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People and students on campus are very pleasant.  The building itself is very old and many employees work in small cramped spaces.  Many main offices such as the Records Office, Financial Aid, and Admissions are located in a Hallway with a wooden wall.   A typical day is filled with mandatory departmental assignment and many of your own mandated day to day assignments.  Management is top heavy and filled with favoritism.  Some rules are enforced on certain employees others are exempted.  Many family members work for the departments. It is very rare to find someone that doesn’t have a relative working in many other areas of the college.   Honestly, the most enjoyable part of your day is helping the students.  
For those of you that feel this is a post made by a disgruntle worker, we can agree to disagree.  Mount Wachusett takes advantage of their employees like every other large company does.  You work hard and you are not fairly compensated unless you are part of the “good old boys club”.  Looking forward to the new facilities even though employees are underpaid and being told about many budget cuts.

A typical day involved either setting up audio equipment for meetings or presentation,installing new a/v equipment in classrooms,rewiring and cable installation,installing led projectors for use with computer and video equipment.Once a year we did set up of audio outside for the Relay for Life,run audio equipment for graduation and nursing program along with video taping same.The hardest thing I believe was running cable for various projects in the college,including the intercom system and audio studios which entailed somewhere in the vicinity of 5 to 10 miles of audio cable(perhaps more).My boss and coworker was great because he would always ask my input on how to tackle a project and if he had a better idea of how to handle it would always explain why.
Management was strictly hands off on what we were involved with because the job was getting done.The best part of the work was satisfaction of completion and meeting new people and fostering long lasting friendships with a number of very educated people.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Teaching really motivated adult students is the best part. It's wonderful to watch them grow and improve their lives in their new country.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
My boss doesn't understand what I do and doesn't like it when I try to go the extra mile and help my students. He says that's too much to do. On the other hand, he bought programs for the program's online teaching that don't help the teachers. He tells me to use them anyway, so I end up rewriting some of the content I need to use and using the other program for agendas only. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The boss doesn't care about what the teachers think. They want everyone to keep quiet and follow directions only. They make the classes much too big so the program can help more people, but the program can't teach all of these students to talk because there are too many people who need to talk.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I teach, then grade, then plan my next lesson.

Workplace culture unfortunately, at the time I worked there, was very cutthroat and competitive. It was sad that colleagues didn't support each other through teachable moments (not a blatant statement there were some really helpful and professional people).  Coaching and mentoring was lacking.  Management seemed to not get along with each other.  Thus, this was the hardest part of the job -- navigating the difficult waters.  I was fortunate enough to have had a great supervisor at one time but my last supervisor lacked insight.  I never regretted moving on and was grateful for the connections I made in the community.

Perform 1,700 hours of national service with the AmeriCorps program, a domesticated version of the Peace Corps
Develop and coordinate an individual service projects related to job preparedness and career exploration that engages children at the Boys and Girls Club
Develop, implement, and conduct training's on careers and their educational requirements to prepare the youth for success to achieve the Youth Development Outcomes
Facilitate and evaluate programs, services and activities to ensure safety of members, quality in programs, and neat appearance of Club at all times
Prepare periodic activity reports
Ensure a productive work environment by active participation in weekly Club staff meetings

Very difficult place to be a newbie in. Everyone else knew each other and rarely stepped away from their desks to answer the many questions I had. I am not a stupid or lazy person, I worked hard to learn what I could while trying to get things accomplished. I could not fill the shoes of the other person who happily left. I was paid for 18 hours/ week, but worked more than 24. I even worked extra days. Comp time was a joke. I became very sick because of the internal stress.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was a student.  The staff just used, with no limits, the students who were trying to better themselves.  No one at all, was there to help the students.  If you graduate, you will only leave with a certificate.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to be heard and get an education.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As a student, you will be at the bottom of the pile.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Continually grasping for straws, trying to get answers.

This pool is a great place for students (high school and college) to work. 

The hours are flexible and the staff are all willing to help out with covering shifts when it is needed.

A typical shift consists of patron surveillance and setting the pool up for various classes and/or events. 

I have learned how to be a responsible employee and customer service skills.

Mount Wachusett Community College offers an internship program for those wishing to get into the Information Technology field. I thought the experience was great, and it helped me learn a lot. The other staff were supportive and helpful in the learning experience.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Compassionate, supportive, progressive staff.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working part time can cause scheduling conflicts, but this obviously isn't unique to this company.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Staff, admin, and instructors are responsive, understanding, and helpful to colleagues and students.

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