Coming from a design-orientated field there were a lot of growing pains with learning the new system, programs, expectations, and get you enough information to initially have you go out on project on your own. The first few months were difficult, but I was assigned good mentors so I could ask questions and was able to shadow several engineers on their own field projects so I could see what "good" looked like. I took a pay cut to work for the company, but the trade off for more flexible schedules and less overtime (which I haven't run into here) have given me a better quality of life than my past jobs - I haven't been with the company long enough to see how the raises and other bonuses supplement my own salary. I would also like to be more focused on my specific discipline than dividing my time between what I know/like and roof inspections (which is typical for every employee at Donan - all the engineering disciplines perform roof inspections as a full-time employees).
