Here’s something I’ve found on the Stream website. Look at the highlighted parts in bold. They say near the end that they encourage diversity. They have equal oppertunities for gays, forign people, people from Dundalk, people with disabilities etc. They harp on about how they want to be an outsourcer that is admired in the industry but yet I want a few very minor alterations to their I-T policy and it’s completely impossible. Nothing that I’ve asked for will put the company at risk in terms of security, it won’t cost a penny and it will improve my productivity.
When I-T give us a very old PC, they argue that it is all we’re going to get because as it’s minimum spec as defined in the clients contract it will therefore do the job. However, These Minimum specs were probably a guess from some sales fella ten years ago. They are so old and worn out that even windows 98 would have a hard time keeping things moving. And they want us to use them for every day work? I wish people could understand that if you want to get the best from employees then you need to give them more than minimum spec. Minimum spec = Minimum productivity.
Anyway, look at this extract. I want your comments on this by the way.
Life at Stream
Taken from http://www.stream.com/careers/life.asp
Top 10 Reasons Stream is a Great Place to Work
Passion for creating exceptional experiences
Commitment to company-wide values, vision, mission, and goals
Extensive training as part of a learning organization
Relentless pursuit of excellence through aggressive goals and progress measurements
Recognized value of a healthy work/life balance
Global presence, with support around the world in many languages
Challenging and fun work environment
Comprehensive benefits plan
Opportunities for personal growth, development, and promotion
Team environment valuing all opinions and recognizing excellence
Our Culture
We distinguish ourselves from other companies through our values, vision, mission, and goals.
Values
Our actions will demonstrate a steadfast commitment to our clients and their customers, as well as to each other
Our clients will experience our commitment through the service they receive from the best people, operations, processes and tools, and global capabilities
We will work as a team instilled with integrity and respect, valuing all opinions and recognizing excellence
Vision
Deliver an exceptional customer experience
Strive to be the place people want to work
Grow to be the most admired global outsourcing company in our industry
Mission
Deliver an exceptional customer experience
Goals
Create satisfied, loyal customers
Develop fulfilled associates
Optimize operations and processes
Deliver financial results
Diversity
Stream strives to attract, retain, and motivate individuals who reflect the diversity of their communities. Through these efforts, we provide equal opportunity for all employees and all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran, or citizenship status.
Stream believes in the dignity of the individual. All Stream team members must work together toward a common goal. All employees must therefore be respected for their individual contributions, and be granted the right to personal dignity in the pursuit of their work.
We believe that a diverse environment, where people share their experiences, individual perspective and personal style, makes our customer relationships the best in the business.
Benefits at a Glance
Employees are our most valuable resource. In appreciation for the work they do, Stream offers its employees a full benefits package. We offer an array of programs designed to be flexible, innovative, and valuable for employees and their families.
Due to our company’s presence in a number of widespread geographies, the full details of our benefits programs are too diverse to list here; however, benefits information will be readily available during the interview process
I'm writing this because you commented over on Xbox's site congratulating him and E for their baby.
I'm putting this on this post because it's a little bit down the page and I don't want him to see it 🙂
A while ago, before Martin's (xbox4nappyrash) wife got pregnant I promised I would post a youtube video of me singing "Yes" by Mcalomont & Butler whilst accompanying myself on the ukulele to celebrate the birth of their child.
This will not be a pretty sight as I can neither sing, nor really play the ukulele (this isn't false modesty – I really can't).
However what I thought might make it really cool would be instead of just a straight video I put together a montage of videos shot by readers of his blog and fellow walkers all celebrating – i.e. dancing, sticking thumbs up, cheering, holding up signs, that sort of thing. It would have to be something that would work without sound as I would put my (awful) soundtrack over the top of it.
It would be great if you could participate. If you send me a short 5-15 second video clip (or at a push a photo, but a video would be much better) along with your name and blog then I'll put it together with other submissions and get something ready for the end of the week. I think it would be a really nice thing to do for martin to show him and E how pleased we are for him. and Martin has been incredibly supportive of me and my various projects in the past.
However I realise this isn't the sort of thing a lot of people are comfortable with and so would understand completely if you don't want to do it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. You can email me at dghughes28@yahoo.co.uk
Dan.