Joining SPIE

SPIE & I

SPIE in everyday life, explained to a future recruit.

Nice what do you mean by nice the atmosphere the people the benefits the money the prospects the training the company's reputation all that kind of thing well I'll try to explain if I was working for an ordinary big company I tell you that speed is a large group with a wide range of business lines double-digit growth and good salaries plus benefits I tell you that there are opportunities to work in your home country or abroad on an oil platform under an Alpine glacier and a nuclear power plant on a solar farm or elsewhere all that's perfectly true but for me there's more to it than that you see it may seem to be a very small point but when you start work in the morning everyone says hello no matter who you are you quickly sense there's a really friendly atmosphere between people but then during the day you notice that all the doors are open and they stay that way that means you can speak to people and they listen in fact Spee is a big company but the atmosphere is more like a small firm we work in small units so relations on a human scale we're mostly on first-name terms that's just how it is what's more you're encouraged to meet people to get to know other employees I've been cycling with my boss I've helped my department organize a football tournament and gone a lot to cheer on my team this feeling of being close is a good sign isn't it so the great thing is that we will talk to each other when we have problems we talk things over when we have ideas or projects we talk about them there's even a contest for that and if you don't agree with something you can say so safety is another important point for us a work accident is more than just figures on a chart it means one of our mates will not be making at home after work that's something that shouldn't happen so it's something we all work on all the time another important thing is that things are always on the move I started out working on a small project alone in my office today I manage 25 people that I recruited myself that's something I'm proud of that's why people feel good at speed we develop we change we make progress and that helps us become better at what we do then there's the environment at speed it's much more than just green marketing it's a strategic choice we see it as a tremendous opportunity that's why we are pushing ahead with dozens of projects and this is just the beginning to me all this really means something everything I've told you is exactly what I think more than that it's part of my daily life I'm not trying to tell you that we're the best but we are good we are good at our jobs and we are good to each other I'm not saying we a bunch of Care Bears but we do care about each other so you see diversity authenticity respect local presence commitment so speed a different professional mindset hey that's me they're not bad eh now come on