Burn out city but diverse skills developed
Pros
The pay certainly is not chump change. And working with dozens and dozens of different companies is an interesting challenge that led to a great deal of learning in a very short amount of time.
Cons
Even though I was a salaried employee, every minute of my working day was required to be documented. As in I would have to enter from 8 AM to 8:05 AM what I had done to fill my time: wrote email to client, researched outstanding issue, watched this video and provide a link. And this would go on from 8 AM to 5 PM Every single day. When I was hired, I was told as long as I got my work done everything would be fine. But, nothing could’ve been further from the case. Also, the training element is so time consuming and so entirely unhelpful. The work culture looks very fun and open; like there’s a foosball table and a fridge full of beer in the office. But, I never saw a single person play a game of foosball. While we were allowed to work remotely on Friday, I was greatly frustrated by the in office requirement the rest of the week since almost 100% of the work that I did was remote from the computer I was sitting at at the office. I could’ve been at home doing the exact same thing, and experienced a lot more balance in my life, and have avoided the almost immediate burn out that this environment fosters.
