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"I love my line of work. it's extremely fulfilling being able to help others with their problems, and provide new technologies to help the company I work for make it easier to do their work. This is something I'd love to do for the rest of my life."
Posted 11 years ago in Salem, NH
Systems Administrator at Terasem Movement
in Melbourne, FL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great place to work.. We function like a team. Able to get things done."

What do you like about working at Terasem Movement?

"Looking froward to the next days challenge. Everyday is different."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, not at this time. But please keep an open mind. Not every office is peaches and cream. Just happy workers who enjoy what they do best."

What don't you like about working at Terasem Movement?

"There is none to say the least. I enjoyed coming to work, say some jokes, have a brain session, etc."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, we all function on the same level. We throw this out there, or leave this, etc."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Administrator at National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Constant new challenges, which apply the ingenuity"

What do you like about working at National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts?

"Have new challenges all the time, like complicated interconnection between buildings, new security risk, upgrading hardware, and things like that"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a place to find good people, but not for grow professionally."

What don't you like about working at National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts?

"This company have this old model of working, strict schedule, you know. As system administrator is like 24/7 work, when something happen on Sunday, need to be repaired. They dont care about that, the expect that you be 9am to 6pm. Everything out of this schedule they don't care if you work or not."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think the key is be connected with the employees, reward the good work, constantly generate challenges and have some after work connection, you know, some sports, grab a beer. Get interested in the person beyond the work."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Systems Administrator at United States Navy
in Pearl City, HI

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I liked the job as systems administrator and the travel opportunities of the Navy."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Read every line of the Military contract. If something is missing make sure they add it in."

What don't you like about working at United States Navy?

"The overall operational tempo and the frequency of deployments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have faith in the people that work for them to get the job done."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Administrator at International Fund for Animal Welfare
in Yarmouth Port, MA

What do you like about working at International Fund for Animal Welfare?

"Very good organization to work for. Very focused on the cause they are supporting."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Only that this company is really focused on support animal causes and does a very good job at it."

What don't you like about working at International Fund for Animal Welfare?

"Nothing really. Just need to find work closer to home."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing that I can add really. Management is really good here."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Systems Administrator at Belo
in Dallas, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Midnight admin but there was no training and old technology."

What do you like about working at Belo?

"Had full control over systems and backups and archival processes.."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and straigh with the recruiter and make sure to have your references handy"

What don't you like about working at Belo?

"No training was available and company felt that they did not need to spend money on infrustructure"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend more money on employee training and infrasructure of systems"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Systems Administrator at Remedy Informatics

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"Lots of frustrating IT projects with little to no support from upper management."

What do you like about working at Remedy Informatics?

"Lots of cool technology, great people, great location, benefits paid by the company, and a very unique niché market."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for a roller coaster ride if you do get hired. There's no telling what you'll be doing or where your stress level will be from one day tot he next. Or from one hour to the next."

What don't you like about working at Remedy Informatics?

"Too many different frameworks that the technology is built around; very little discipline, virtually no accountability, and very scarce support from upper management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a handle on the developers; learn to say no to the customer sometimes; and find some accountability."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Systems Administrator at Exelis
in Colorado Springs, CO

What do you like about working at Exelis?

"Good compensation and the opportunity to study and get more certifications"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know that you are there only for the money and personal relationships don't happen. There is no one to take care of you there, only you to take care of yourself. The company will not take care of you."

What don't you like about working at Exelis?

"Lack of structure, not orintation as to what was expected on the job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better orintation, and better supervision. take care of personell by giving them an orintation as to what is expected from them and what the peopel are responsible for."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Systems Administrator at Advanced Industrial Products
in York, PA

What do you like about working at Advanced Industrial Products?

"They are a wonderful company to work for for many reasons to many people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just show up on time with skills in pocket to shine."

What don't you like about working at Advanced Industrial Products?

"The requirement to be on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To review the conditions of some of the work force environments."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Administrator at Pacific Life Insurance
in Newport Beach, CA

What do you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"I enjoyed the people I worked with. It was a friendly and fun atmosphere and I actually enjoyed going into work each morning. I felt the leadership team was great as well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know what the company is about. Do you believe in their mission statement."

What don't you like about working at Pacific Life Insurance?

"One of the reasons I am leaving is that I felt I was not challenged enough at the job. As a fresh face in the working world, the company offers a great opportunity for a good entry level position; however, after being there for so many years, I felt I was not able to reach my full potential because of the lack of challenge and there was no room for advancement in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The decisions they have to make are sometimes difficult. Traditionally, IT helps very much, focusing on their product, service, company and internal customers' circumstances, challenges, goals. I suggest management focus on these elements."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Administrator at United States Air Force

What do you like about working at United States Air Force?

"The military has been eye-opening and created opportunities that I would have never thought possible. What did I like? The chance to experience life from a challenging perspective and to achieve results in a challenging environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Not much I can say with interviewing with the military besides visit a recruiter. You will have to be prepared for a drastic change compared to what civilian life is and be ready to make the change back. More or less, just the decision will allow to you to do great things within the military."

What don't you like about working at United States Air Force?

"I can't really think of something that I specifically did not like. There were very stressful events, such as deployments and short notice missions, but those are things that gave the most experience. However, there is a need to have a break and to enjoy those that you love."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The military system is very rigid, but produces results. The Air Force specifically has adopted policies that allow for change to our always evolving society. This in the past would have been a negative point because of the lack of change, but today they have gone to great strides to change and thus has an adaptable force."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Administrator at Marshfield Clinic
in Marshfield, WI

What do you like about working at Marshfield Clinic?

"I like working on new and old systems. They understand that people have lives outside of work. There are a lot of IT personal, so it's a supportive environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you want to work for Marshfield Clinic, you need to make sure that you want to live in Marshfield. Marshfield is a smaller and somewhat boring town."

What don't you like about working at Marshfield Clinic?

"Since it's a bigger IT department, once you are in a department if you want to work with a different system, you'll have to switch departments. Like as System Administrators, we work with basic OS and VMware, but if I wanted to work with SQL or networks, I would have to switch to a different department."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I can't think of too many suggestions for management, other than they should invest more into training."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Systems Administrator at NMR Consulting
in Baltimore, MD

What do you like about working at NMR Consulting?

"I liked that management knew all members of the comapany."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be honest, open and knowledgeable, employees are and expect the same in kind"

What don't you like about working at NMR Consulting?

"I feel as if the company has lost its drive, reviews were put on hold without any knowledge and the move from one state to another"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"become more active again, and don't forget about some team members"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Systems Administrator at Stephens Media
in Las Vegas, NV

What do you like about working at Stephens Media?

"the team I work with is top notch and worth their weight in gold."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"run, run as fast and far away as you can. newspapers are dieing for a reason."

What don't you like about working at Stephens Media?

"the basic policy of the company is that beatings will continue until moral improves."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"to relax a bit, learn new ways of handling policies."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Systems Administrator at The Lewin Group
in Falls Church, VA

What do you like about working at The Lewin Group?

"My small team if IT professionals were a blast to work with. They were great people and great technicians."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You will be expected to do more with less every day. Being budget minded doesn't hurt your chances."

What don't you like about working at The Lewin Group?

"the camaraderie of the core permanent IT staff made every day fun."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Staffing half of your IT department with temps is a waste of money. Your core team spends half their time training people who will be gone as soon as they are trained."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Administrator at Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, LA

What do you like about working at Louisiana State University?

"Friendly work enviroment. Like to meet people and resolve their issue in an amicable way."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for the interview and speak about your past experiences with examples, and explain how efficient and reliable you are with recommendations from your advisors/previous employers."

What don't you like about working at Louisiana State University?

"There is nothing that I could see which I don't like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No suggestions for my manager. He is a very good manager."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
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