05-02-2007, 09:03 PM
Most people hit it right on the money already. You are young, no kids/pet/wife to worry about. Travel while you can see as much as possible! If you have nothing to loose go for it.
As for jobs in general I've gone through many personally. Its very hard to find a company who treats "all" their employees equal and fair. If you've ask for a raise and know you deserve it but still get turned down then your best bet is to start looking at other jobs. Inform your "superiors" that you have offers by other companies but you'd rather stay with them if they increase your pay. This has worked for me many times, if you are good at what you do and if the company gives 2 shits about you. If you really are the "MVP" then they will give you the raise otherwise its not worth staying. If they can't keep you happy or other employees then think about how this will affect their business. Businesses with unhappy employees never really make it that big. In the end you might be doing yourself a favor by jumping ship if they can't make you happy.
I"d have to say I landed a gold mine when i started working at Rosetta Stone here in Harrisonburg. I get the same benefits as all the CEO/CFO/C*Os do as well as everyone else down to the person doing the trash. Thats equal and fair. People goto work because they want to. I used to wake up and hate going to work, now i wake up early so I can go into work for the overtime pay. Raises are given to everyone once a year, all raises are the same percentage. I started working 2 months ago, I'm in tier 1 tech support, I'm being "promoted" to tier 2 already, keep in mind we have all of 10 people in the Tech Support team. Since everyone is happy the company has gone from a small software company out of "Harrisonburg, VA" to an international company in only 10 years. Last year they had ~350 world wide employees, they now have about ~400 and have plans to double that by the end of this year. I'm not expert but that seems huge to me and I've worked with big companies such as Valero and Clear Channel in San Antonio.
In any case the whole point is, work some where, where you are happy at, that treats you and all its employees fair and equal.
P.S. Rosetta Stone is hiring like crazy in Harrisonburg and I believe in DC as well. IF anyone in Harrisonburg needs a summer job or looking for something full time PM or AIM I can get you contact info. I get a nice bonus if your hired and stay 30 days!
As for jobs in general I've gone through many personally. Its very hard to find a company who treats "all" their employees equal and fair. If you've ask for a raise and know you deserve it but still get turned down then your best bet is to start looking at other jobs. Inform your "superiors" that you have offers by other companies but you'd rather stay with them if they increase your pay. This has worked for me many times, if you are good at what you do and if the company gives 2 shits about you. If you really are the "MVP" then they will give you the raise otherwise its not worth staying. If they can't keep you happy or other employees then think about how this will affect their business. Businesses with unhappy employees never really make it that big. In the end you might be doing yourself a favor by jumping ship if they can't make you happy.
I"d have to say I landed a gold mine when i started working at Rosetta Stone here in Harrisonburg. I get the same benefits as all the CEO/CFO/C*Os do as well as everyone else down to the person doing the trash. Thats equal and fair. People goto work because they want to. I used to wake up and hate going to work, now i wake up early so I can go into work for the overtime pay. Raises are given to everyone once a year, all raises are the same percentage. I started working 2 months ago, I'm in tier 1 tech support, I'm being "promoted" to tier 2 already, keep in mind we have all of 10 people in the Tech Support team. Since everyone is happy the company has gone from a small software company out of "Harrisonburg, VA" to an international company in only 10 years. Last year they had ~350 world wide employees, they now have about ~400 and have plans to double that by the end of this year. I'm not expert but that seems huge to me and I've worked with big companies such as Valero and Clear Channel in San Antonio.
In any case the whole point is, work some where, where you are happy at, that treats you and all its employees fair and equal.
P.S. Rosetta Stone is hiring like crazy in Harrisonburg and I believe in DC as well. IF anyone in Harrisonburg needs a summer job or looking for something full time PM or AIM I can get you contact info. I get a nice bonus if your hired and stay 30 days!