In: Psychology
Compare and contrast a bad job that you have held and a job that provided you with a degree of satisfaction
I have switched three companies till now. First one, is the bad job, may be a choice made of desperation for job and immaturity as a fresher, straight out of college. I had a bad experience because of the following things- facility provided to the employees in terms of transportation and food was very poor. Second thing was, the knowledge transfer. I worked there for a month, the team I would work with was decided. It was only me and the project corordinator in the team. The work was never explained, even the supporting teams had no idea what we were doing and why. On top of it, I was started to being cross trained to another team. The case was same there too. There was no separate chair, system and desk for me. I need to look out for a vacant seat each day. The work allocated to me, was monotonous and the purpose was never explained. The work was allocated at my log out time, making me unnecessarily extend for more hours. I left that job regretting my decision for joining there.
I then joined an MNC, which I felt was contrast to my first job. The food, transport was good. The knowledge transfer was awesome right from the beginning. Everybody knew what they were doing, why and how it is related to the overall process. Though this work had tight deadlines, I still feel it is a very a good job and much better than my first one.