Country: United States

If you are thinking of joining a not for profit organization in a career change, know one thing. You will not be paid what you feel you are worth unless you land in an executive level job. Those types are generally OVER paid. But, there are a lot of wonderful perks/benefits. Shorter work week (generally 35 hours full time) lots of paid time off and good medical benefits.

The money stinks but the work is rewarding and the benefits can't be beat!

Just because you take a job making more money....weigh be benefits as well. I didn't. I wound up leaving a job that paid decent with benefits for a higher paying job with the promise of benefits....Guess what...no benefits. Bummer for me.

I have been in the construction equipment parts industry for a little over a year and a half. I was hired with NO experience at all and now I have been told that I am better than a couple of people they had before me with 10 years experience. This company is small and they take almost $400/month out of my check twice a month. I have a 4 year college degree and I do believe that I am worth more than I am paid and I feel that I am not going to be able to stay here if I don't start being appreciated. I wish there was a company I could find that treats their employees like they should be treated and not like they are a burden.

I have a boss who will fall all over themselves over one particular customer. For example, managers are not allowed to eat in the public dining room anymore because aforementioned customer complained that managers should get up to help "serve" him while they are on break. I do not get a paid break and my 30 minutes that I spend off the clock are my own to do with as I please. At least I thought so. Also, this particular customer wasn't charged for an extra piece of cheese that he wanted on a sandwich. When I told him that I needed to charge him for the cheese, he replied that it was illegal for me to charge him for anything "extra" like that after the order was rung up and paid for and that I needed to take a lesson in customer satisfaction. Appearantly he didn't care that he wanted me to "steal" a piece of cheese for him. He even demanded that I get the store owner down there to talk to right away. I went and called the store owner who told me to just let him have the cheese for free. When I told the customer that the store owner was on his way, the customer wanted to pay for the cheese after all! What nerve! I happily told the customer to "keep" his money. I have to take garbage like this all of the time from both employees, customers and fellow managers. I don't feel like smiling anymore and when I do get a chance to speak with a customer in the dining room my boss is looking at me like I am wasting valuable "time" and I should be "working" instead of "socializing". I don't feel like I am respected by anybody and everyone always gripes to me about everything. I keep my mouth shut because in the past any replys that I made to ANYTHING were gossiped about and distorted. When looking for a job, watch and see how employers treat fellow employees and customers before applying for a job. If you feel uncomfortable after that, then by all means, do not apply for a job.

It seems like everyones advice is negative. I work in michigan supposidly the worst state to live in work in with the economy the way it is right now. I make a little over 12$/hr and have medical and dental insurance. I think going back to school was the best thing I could have done. Yes I had to start at minimum wage for the first 2weeks but after that I got hired on full time. I just kept my previous job and worked both until I was sure I was going to have a full time job. Trust me its worth it, especially in this economy

Right now, I work in home health care. I have been working in this field for over 7 years. I have been with the state for 4. I have recieved 2 raises, 1 when I started and 1 last year.

There is a union out there for personal assistants. You don't have to have any experience to be a personal assistant. They have health, dental, vision, the works. They are even set with annual pay raises each year. In fact, this year, they will be making 10.45 an hour. Next year, over 11 dollars an hour.

I have asked about the benefits for CNA's, I have asked about raises. I get shot down about the benefits, and told, the case manager is the one who decides if the client has enough money for a CNA wage.

Why did I go to school to get certified? Why do I work overtime, hundreds of hours, in the four years I worked, and not get paid? Why will a personal assistant, walking in off the street, with no experience, be getting paid more than me in a year? What is wrong with the state of illinois?

It is a problem when the care giver can't get taken care of because he or she doesn't have any money to provide there own benifits.

It's weird. But, I feel with out a degree, I can't make anymore money than a CNA. Because I am a girl, don't want to answer telephones, or work in a factory. I am a CNA. And to the best of my ability I do my job, well. I think we should get paid, and benifits, we work with the sick, there fore we will get sick, We need to recover, and get back to the sick, as a healthy, worry-free, and unstressed person. We are the grunt force of the health care system. We should be treated with respect and fairly.

My company is is under the supervision of the United Brotherhood of Teamsters. They are the Union that gives us GREAT medical benefits. I pay next to nothing for medical. They also give us great job security. I also have a real retirment plan, not one of those 401k's. The best thing about being a Teamster is you get payed 1.5 hours for every hour I work overtime. If you want all of those great benefits, you must find a company that is Unionized.

I've been working for WF as a personal banker for almost a year, and for the most part it has been a good experience. There are a few things that have bothered me about upper management's lack of tack when it comes to driving sales and motivating employees.

Let me start by saying that it seems that the store manager position seems like a highly overrated position and that the title would be more accurate if it were to be called a "slave driver". It seems to me that the most important job of the store manager is

to look at the ACR1 screen(sales output screen) constantly through out the day and complain of how we need to get it to an astronomical number by the end of the day. This pressure is magnified 10x every Wednesday, with the entire district held at

different goal attainment levels by a certain time of the day. If

the sales goals are not met (my branch seemed to always be on

this list) you are punished by staying an extra hour after closing time(mybranch closed at 7pm) and make phone calls to bank customers, peddling things such as check card rewards($12/year fee),credit cards, loans & insurance products.

Wells Fargo has a motto of "relationship banking", but all of that is thrown aside the minute you walk in the door and view the

daily sales goal and hear your manager complain about how the

ACR1 screen doesn't move by itself.

Having a job that is so demanding and important but not having paid sick leave is just mind boggling.

My company is on a point system for missing time.

You will recieve points for any missed time regardless of reason, no matter what. So many points add up to disipline and possible lay-off or termination.

I do agree with a point system. However, there should be ways to leave work or miss days without being penalized because of certain circumstances.

Family emergencies and feeling ill (doctors visit without FMLA papers) should be excused WITHOUT points being given.

Any company with a union should fight for the benifit of 'paid sick leave or personal days' or if non-union, speak out against it.

Good luck to all that have to deal with this ridiculous point system without any leeway to the employee.

This may sound childish but.....it simply is not fair.

Because I work in a very small office, the "group" for medical insurance contains only two employees. The result is high premiums, high pharmacy costs and a deductible of $2,000 with no regular office co-pays. I'd rather get paid $2 less an hour and have better medical benefits.