Working as a mobility specialist is an extremely stressful job. The summer is the busiest season, and you are expected to be avaliable for work issues 24/7. I feel like this wasn't depicted accurately when first offered the job. (Also, I don't like the fact that they expected employees to use their personal cell phones and computers on weekends/nights to work.)
Mspecs have huge case loads. If you're a good employee, who cares about your job and performance, they will take advantage of you and just give you more cases.
I felt like I wasn't trained properly. I understand there is a learning curve for any person that isn't familiar with the relocation industry. Assigning other employees as mentors to new employees, puts a huge burden on mentors. More responsibility for training should be placed on management to assist new employees. I didn't even have any relocation experience, and they assigned me cases before I even went through training. The mentality there was very much sink or swim, and they could care less about people who were sinking.
It's almost impossible to take days off here. In order to do this, you have to have other employees cover your desk, while they try to work on their own cases. If you have someone who isn't diligent covering for you, you'll be screwed. There were many times that I had to deal with work issues on my "vacation days".
Also, during my experience here, I realized management is ineffective and poorly trained/unqualified for the position. I had a few discussions with managers that I felt were discriminatory and unprofessional. If you don't agree with something the company believes, or something you feel is wrong is going on, don't try to speak out. Management will not listen to you. In fact, you will have a target on your back for the rest of your time there if you speak up.
All in all, this position took a huge mental and emotional toll on me, that I didn't feel like any job was worth. This wasn't just due to the stress the job comes with, but the extremely hostile work environment there.
