Job: Porn site reviewer Company: Freelance 1-10 relationship with the boss: 8 and co-workers: 10 (Work by myself) work environment: 10 (Work from home) job resources: 1 (no resources at all) compensation: 2 (pay keeps getting lower & lower. the only thing that keeps me in a job is that I can write English better than Indians or Russians) growth opportunities: 1 (None to speak of) company culture: 8 (my "boss" is also my best friend) company reputation: 9 (my "boss" has one of best reps in the field) daily tasks: 2 (Work is becoming anemic) control over the work one does on a daily basis: 8 (I can pick and choose assignments...usually) Overall: 58/100 It's an interesting job that used to pay fairly well for a sit-at-home-do-almost-nothing job, but now, it barely pays the bills.
Job: Consultant Company: Top-tier strategy consulting 1-10 relationship with the boss: 10 and co-workers: 10 work environment: 10 job resources: 8 (I'm torn - overall 10 but our IT tools are somewhat outdated) compensation: 9 (top notch unless I go into IB/PE) growth opportunities: 10 company culture: 10 company reputation: 10 daily tasks: 8 (a bit too much admin at the moment) control over the work one does on a daily basis: 9 Overall: 94/100
Job: Software Developer Company: ? 1-10 relationship with the boss: 7 - boss is quitting on Wednesday and co-workers: 7 - half my team is quitting between last Friday and Wednesday, but I didn't like one of them anyway. work environment: 8, trending 7. A lack of foresight has us about to lose our cubes for lack of space. job resources: 4 - serious failure to hire badly needed personnel. But we get good laptops and monitors. But we can't use OSS without approval from Legal for every instance (no blanket OK for a particular license). But we get pretty much whatever proprietary software we want. compensation: 9, trending 8. Increasing responsibility with no increase in pay. growth opportunities: 8 company culture: 3. The company line is about an 8, but the reality is seriously different. company reputation: 10 daily tasks: 7, trending 6. Things are getting worse. control over the work one does on a daily basis: 9. Overall: 72/100
Job: ? Company: ? relationship with the boss: 9 and co-workers: 9 work environment: 10 job resources: 9 compensation: 6 growth opportunities: 10 company culture: 10 company reputation: 8 daily tasks: 10 control over the work one does on a daily basis: 10 Overall: 91/100
Job: Network Operation Center Analyst Company: n/a relationship with the boss - varies, because my boss varies. Currently its about a 3, last guy was a 9. But I've had 15 bosses in 10 years, so it doesn't much matter. Wait a minute, there will be another one. relationship with co-workers - 9. Lots of good guys and gals, some friends I've known for 20 years. work environment - 7. job resources - 9. Company laptop, Iphone, rarely need anything we don't have. growth opportunities - 3. Of course, changing direct report every 6-9 months makes that damn near impossible. Always have to start over with the new guy. Layoffs are a biannual thing. Company Culture - 10. Lots of parties, ping pong and foosball in my area, free drinks, difficult to get fired (though occasionally that's a minus for people that really need to be let go). 5 weeks vacation, best day care for my kid I've ever seen. They do a great job here. Compensation - 8. For what I do, I'm very well compensated. Company Reputation - 3. Daily Tasks - 6. Control over Work - at the moment 4. In the past its been as high as 8 or 9. Got a boss who is Dr. No. 59/100. However, just 6 months ago it was 70. Not great, but acceptable. A lot of it is that I've got a boss that is bad at his job and seems intent on stifling others. If that doesn't change soon, I'll be out the door.
This should be interesting. Job: Clerk Company: A gas station...I have enough creepers already 1-10 relationship with the boss: 7 and co-workers: 8 work environment: 7 job resources: 7 compensation: 0 growth opportunities: 0 company culture: 5 company reputation: 8 daily tasks: 8 control over the work one does on a daily basis: 9 Overall: 59/100 It's really not that bad. Better than no job at all.
Job: Food Importer/Distributer Company: None of your beeswax relationship with the boss: 8 and co-workers: 9 work environment: 8 job resources: 8 compensation: 8 growth opportunities: 7 company culture: 8 company reputation: 7 daily tasks: 7 control over the work one does on a daily basis: 9 79/100
Sifting out the irrelevant bullshit and distilling it down to what matters: Is my job worth the pay? 90% of the time. It's not a social club or group therapy. I'm not paid to be happy and make friends, and I don't care how my company is perceived.
Job: Analyst Company: Int'l Office Supply Co. 1-10 relationship with the boss: 8 (He's ok, just hard to read sometimes) and co-workers: 6 (Most are good, a couple like to stir up shit) work environment: 10 (I tele-commute; my work environment is in my underwear) job resources: 8 (I got a good machine) compensation: 8 (more than I'm worth, but not by much) growth opportunities: 6 (been here almost 4 years, we'll see) company culture: 8 (good) company reputation: 9 (excellent) daily tasks: 9 (I stay busy enough) control over the work one does on a daily basis: 9 (I have good freedom) Overall: 81/100
I agree with this. I'm not sure how much of a relationship there is between "my company has a good reputation" and "I am satisfied with my job." Personally, I work for [-]North American Cocaine and Prostitute Importers[/-] a company that is not all that well appreciated (other than by our customers, of course...) but as long as I enjoy my job, what does it matter what [-]the police[/-] other people think of us?
