The only thing more broken than my spirit by the end was the amount of promises made by management
Pros
- You will meet many great people as there is more turnovers than Greggs (maybe this is why they have a revolving door at the entrance) - Not much stress involved.....as all interesting work is carried out by 3rd parties - Can leave your work in work when you leave the office - Can be open about your feelings (this does not mean that anything will change though) - Put on official training courses (this does not mean you will ever be able to utilise the training though) - Typing skills and MS Office skills went through the roof (this is due to having to fill out 12 documents just to update one project)
Cons
- Constantly fighting with all other divisions of the business. Just because a work phone is powered by electricity and has a screen does not mean I should be looking at or dealing with it. - Top level management have the ultimate say in technical issues....this explains why wireless was not incorporated into the business until 2014, as they deemed it unsecure! - Meetings are more important to the business than actually doing any work (you will need to get used to having meetings about meetings) - Progress reports are more important to the business than actual progress itself - Far too many managers - Only way to progress (career-wise) by any means is to become a management type - Treated like children a lot of the time - micromanaged - Not trusted to carry out certain technical work despite never being given the chance. They always call in 3rd parties to carry out the work whilst we oversee it. - A lot of "management speak" is used at many levels to give the impression that people are important, busy or even to give off the impression that they know what they are talking about. - PDR process is a farce. In fact, calling it a farce is farcical. It is way beyond a farce. Such as waste of time and energy.
