Pros
Takes a while to adapt to the speed at which the organisation works, I guess it makes sense with having to be always-on for our members - but I must say it does make it exciting, especially compared to my past roles where you feel you’d get nowhere with trying to implement new things or trying something different. Here, it’s not only embraced but pushed and I’ve personally felt backed by exec on larger projects that, in other places, they wouldn’t even hear about as it wouldn’t make it past my own line manager.
The people are so supportive and friendly, everyone I’ve come into contact with, worked with or presented to have genuinely been great and I feel everyone really does have the same goal. It makes my job a lot smoother and I feel stable here. I’m really enjoying my time here - it’s not easy, but I do feel like there was no smoke and mirrors in regards to that anyway so I knew what I was getting myself in for!
Cons
I’m close to a lot of the initiatives that happen across the business that affect both members and colleagues so I have a good understanding of why the business makes certain decisions and the benefits. I do think this should be further communicated though as I know I have colleagues who feel quite distant and then have a warped view on what’s happening.
