After the first few months the glamour wore off. I was doing the same repetitive, menial tasks for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week. I was in a position where I had been promised training and the opportunity to collaborate with other teams. After a year and repeated requests on my part to do so this still did not happen. I was still sitting in the same windowless room, day in and day out, doing the same thing. The people that I worked with all looked the same: twenty-somethings that spent more time playing golf on the roof (yes, there is golf on the roof), drinking beers on the job, and perusing Facebook than actual work. As somebody with work ethic and the desire to perform well at my job this was very frustrating to see. People spent way too much time sharing photos of the last "epic" winter/summer party (yes, they have two a year). On Fridays you could forget about seeing anything get done. People start drinking first thing in the morning, I kid you not. The party attitude is way too over-emphasized. A friend of mine teaches classes for individuals convicted of DUIs and guess what? He says that they get a slough of Dealer.com folks every year. I am not surprised. A lot of people quit during my time there because they were expected to keep on working once they got home and they would rather spend a bit of time with their families. I'm in my late twenties and I have a child. I felt like there was no future for me there because I would be phased out like so many others that I saw. I would rather work at a place that rewards real talent, none of this popularity contest stuff.
