I love my corporate job. I get to do what I enjoy, dress mostly how I want (blue jeans are OK most of the time), and work with other people who are intelligent and conscientious. And while my job may not be saving the world (I keep a website going so that we can sell polo shirts and canvas bags), I'm working for a good company that is very mindful of its impact on the world, and gives back to the community in tangible ways.
And I have advancement potential there -- I will not be doing the same thing for years and years. And I really like having an HR department with teeth, which is not something I ever had at any of the smaller companies I worked for, so I had no recourse when higherups would make homophobic, sexist, and racist comments and expect no one to react.
Oh, and I have really good benefits. Health care and dental are only the first among many. My favorites are the employee store (bean boots for two dollars!) and the use room (free use of tents and other equipment; rent a kayak or canoe for $5 a day).
Bean is sort of ridiculously good to their employees, though. This is unusual in the corporate world, I'm given to understand.
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Date: 2007-04-06 11:10 am (UTC)And I have advancement potential there -- I will not be doing the same thing for years and years. And I really like having an HR department with teeth, which is not something I ever had at any of the smaller companies I worked for, so I had no recourse when higherups would make homophobic, sexist, and racist comments and expect no one to react.
Oh, and I have really good benefits. Health care and dental are only the first among many. My favorites are the employee store (bean boots for two dollars!) and the use room (free use of tents and other equipment; rent a kayak or canoe for $5 a day).
Bean is sort of ridiculously good to their employees, though. This is unusual in the corporate world, I'm given to understand.