient and inherently unprofitable 'nuthouses' continue on as if they were legit.
--- Quote ---Instead of staying and putting up with the abuse, I've learned to walk out the door. People who stay- end up with health issues due to the stress and misery. Really tough people can stay and weather the mess but you have to look after yourself.
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I worked at a place for 7 years that paid well but absolutely sucked in every way. Management turned over faster than the seasons, outrageous behavior was tolerated and half the sales staff were criminals and even drug addicts--which they found out when their top sales guy ripped them off for a few hundred grand when he had a dry spell. Occasionally tensions would flare and employee would go out back and have fistfights. A customer service rep shot himself in the bathroom due to the stress. I got out before I was too badly run down, but some were stuck there and a number of them died decades before their time.
nctnico:
OTOH you can also land in very nice places where people are super friendly and become close friends. Some of the former and current employees of one of my customers still meet a few times per year for a BBQ or dinner.
james_s:
--- Quote from: Refrigerator on November 20, 2021, 10:47:58 pm ---I have nothing against the coworkers or the boss but the management there is ass backwards.
They are always in a hurry because they're late on delivering but instead of finding ways to improve productivity they just urge employees to work faster. :palm:
Hurrying lead to mistakes and shortcuts, which ended up needing to be rectified further reducing productivity.
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Did they give you an exit interview? Those are common here, and that is the sort of thing I definitely would have said when going through the exit process. If several employees in a row give the same reasons for departing someone may eventually wake up and do something about it. Hiring and training an employee is an expensive process.
In your position I think I'd have been tempted to stick around, after greatly reducing the time needed to program the VFDs you could have a lot more time in your day to spend doing other things, even personal projects assuming you're producing at least as many widgets per day as they expect. Ask for permission to order the shelving you need on a company credit card and start organizing things yourself.
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