It's never too late to change careers. How do you decide to change jobs? Reasons for changing the field of activity and advice from psychologists If you want to change jobs but don’t know

Greetings dear readers! Elena Izotova is with you. Have you ever thought that you live life meaninglessly, every new day is groundhog day. Every day does not bring joy. It seems to you that you are useless, you are not appreciated ... And you are increasingly thinking: how to decide to change jobs. I want to help you and perhaps in this article you will find a way out.

First, determine: do you really need to change jobs?

What specifically do you dislike:

• Ringing an alarm clock in the morning?
• Strict regime?
• Irregular working hours?
• Low salary or hasn't been raised for 5 years?
• Is the boss crazy?
• A quarrelsome team that does nothing but slander everyone's bones?
• No career prospects?
• Are your duties routine?
• And perhaps this activity is generally “not yours”, well, not to your liking?

If you answered “yes” to at least one question, I am sure that once you definitely thought about leaving. And this is understandable, because every person wants to do what they love, wants to be happy.

But it's scary to leave.! Fear is above reason, logic! And as long as fear dominates us, it will not allow us to start making changes in life. I agree that it is easier when you know what will happen tomorrow. In order to change your life for the better and stop being afraid of tomorrow, you need to decide and take action.

If you've made up your mind anyway stay in the same place, you can take some action.

Discontents and solutions

1. Low salary or no raise for a long time

• you can talk straight to the forehead with the authorities,
• casually hint that a competitor is poaching you.

But think carefully about whether you can handle more work and more responsibility.

2. Chief

My dears, even if he is the boss, but he is a person with his own experiences, weaknesses. Try to accept him the way he is.

3. Team

I'll be brief - get used to it)))) All corporate parties are in your favor - they bring you together))))

4. No career growth

Of course, if you work in a small office where there is only one boss - he is both the owner, and the director, and the boss - I believe that there is no growth and cannot be.

Only one thing will help here - take the initiative! Let the boss pay more and more attention to you.

5. Routine

Again, take the initiative - talk to your boss about changing activities:

• other amount of work
• another position.

6. "Not mine"

This is a clinic! You can't force yourself to fall in love!
Therefore, there is only one way out - a job change - learn a new profession.

If you still decide to leave, follow the only rule:

With work, as well as with your beloved, you should not part in the heat of the moment!

In this case, you will lose a lot both financially and morally. Therefore, prepare an alternate airfield in advance: either look for another job, or start making money on the Internet.

Life Stories

As did my coach, mentor Alexander Borisov. He worked as a fireman. In parallel with the main work, he created his own blog Isif-life.ru and started making money from it. When the monthly income from the blog exceeded the main one by 10 times, he quit and began to deal only with the blog and the info business.

By the way, the work of a firefighter was not unloved. Just at one point, I had to make a choice between my favorite job with a meager salary and my favorite job - creative - a brainchild blog. The choice fell on the latter.

There is another story. My colleague Svetlana Bukhtoyarova IT-teacher. What is called a "teacher from God." He also loves his job and his class. At first, she taught children in the school curriculum how to work in PowerPoint. And so imbued that she created several courses that she sells on the Internet. Moreover, her income from the Internet has long exceeded her school salary, but her love for children is above ... for now ...))))

And there are many such examples! No need to wait for the fried cock to peck! Prepare your waste in advance! And the sooner you start, the more confidently you will say goodbye to your current place. And only then will you find inner harmony. Remember: you are unique, you are capable of more!

Sincerely, Elena Izotova.

Usually people hold on to their jobs because they are afraid of being unemployed. Here, for example, a person works as a salesman in a store, receives a meager salary, gets very tired. Here he stands behind the counter and thinks: “How tired I am already! I work hard like a horse, but the salary is penny! I need to change jobs? But where to go?

This person has friends and acquaintances who cannot find at least some work for themselves. He looks at them and thinks: “Wow, Vasya hasn’t been able to find any work for a year now. But I have at least some. Yes, it doesn’t suit me. "But nevertheless, I have a stable monthly salary, which is enough for me for the same black bread and a pack of salt a month. At least I won't die of hunger. But Vasya has been drinking only tap water for a month, and from Monday, he will switch to rainwater in general, since they promise to turn off the water supply in his apartment for non-payment.

And to be honest, I can understand this person. He lives by the principle: "Better a titmouse in the hands than a crane in the sky." He has something to lose. He has a friend Vasya, looking at whom you understand that trading pantaloons for grandmothers is not the worst thing that can happen in life.

If you are interested, I can tell you what I personally concluded about changing jobs:

Only a highly qualified and sought-after specialist can afford to change jobs like gloves.

If you, Dima85, are such, then do not be afraid to change jobs. You will definitely not be left without a piece of bread. But if you are a low-demand specialist, of which there are thousands in line at the labor exchange in search of work, then it would be more correct to think a hundred times before writing a letter of resignation.

And there is no need to be afraid of a new team - you will join, as you once joined your current team. And don't be afraid to mess up. After all, only those who do nothing do not make mistakes.

Good luck, brother!

I want to add one more point. Otherwise, my answer looks like unclaimed or low-demand specialists are destined to toil all their lives in low-paid positions. This is not true.

In fact, anyone can change jobs. Simply, if a sought-after specialist can afford to quit a highly paid job because he decided to go on a trip for three months in the summer, then a low-demand employee must first prepare good ground: find a new job, agree with the employer that he will definitely take him to him. Then only quit, but not of their own free will or by agreement of the parties, but by transfer to another job. Something like this...

The law assumes that changes to the employment contract can be made subject to special rules. The most common reason for revision is a change in the place and working conditions at the initiative of the employer. We will analyze step by step how to carry out this procedure correctly.

General information

An employment contract is an agreement between an employer and an employee, according to which the employer undertakes to provide the employee with work according to the stipulated labor function, ensure working conditions, pay the employee wages in a timely manner and in full.

The employee undertakes to personally perform the labor function determined by this agreement in the interests, under the management and control of the employer, to comply with the internal labor regulations applicable to this employer.

The employment contract fixes the agreement of the parties on the main issues, including: place of work, working time, labor function (position), working conditions, wages, rights and obligations of participants in the employment contract, etc.

These main points in the employment contract are the essential conditions of the employment contract and are indicated in Part 2 of Art. 57 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

It must also be remembered that changing the terms of an employment contract should not worsen working conditions, reduce guarantees, limit the rights of employees in accordance with the current labor legislation, otherwise such conditions are considered invalid (part 2 of article 9 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

Options for changing the terms of the contract

As a general rule (Article 72 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), changing the terms of the contract determined by the parties, including transfer to another job, is allowed only by agreement of the parties to the employment contract, with the exception of cases expressly provided for by law.

The Labor Code of the Russian Federation lists the following situations when changes in working conditions are allowed at the initiative of the employer:

• Art. 72.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation - transfer to another job;
• Art. 72.2 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation - temporary transfer to another job;
• Art. 73 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation - transfer of an employee to another job in accordance with a medical report;
• Art. 74 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation - changes in technological or organizational working conditions;
• Art. 60.2 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation - combination of positions.

Important! Any changes to an already signed employment contract can only be made in the same way as it was originally concluded - by mutual agreement. The employer is not entitled to do this unilaterally, the law directly prohibits it.

Transfer to another job

The transfer of an employee to another job should be understood as a permanent or temporary change in the labor function of the employee or the structural unit in which the employee works, while continuing to work for the same employer, as well as transfer to work in another area together with the employer. The reason for the decision of the management to introduce such changes can be not only the successes and achievements of a particular employee, but also his inconsistency with his position.

Less often, the transfer will be forced, for example, in emergency situations, if necessary, to replace an absent colleague. The following will also be considered a translation:

• change not just a workplace, but also a subdivision, of course, if it is clearly stated in the employment contract;
• moving to another locality with the whole company.

Note! Translation has important differences from a movement similar to it, that is, performing the same work, but at a different workplace, in another structural unit located in the same area, entrusting it with work on a different mechanism, unit, device, machine tool, car, etc. etc. In this case, there are no changes in the labor function itself or clauses of the employment contract (Article 72.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

The transfer can be termless or temporary, lasting up to one year. At the same time, at the end of the transfer period, his former place of work was not provided to him and he did not demand it back and also continues to work, then the transfer from temporary becomes permanent.

But it is always necessary to comply with two indispensable requirements:

• the written consent of the employee;
• there are no health contraindications to work.

Important! Art. 72.2 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation expressly stipulates that the transfer of an employee without his consent for a period of up to one month to a job not stipulated by an employment contract with the same employer is allowed in case of downtime, the need to prevent the destruction or damage to property, prevent catastrophes of various nature and eliminate their consequences.

However, in this situation, transfer to work requiring lower qualifications is allowed only with the written consent of the employee. Refusal to perform work during a translation made in compliance with the law is recognized as a violation of labor discipline, and absence from work - absenteeism.

It is also important for the employer to remember that amendments to the employment contract are also possible at the initiative of the employee himself, while it is up to the employer to change or not any conditions for such an employee.

But there are exceptions when the employer does not have the right to refuse to change certain conditions of the employment contract for the following employees (part 2 of article 93 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, paragraph 3 of clause 13 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 01/28/2014 N 1):

• pregnant woman;
• one of the parents / guardian who has a child under 14 years of age or a disabled child under 18 years of age and other persons with such children;
• caregiver caring for a sick family member.

Changes in technological or organizational working conditions

Such changes are understood as changes for reasons related to a change in organizational or technological working conditions (changes in equipment and production technology, structural reorganization of production, etc.), while the terms of the employment contract determined by the parties cannot be saved. An approximate list of circumstances that serve to change the terms of an employment contract is given in Part 1 of Art. 74 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and clause 21 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated March 17, 2004 No. 2 “On the application by the courts of the Russian Federation of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation”. In such cases, it is allowed to change them at the initiative of the employer, with the exception of changing the labor function of the employee.

The employer, according to the law, is not obliged to report to employees, but must notify employees of upcoming changes and their reasons, as well as follow a certain procedure for notifying all interested parties.

Changes can affect various aspects of the employment contract: the amount and method of remuneration, working and free time, etc. But, as a rule, they concern not just individual employees, but the whole team of the organization. Therefore, an important stage in the introduction of such innovations will be obtaining the consent of the local trade union representing the workers.

The employer should remember that he will have to be ready to prove the need to change the terms of the employment contract due to changes in organizational or technological working conditions, if the dissenting employee goes to court. If the employer cannot justify the need for these changes in court, then these changes may be declared illegal, and the employer may be required, for example, to restore the employee’s employment contract under the previous terms or pay the employee’s lost wages, it all depends on the employee’s requirements.

There is also an exception for employees who worked part-time and who cannot be denied such a regime (for example, a pregnant woman), it is impossible to transfer unilaterally to a full-time job without their written consent.

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General procedure for registration of changes

The steps and actions of the employer's human resources department in documenting any changes to employment contracts should be as follows:

• Issuance of an order, which indicates the reasons for changing working conditions, new conditions, a list of employees who will be affected by this, the timing and procedures for the change, as well as responsible persons. The law does not oblige to issue this document, but in practice it is often done.
• Notice. The law obliges the employee to warn the employee about planned changes in the employment contract in writing and at least 2 months in advance (exceptions, for example, individual entrepreneurs must notify employees at least two weeks in advance (Article 306 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation), religious organizations - at least a week in advance (Article .344 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation)).). The notice is most often given to the employee in person, but it is perfectly acceptable to send it by certified mail with notification by mail.
• Obtaining a response from each employee with consent. This may be a handwritten signature on the proposal or a separate statement from the employee.
• Familiarization of the employee with his job responsibilities at another workplace and other local regulatory documents.
• Drafting, approval and signing of an additional agreement to the employment contract. In the future, it becomes an integral part of a valid and registered labor contract (Article 57 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).
• Issue of the order. To do this, it is convenient to use the unified form T-5. The use of forms of documents approved by the State Statistics Committee is not mandatory, but it is convenient for personnel department specialists and managers.
• Acquaintance with the order of the employee. This fact is certified by his own signature. The second copies of the order and additional agreement are transferred to the employee.
• Making entries in the employee's personal card (T-2 form) and his work book. But only if there is a transfer, that is, the labor function (position) of the employee changes. Moving, combining positions or changing the mode of work in the work book and personal card are not reflected.

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Refusal of the employee to change the terms of the employment contract

Each employee has the right to determine for himself whether he wants to work at a new workplace or with a different pay and refuse the corresponding offer of the employer. There can be two consequences of such a refusal:

• the place of work and position will remain the same, work will continue on the same conditions fixed in the contract;
• the employment contract with the refused employee will be terminated, but not as a punishment, but on the basis of paragraph 7 of Art. 77 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

Dismissal associated with the employee's refusal to continue working due to a change in the terms of the employment contract implies notification of such an event to the employee also in advance, 2 months in advance. The employer immediately in writing and signed. During this time, he must offer the employee other options if the employer has them (paragraph 7 of part 1 of article 21, articles of article 57, 74 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). It is also better to record the refusal of an employee from the proposed vacancies in writing.

Upon dismissal on this basis, the employee is entitled to compensation - severance pay. Its amount in this situation is limited to two weeks' earnings.

There are many reasons for wanting to change jobs. Now we will present to your attention the most significant of them.

1. Low salary. At the moment when we get a job, we hope that wages will rise as quickly as prices rise. But there are situations when the company's business is not going very well or the bosses are simply not interested in the wishes of their subordinates. In this case, you work practically for nothing and are well aware that your work is not paid properly.
2. Lack of career growth. If you are a careerist by nature, but for many years your work remains unnoticed by anyone, and everyone is promoted up the career ladder, but not you, then this is a reason to change your current job.
3. Unacceptable schedule. Each company has its own work schedule. Somewhere night shifts are established, somewhere they force workers to go out on holidays and weekends, and there are professions that provide for irregular working hours. It happens that a person was satisfied with his schedule until a certain period, but after something changed in life, it became problematic to work in this position. For example, women without children arrange night shifts, but with the advent of babies, they simply have no one to leave them at night.
4. Unacceptable working conditions. People of some professions in the course of their work deal with dangerous and harmful working conditions. These factors negatively affect the state of the employee and the health of the whole organism as a whole.
5. Change of leadership. There are situations when the management changes at the enterprise and you do not find a common language with the new boss. He not only finds fault, but also tries to survive you from his familiar place.
6. Unhealthy team atmosphere. If you have strained relationships with colleagues, then this greatly interferes with the normal performance of your job duties. You can emerge victorious from any war, but if you do not want to fight with the team, then dismissal may be an alternative.
7. Willingness and ability to do other activities. A person should do only what he really likes. If at some time he did work that he does not like, then at the slightest opportunity you need to change your life.

Each person has their own reasons for changing jobs, but before you take a responsible step and write a letter of resignation, you should think it over a hundred times and not do anything on emotions.

Things to consider before changing jobs

At the moment when a person has a job, it seems that there are many vacancies around with higher salaries and better working conditions. In reality, when a person really starts looking for a new job, he is faced with the fact that he is not suitable for some organizations as a specialist, and, perhaps, the working conditions in some companies do not suit the employee himself. And it turns out that a person quit his old job, but cannot find a new one.

And there are cases when the employee returns to the old place of work. We do not know how our lives will turn out, and we offer you to use the recommendations that may help you in the future.

• Do not quit until you have found a new job and received confirmation that you are really hired.
  Printed publications are full of ads for a wide variety of vacancies, but this does not mean that you will be taken to the first company you like.
• Do not tell others about your plans.
  There may be many envious or ill-wishers around you. With their help, rumors about your possible departure can reach the authorities, and they can make your stay at the workplace unbearable. And not the fact that you still leave.
• Leave "beautifully".
  Even if among your colleagues there are people to whom you have long wanted to express everything that you think about them, you should not do this. The earth is round and it is not known what awaits all of us tomorrow, perhaps someday you still decide to return.
• Don't "burn bridges".
  After you still decide to write a letter of resignation, try to finish all the work and transfer them to your successor. Maintain a good relationship with your superiors, because they still have to give you a letter of recommendation for a new job.
• Don't speak badly about your previous job.
  If you will "pouring dirt" on former colleagues or boss, then this will only aggravate your precarious position in the new team. Try to correctly and tactfully answer questions related to the old place of work.

How to change jobs: the first steps

People who find themselves on the verge of change are very often lost and do not know where to start and how to act correctly. Any changes in life are accompanied by experiences, and in some cases, nervous shocks.

If you are hungry for change, but do not know where to start, we suggest using the instructions we have compiled.

1. Decide for yourself if you like your profession . Perhaps you have a humanitarian mindset, but due to some circumstances you have to work as an accountant. In this case, most likely you just chose the wrong profession for yourself.
2. Think about what you would like to do . If you are satisfied with your profession, but the current team is hated, just change your job. But if you are not satisfied with your specialty, then it is time to change not only the place, but also the occupation. Think about what you do best and bring you the most pleasure.
3. Prepare the ground for future change . You can start looking at newspapers or specialized sites with job offers, call the specified phone number and arrange interviews.

If we are talking about starting your own business, then you need to draw up a business plan and find start-up capital. Read:

1. Go to active job search . At this stage, we suggest that you start attending interviews. It can take more than one month to find a new job, so you should not talk about your plans at your current workplace.
2. Inform management and staff of your imminent departure . When you find a new job, or make the final decision to start your own business, you can let everyone know that you are leaving.
3. Write a statement . Under current law, after filing a letter of resignation, an employee must work for 14 days. He may not work out this period if he has a replacement and the boss releases the resigning without working off.

But most often you can find a situation where the management does not want to let go of valuable employees and defiantly tears up all statements. In this case, you need to send a letter of resignation by registered mail. Upon receipt, which, the responsible person will be required to sign for it and register it properly.

1. Finish all things and hand them over to the receiver . We do not recommend spoiling relationships with anyone, so we recommend that you complete all the work you have started, put your papers in order and transfer all the affairs to the person who will perform your duties.
2. On the last day, say goodbye to the whole team and say that it was a pleasure to work with them. (even if you don't think so).

How to change jobs at 40?

Young people think that after 30 years old age begins. But when they turn 40, they continue to feel young.

It is at the age of 40 that people realize that half their lives have been lived, and there is nothing special to remember. At this point, they begin to mope and become depressed. The crisis of 40 years is actively coming. Psychologists often help to get out of this state, who, according to the stories of clients, understand that they are unhappy, because they do unloved work.

But not all people who have exchanged their fifth decade decide on such cardinal changes as changing jobs. Many are satisfied with stability, a familiar team and do not let go of the fear of the unknown.

If you consider yourself to this category of people, we advise you to think about the fact that there is only one life and you should not live it not the way you want, but the way you need to.

If you have a special education, a long work history, unique experience, etc., we recommend that you try to find a job that you like.

In our country, you can often find a situation where in Soviet times, due to a lack of personnel, people were hired for various specialties immediately after graduating from 11 classes. Today, only people with higher education can apply for such places. Nevertheless, no one kicks out those “old” workers, and they successfully fulfill their duties.

But if such a person with experience, but without education, decides to change his job, then he is unlikely to succeed, due to the lack of a diploma.

Therefore, before deciding to change your profession after 40, weigh all the pros and cons very well. If you can’t leave your old job, we advise you to find yourself a hobby with which you may be able to earn extra money.

The main thing is not to get hung up on an unloved job, but to find your outlet. For example, knit things for your grandchildren, bake goodies for children, or devote yourself to loved ones.

How to change jobs for a woman

For some, changing jobs is easy enough, while for others, there are many obstacles along the way. In order to have as little trouble as possible, we advise you to use our recommendations.

• Avoid impulsive decisions, let yourself cool down before doing anything.
• Learn how to write a good resume.
• Use your contacts to find future work. Often it is acquaintances who help to find a new job.
• Go to all interviews where you are invited, and do not be discouraged if you are rejected. Thus, you get invaluable experience of communication with employers.
• Change jobs no more than once every 2 years. Too frequent change of work speaks of your frivolity.
• Before you get a new job, talk to the team at the job you want to get. If you completely change your profession, then experienced people will tell you about all the advantages and disadvantages of this specialty.
• If possible, train for a few days before leaving your old position. So you will learn more about the responsibilities that will be assigned to you.
• Consult with relatives.

Conclusion

Life is too short to do what you don't like. The hardest thing about changing jobs is taking the first step. Calculate all the pros and cons of the present and future work, compare the results and start acting.

If you do everything right, then your life will change beyond recognition, and you will forget about depression and bad mood.

As the job market heats up, it might be time to update your LinkedIn profile. A profile update is one of the main indications that

that you're planning to change jobs, so don't be surprised if you're bombarded with offers as a result.

Don't overreact to it. Changing jobs should be a deliberate move. The chart below can help you make the right decision. The bottom part of the diagram contains the reasons why people think about changing jobs. At the top are the reasons why they accept employers' offers. Positive and negative motivators are divided into external (short-term, left side of the diagram) and internal (long-term, right side of the diagram) (translated below).

Positive motivators: Moving forward
We receive on the first day Wage increase Short term bonuses Convenience Promotion / Loud brand Privilege	We do it in the first year Career Knowledge, skills, skills Stability / Balance Team / Leader The company and its goals
Routine Low salary / No benefits Problems with superiors Inconvenience financial difficulties Recycling	Road to nowhere slow career growth Dissatisfaction Problems with colleagues/management Indifference to company goals Cultural Differences
Negative motivators: Moving backwards

When considering a change of job, many candidates place too much value on what they acquire in a new job - the position, the location of the office and the salary. These positive factors are short-term and have little effect on career prospects and job satisfaction. Delight quickly passes, and negative factors come to the fore. The "vicious circle" includes dissatisfaction, poor performance and, as a result, employee turnover. The above chart can help job seekers make rational career decisions, even if they are forced to leave their old job and already have several lucrative offers from new employers.

You should consider changing jobs only if the internal negative factors outweigh the positive ones.

View descriptions of all four categories. Of course, if the current situation fits the description of the fourth category ("Road to nowhere"), you should change jobs. If you are consumed by the routine (third category), you can still change everything, but changing jobs will still be your best option. The main problem of most applicants is that the incoming offers contain very little information, insufficient to evaluate a career decision in the long term. The blame for this falls on the inviting company, the HR specialist, and the recruiter involved in the hiring process. In an effort to close the vacancy as quickly as possible by hiring the best of the candidates, they completely do not devote time to the position itself and the opportunities that it represents.

In such cases, the candidate will have to decide for himself whether the decision to change jobs is good, so that in a year he does not have to go again in search of a better place. Here's what you can do.

1. Understand the needs of the host company

Ask the recruiter and/or HR specialist about their company's needs. The question might sound like this: "What does the person you hire need to achieve to be considered successful in this position?" Ask for the employer's expectations, available resources, and the overall importance of the job you plan to do.

2. What you will do should be more important than what you will have.

If the interview asks you standard questions or offers to solve yet another puzzle, ask how this relates to your potential job. If the interviewer finds it difficult to answer, most likely, he does not have a clear description of this vacancy.

3. Find out why this place is still free

Perhaps the vacancy has opened as a result of positive changes that have taken place in the company, but it is possible that the employer is experiencing constant problems with the specialists holding this position.

4. Ask what happened to the person who held the position before you

The answer to this question will reveal to you the ability of a manager to select people and lead them.

5. Learn the performance criteria

If the interlocutor answers vaguely or evasively, you have reason to think. Strong leaders can always set their expectations for the people they hire.

6. Learn about the features of the organizational structure of the enterprise

Determine who you will be working with. You may want to meet with future colleagues before accepting an offer. If you have to join an established team, consider whether you can make changes if necessary.

7. Find out what your potential boss thinks about your position and the department as a whole.

So you can determine his abilities, expectations and the potential of the vacancy itself.

8. Determine the managerial style of the leader

If the manager is fond of micromanaging or, on the contrary, treats his subordinates indifferently, you may have serious problems. It will be useful to know if he prefers careful planning over quick response, etc. Make sure that your work style matches his managerial style, otherwise you will be disappointed in the next few months.

9. Learn the truth about corporate culture

Ask about how decisions are made, how hard it is to change. Learn more about company policies and infrastructure. Talk to real people as official documents won't help you see the real picture.