Job Title: Research Analyst
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Submitted on: 14-Oct-04
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The company is large enough to be able to call its acreage a "campus",
with sprawling lawns and good recreational facilities. Dress code is
"business casual": shoes, collared shirt, no tie necessary, but no jeans.
There were no cubicle situations in my department: new employees double
up in an office until they have about six months behind them, then they
have a good chance of getting their own office (however, the windowed
offices are reserved for high-ranking employees). Diversity seems to be
welcomed by most in the company (though I witnessed some examples of
religious and sexual intolerance - but after all, it is Texas).
Interaction on the professional and social levels between teams,
sections, and departments is strongly encouraged, because all of
management understands that a wealth of business potential can form from
such networking.
Standardized professional paths have been laid out as "career ladders."
The two most-represented paths are Science/Engineering and Management.
There is a strong emphasis on employee growth, particularly out of
technical responsibilities and into managerial responsibilities.
Respectable and timely progress on the Science/Engineering ladder is
eventually measured by the employee's generation of viable research
proposals, and ability to present research papers. Management is
chock-full of ex-military personnel, a fact that lends a certain stuffy
bureaucratic flavor to the general environment. I've seen reason to
believe that this fact also affects an employee's opportunities for
advancement.
Working for this employer was usually not unpleasant, just often dull.
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