In my experience, if you feel you’re ready to take on more responsibility or want to move in a different direction and ask for it, they’ll give it to you. If you can handle it, DEIF isn’t afraid even if you don’t have the appropriate degree.
I trained as a technical assistant but worked as a day carer from home for five years while my children were growing up.
I returned to the job market when I got a job as a receptionist at DEIF in Skive. I was at the main switchboard and did secretarial work. After a year or so, I was offered a job as coordinator in R&D and stayed in that position for 7-8 years, but during that time my responsibilities grew, the tasks kept changing. And obviously people around me came and went which also helped keep the challenges fresh.
Eventually, I let some of the managers know that I felt I could take on more responsibilities and things moved quite fast from then on.
Today, I work as project manager in R&D. Most of my colleagues are engineers but they don’t brainstorm with me on technical issues. That’s not my job.
I’ve found that I don’t have to look elsewhere to stay satisfied with my work situation; that it’s possible to find new ways for me within the same organisation.
In large part, I think that’s also because the fundamental ethics at DEIF are sound. From the management down. People are easy to work with. We don’t just respect our customers. We have the same attitude within our own four walls. That is something I think is quite rare to find.
I trained as a technical assistant but worked as a day carer from home for five years while my children were growing up.
I returned to the job market when I got a job as a receptionist at DEIF in Skive. I was at the main switchboard and did secretarial work. After a year or so, I was offered a job as coordinator in R&D and stayed in that position for 7-8 years, but during that time my responsibilities grew, the tasks kept changing. And obviously people around me came and went which also helped keep the challenges fresh.
Eventually, I let some of the managers know that I felt I could take on more responsibilities and things moved quite fast from then on.
Today, I work as project manager in R&D. Most of my colleagues are engineers but they don’t brainstorm with me on technical issues. That’s not my job.
I’ve found that I don’t have to look elsewhere to stay satisfied with my work situation; that it’s possible to find new ways for me within the same organisation.
In large part, I think that’s also because the fundamental ethics at DEIF are sound. From the management down. People are easy to work with. We don’t just respect our customers. We have the same attitude within our own four walls. That is something I think is quite rare to find.
Gitte Jespersen, Project Manager, Research and Development, DEIF A/S, Skive, Denmark