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Location: San Diego, CA
Company: Volt
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: Undergraduate Degree



Job Responsibilities
Payroll(at least 24 hours), billing (at least 8 hours), invoices (at least 4 hours), GM reports (two hours to do each), a/p(one hour), petty cash (one hour), phones (ongoing, about 4 hours total for me), filing (about 3 hours), customer serivice (10 hours), benefits (1 hour), workers comp ( 0 to 1 hour), disability(0 to 1 hour), etc.
Job Requirements
High school degree, knowledge and experience in the field.
Uppers
Holiday pay, benefit plan, co-worker events.
Downers
Stress.
Lifestyle
Work from 40-60 hours per week, business attire Monday thru Thursday and casual day on Friday. Every other Friday is company social events. No travel, but help other branches out with there problems. Coordinate with a corporate office on a daily basis which can be stressful because of the high turn over rate and less experienced people.
Compensation
Not nearly as compensated as you should be for the amount of work, but definitly learn good skills for future jobs. ABle to excel within the company for higher pay.
Advice to Jobseekers
Look for a good company that has proceedures in place and that take care of your employees because you will run into problems and you want to work with others that can help out situations.

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