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My position evolved from an Exhibit Manager working with 7 division Marketing Communications Managers on their individual trade shows and meeting their budget and event objectives to working under/reporting to Corporate management. Same basic responsibilities, different reporting structure.

Throughout my career, was responsible for all aspects of any participation in Trade Shows for the different divisions. Starting out 3 or 4 months in advance working with Marketing/Product management to determine objective, what to exhibit and why, what to demonstrate. Coordinate what exhibit to use (or rent), set up layout, establish budgets, coordinate all logistic needs (securing AV, I & D labor, PR, invitations, graphics, housing, signing contracts, ordering services, going on-site for supervision of set up, training booth staff/event registration staff, working at the show, talking to attendees). After event, reviewing costs, budget to actual and reporting to management. Kept track of costs and attendance figures for comparison each year.

From 2000 to 2009 managed the company annual User Group Conference, sat on steering committee with customers and internal members to produce the industry's longest running User Group Conference. This included soliciting papers, reviewing, reviewing presentations, securing locations, negotiating budgets with hotels, sourcing vendors, working with sponsors, securing/writing most collateral pieces of the conference - advertising, invitations, program books, web page, submission processes.

This job allowed me to fully use my diverse experience and education to further the full use of the latest IT methods and technologies. By working side by side with Upper Management, I developed a better understanding of Top Management issues and needs.
I had the good fortune of a great staff who produced results expected without problems.
My staff actually liked me because I looked out for their careers and developed their talents which was a win-win for us. Many have contacted me for references as their careers progressed. It was a joy to work everyday in this environment. Early some of the staff didn't appreciate being disciplined to produce results expected and they were replaced by attrition.
Fellow Directors / Managers were a joy to work with as together we produced excellent results.

Teradyne was one of the best places I have ever worked. To this day my husband and I still talk about how much we miss it there. I started right out of high school as a temp making really good money without even having a college degree at that time. That year business was booming though! I was hired permanent in 3 months then eventually moved up in the company and worked there for almost 10yrs. I had the pleasure of working and hanging among some of the best group of managers and co-workers ever.
The place was just a fun place to go to work everyday. No micro managing as long as you come in and did your job. We were like family at Teradyne. Christmas parties, profit sharing, summer events, company shutdowns, borrowing flex time, no punch clocks, plenty of OT (and OT was anything over 8hrs not 40hrs like other companies) just to name a few. I'm a nurse now and still have never found a company as great as Teradyne was.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working in the lab with semiconductor testers, testing components on the J750 and UltraFlex systems.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Job Insecurity concerns about job stability and prospects can be a significant source of stress.
High workload and tight deadlines managing a heavy workload and meeting tight deadlines can be overwhelming.
Unclear expectations and not knowing what is expected of you can create anxiety and stress.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A strong culture fosters high levels of engagement, commitment, and enthusiasm among employees.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
There is no such thing as a “typical” day at a company.

Held many different roles as I grew my career. My last position allowed customer interfacing and travel which I enjoyed very much. There is a sense of accomplishment knowking that you have fixed a customer issue helping to increase marketshare. Advancement was easy and encouraged. Management was average but you made your own way. Loved my co-workers as I grew up with them. Still keep good contact with some of them. There were many pressure moments where I was the last line of defense to fix a customer problem. I guess setting up a technical call center in CEBU, PI in 2008. Did I mention travel, I did enjoy customer interfacing.

Teradyne was a good first employer after college, but not without their issues.  They hired a dozen or more employees within three months for the same position on multiple shifts.  These positions were working on non-Teradyne equipment, so no one felt fully comfortable about their long term prospects.  This created immense competition when a position working on Teradyne equipment opened up, and this wasn't always handled the best by management.  
After the contract for maintaining  non-Teradyne equipment came to an end all of those employees were kept and trained to service Teradyne equipment.  This improved the environment at work.  After a few years of this I was tired of the 12 hour shifts and at the time I didn't want to leave Vermont.  Due to no other growth locally at Teradyne, I chose to leave an pursue new opportunities.

I first started as a machine operator. I learned as nuch about the machine I was working on as I could. I would always ask the technician questions about the machine when he came for repairs. I would also ask about other machines and thier functions. When given the chance to be a technician, i never looked back. The management believed in me enough to allow the jump and the job there taught me so much. The hardest part of the job was working the machines. The boredom finally got to me. The enjoyable part was being a technician and learningmore about the machines and how they were engineered and being able to learn new machinery.

Fantastic company to work for. Started as a small company and grew into a high tech board building company dealing with government and commercial products. This all happened in stages over several years and was fun to be a part of. Build machines that didn't even exist in the industry yet to make products that couldn't have been made otherwise. Worked as a group leader on first shift with an engineer for a couple of years and learned more than I could ever hope for. People there were down to earth people and would listen and work with you the make the job better.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There aren't really a best part. The company strive on old technology. They try to stay competitive with their market by the assistance of outside help, especially with design

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The people,  especially the veterans 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's more of a testing facility,. Not many realistic engineers. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Trying to solve problems without any specific knowledge of the systems, seems as though the design of everything they own for testing is owned by a third party

I worked at Teradyne for approximately 1 year. When I took the position, I negotiated a higher salary than what they offered, after telling them what my range was (and that I was making $12K more than what they offered). At the time of my performance review, I was told I would not receive a raise because I had already gotten it when hired. I saw support staff repeatedly abused by having to work long hours with no recognition or extra compensation, and others have to take on additional responsibilities when others left, again with no acknowledgement of their extra effort. I left as soon as I was able to.

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