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I appreciate all of your comments and suggestions on dealing with this issue. I am pleased to announce that I just found out that I will be offered a new position at a company that I feel better utilizes my skills as well as will offer me more of a challenge and an ability to grow as a...
I appreciate all the advice. I have been 100% transparent with all my faults, and I know that sounds unbelievable and unreasonable, but it is the truth. I know for certain my references from the job will validate that, the problem now will be getting to that point. As many of you have expressed...
I was only there a year and a half. And horrible company is an understatement.. As much as I would love to call them out, i'll just say its located along coastal South Carolina...
Thanks for all the good suggestions. As far as previous incidents, the only other happened while I was still training. I was listening to the shift supervisor ( 15+ yrs experience at the plant). Ultimately we found out that both manual and automatic valves were leaking by causing part of the...
Ok I'm going to try to explain this as concise as possible, but still cover the basis.
I was recently fired for my job, here is, in brief, what happened. I was a production engineer, as such I was responsible for keeping up with production for my shift ( i.e. keeping up with cycle times...
Well, if anyone else is looking, I found one site : www.esnips.com . It looks as if users can upload books of their choosing and there are quite a few selections if you search for "chemical engineering" . If there are any others you know I am still open for suggestions.
Hey all, I am a new engineer and currently work in a job that does not allow me to fully utilize the skills and concepts learned while in undergrad. I was wondering if anyone knew how to obtain the teacher editions or solutions manuals to some of the standard texts used in the ChE courses. ( I...
Thank you guys for the input. This was my first time posting on this site and it is encouraging to see the fast responses. I hope i didnt come off as whiny or insatiable. I definitely understand not being given much responsibility at such a young age as I clearly don't have the knowledge and...
I recently (~ 5 months) started a new job, my first job as a titled chemical production engineer. The problem I'm having is that it seems that the company wants me more as a glorified operator/supervisor than an engineer. I'm not doing any process improvements, no design calculations, no...