Vantaggi
Glassdoor wants me to talk about good things, so here goes: the health benefits are really good. I hear the benefits are better in the Midwest because the big hospital system that owns trimedx is based out there but compared to where I was, the costs are lower for pretty much everything. They match the 401k (but it’s got a different name…and I really don’t like paperwork but there’s no way around that. They don’t give you a car but miles are reimbursed and that shows up pretty much in a week or two. There is this training program for managers and engineers which I have always thought was the way to bring people through the ranks. My manager is kind of inexperienced but he tries hard and he is pretty smart. The recruiter told me the work schedule would be predictable and so far that is correct. For the benefit of other technical people, they use their own software for PMs, repairs, parts, and a whole bunch of other things. It's far from ideal but I challenge anyone to show me a tool that works better.
Svantaggi
I think most people in our field like to go to technical training. I used to like to go but im at a spot where I can work on most anything in my field and the training isn’t necessary for me. I just returned from a week of training and was told as soon as I got back that I’m going back to training in a few weeks. I know what you are thinking: life could be worse, right? The problem for me is that I like working on equipment and that’s pretty hard to do when you are spending a lot of time in a classroom in Wisconsin, TN, or Ohio. Maybe Im becoming grumpy as I get old???