Pros
- I love my co-workers! I work in IT and people are nice to me, from upper-level management to the frontline first responders and application users. The people here are friendly, helpful, PATIENT, and professional. I see a lot of criticism about management, and frankly, I just don't see it. Maybe it's because of my perspective. Working in IT as an analyst provides me with the opportunity to work directly with the Executive Leadership Team, all the way to the everyday service providers and application users: everyday people. I can understand how some decisions might bristle people, but these decisions are not based on an out-of-touch sense of reality. Long-term plans may conflict with short-term solutions, and if anything perhaps communication and setting expectations could be improved, but the ELT is definitely working down in the trenches with the rest of us. I really have no idea how they keep up with their "solid blue" calendars in outlook. - I can sleep well at night knowing that I'm making the world a better place. I'm helping to save lives! - I am very happy with my pay. Historically I've been prone to accept first offers in my previous jobs, but after establishing a strong reputation within this company, I negotiated a better salary, and my pay was adjusted to a very competitive rate. Why the lower offer in the first place? Sadly it's all a part of the "hiring game"--besides, who is supposed to accept the first offer anyways? (Note to Glassdoor: there is a bug on your Review form. The "6 month Business Outlook" button does not allow me to enter an UP-vote. The downvote works fine, but I cannot change it to an upvote. Please fix this.)
Cons
- No job is perfect, and if nothing else I think the only complaint I can provide is that I need to be self-motivated to find things to do. That's not necessarily a bad problem to have, but my position is very autonomous, and while I am very productive with that kind of working environment (finding problems and initiating my own efforts to "round up the troops" to fix the problem)--some people might require more direction. Air Methods is very friendly to self-starters, but that might not jive with everyone else.