This job was not what it was drawn out to be. I worked for their Orlando office after just moving to the area, and was hoping to get started with them as an environmental and health specialist long term. It was a complete joke with how unprepared they were and how unprepared I felt since day 1. I had no access to communication tools or basic resources for a couple of weeks. Forewarned- I told their recruiter from the beginning that I didn't have any sampling experience and I might now be a fit, but he still insisted on moving forward said that the team will properly train me to get me up to speed. Well guess what, they didn't. I had 4 days of shadowing then I was thrown out to the wolves. Orientation- There was no real orientation or introduction either. There was a 1 hour on boarding then that was it. No meeting or conversation with my manager or anyone else. Not even like a get to know you kind of thing. I didn't even know how to access the front door because I was never told-- if that shows you what level of break down there is there. Corporate- I think this has to do with the fact that corporate keeps eating up companies and not managing them. Half of the employees are on outlook and the other half on google. There is definitely a lack of cohesion because of it. It puts pressure on the managers and of course down to us. I didn't even have access to my work email on my phone because in order to do that I would've had to let the company to have access and see everything I do on it. Not right. Also the only thing that managers cared about was getting us billable instead of taking the time to train us properly. Disconnected team- My manager never comes in the office, and it doesn't feel like really anyone comes into the office, so there's a lack of chemistry and understanding of basic communication. During my first tour my manager didn't even know who some people were or how to get around the office, so, there's that. A normal conversation with my direct manager or anyone there was so infrequent. Lack of training- I had a client that was an hour and a half away and got 4 days training for when it definitely needed more. I even expressed this to them, and it got addressed briefly, but still never saw any kind of extra training, shadowing, or changes. I even got up one morning at 3:00am to shadow one of our team members for some type of sampling, and by the time I got there the guy had already finished the sampling so I never even got to learn what he did. Talk about a huge slap in the face to have me wake up that early, drive an hour and a half away, and then not do the one thing I was supposed to do there. Also, as part of my 30/60/90 day plan, they literally wrote in writing "Figure it out" as a goal. I was not set up for success in this role, this is not okay, and it's not what I signed up for.
