AyetoZee Work Series 7: Corporate Bahamas
This week’s entry comes from someone who no longer works in Corporate Bahamas, but wanted to paint the picture of what it was like when they did. If you have moved on from Corporate Bahamas, but would still like to participate, click the contact page and send me an email or feel free to send me a DM on twitter. This is a place where it’s important that we hear from a variety of perspectives, so if you haven’t seen your yet, maybe you can be the catalyst to get others to share.
AyetoZee: How long have you been working at your current place of employment and/or for yourself?
Corporate Bahamas: 3 years
AyetoZee: If you work for someone else, how did you get the job? Was it through personal relationships, cold applying, etc?
Corporate Bahamas: I was asked to work there, my application was sent through and when I got it they called me.
AyetoZee: At your job/in your industry, what percentage of people do you think are qualified for their positions?
Corporate Bahamas: Let’s go with my department. In my department we were all trained in communications with the exception of one person. (Communications, PR)
AyetoZee: What was the starting salary for your job? Based on the expectations for your work, do you think that salary is fair?
Corporate Bahamas: I’m not certain what the starting salary was but my salary was 34,000. I do not think it was fair. Based on expectations, experience and degrees, absolutely not.
AyetoZee: If you have received additional qualifications during your tenure in your current position, do they qualify you for raises? Or is there a set schedule for raises at your job?
Corporate Bahamas: If you received additional qualifications - you often times did not get a raise. Government has a rule for raises, I’m not sure what they are but every time your contract is up for renewal, they’d give you a raise between 20-100 dollars.
AyetoZee: Do you think your manager/supervisor encourages individual promotion or is it a place where you’re expected to stay in your position?
Corporate Bahamas: She did. She suggested me for a promotion which I got.
AyetoZee: Is training available at your job? Do they pay for is or is it something you’re solely responsible for?
Corporate Bahamas: Training available? No, but they’d send us off for training or if we saw something we wanted, we could apply and depending on what it was, they would pay.
AyetoZee: How long do you see yourself staying at your current place of employment? How long do you seeing yourself staying in your current field of employment?
Corporate Bahamas: Communications/Pr is one of those fields that you can stay in but change industries you work in. I stayed in Tourism and Hospitality but I also work with a small percentage of people in different industries.
AyetoZee: Do you see your job and/or field as your dream place to be?
Corporate Bahamas: It was my dream job until my last year. It became a chore that I was no longer challenged with.
AyetoZee: Is there Human Resources at your company? How do you feel about them? Do you feel comfortable going to them about anything you experience on the job?
Corporate Bahamas: There was HR at our company. I hated them. They were inefficient and spread our personal business around the place. I never went to them for anything other than a job letter however.
AyetoZee: What factors do you think most commonly cause people to leave your job and/or field?
Corporate Bahamas: Not being paid and no growth.
AyetoZee: What is the benefits package like at your job?
Corporate Bahamas: We got insurance. Insurance didn’t cover eye or dental. Vacation time that rolled over and in my position there was tons of traveling, domestically and internationally.
AyetoZee: What benefits or work related things do you think can make your work environment better?
Corporate Bahamas: Longer Vacation time, Better Insurance. A more modern approach to different industries.
AyetoZee: Is salary information widely available through your job/industry or is secrecy encouraged?
Corporate Bahamas: It is not, everything is a secret.
AyetoZee: Do you feel like senior management abuses their power at work?
Corporate Bahamas: If by senior management, you meant older people. Sometimes but I didn’t experience much of that.
AyetoZee: How long is the maximum do you think that people should stay at a job in 2021?
Corporate Bahamas: As long as their needs are being met, they’re challenged, they can pay their bills and they’re happy, it doesn’t matter.
AyetoZee: What does your dream job look like?
