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As a recent college graduate, I’ve had a number of conversations with my peers about how their new jobs are treating them. When I would eventually ask about if they enjoyed their jobs, I would commonly hear “yeah, the people are great,” and nothing else. As someone who highly valued a company with a great culture during my job search (after all, I need to enjoy being at work if I’m in the office at least 40 hours a week!) I would think to myself during these conversations, “OK, but how so?” Thankfully, as a new Product Specialist, I’ve been able to see firsthand why the culture at Indium Corporation is so great.
首先介绍一下我自己：我出生并成长于纽约州中部，特别是罗马，在我的大学生涯中，我一直为自己的成长环境感到自豪（比如在音乐会结束后开车回来的路上，我和我的管乐团团长（他并不关注篮球）一起收听广播转播锡拉丘兹大学和北卡罗莱纳州之间的 2016 年 NCAA 篮球锦标赛最终四强对决，并提醒我的大学朋友们在鸡翅上放牧场沙拉酱在道德上是错误的）。当然，当我发现在我成长的地区有一家材料科学公司时，我在求职过程中认真考虑了这家公司。
My first exposure to Indium Corporation came from my freshman advisor and Indium Corporation Senior Technologist, Dr. Ron Lasky as I studied Material Science and Engineering and later Engineering Management at Dartmouth College. Being a local materials manufacturer with positions available in both process development as well as marketing, the company seemed like a good fit for my skill set. On top of that, I remember Dr. Lasky saying “you’ll never find a better company to work for.”
During my final year at Dartmouth, I interviewed at a few other companies in addition to Indium Corporation. I was ready to move forward with the interview process when COVID-19hit immediately after I finished classes. I was fortunate enough to have a steady source of income throughout the spring before I eventually interviewed a second time. During that time, I would tell people that I was interviewing with Indium Corporation,and the response would always be something along the lines of “oh that’ll be a great place to work for you,” (responses coming from people such as my neighbor, my family’s tax guy, and a high school friend that I found out had interned with the company a few years ago). My view of the company was further shaped by the fact that they became established as an essential business; the company was obviously doing well for themselves during the pandemic when so many of my friends had opportunities canceled from companies not doing sowell. The fact that Indium Corporation kept itself so highly in the minds of the community during changing times stuck with me.
接受聘用后，我得知自己将在半导体和先进组装材料部（SAAM）工作，领导全球产品经理、全能女强人 Sze Pei Lim。她的工作地点在马来西亚，因此我将通过互联网与她沟通，直到我们能够见面（在线 Zoom 会议让我做好了充分准备！）。Sze Pei 在我的入职培训中再次提到 "欢迎加入 Indium 大家庭！"。我心想，这里一定有什么与众不同之处，让员工对公司有如此高的评价。
After arriving at headquarters for my first day and throughout the first week, it became abundantly clear why people like Dr. Ron, Sze Pei, and the members of the community thought the way they did. I remember hearing a story from someone else in my orientation session about how she was furloughed from her job because of the virus and heard about how well Indium Corporation had treated her son during the pandemic, highlighting the company’s commitment to its employees. I also regularly meet and have conversations with people I don’t directly work with (although a Product Specialist is supposed to interact with multiple departments, people still introduced themselves to me outside of those circles). I was also lucky enough to attend a yearly corporate outing for team building purposes during my first week. During this outing, the members of the Marketing team each had taken a personality assessment and shared what their top traits were. This further enforced the idea of the company being a family, since I not only learned what other employees valued when they worked, I got to know more about them as individuals.
Having witnessed firsthand how lucky I am that the comments I heard about Indium Corporation were validating, it’s equally encouraging that the work I’m doing so far has been interesting as well! I’m excited to continue learning here and to document my journey in to the world of semiconductor assembly materials, and I’m especially happy that when people will ask me if I’m enjoying my work, I can give more than a one-sentence answer.
非常感谢、
埃文
