Just joining us? This is the perfect place to start. At Symyx, we pride ourselves on creating an environment where people like you can make a difference.
"Starting at Symyx" is dedicated to helping you find the information, tools ,and resources you need so that when you officially join our team, you'll be familiar with the company and your specific role in its success.
We encourage you to create your own personal plan using our customized roadmap and workbook (coming soon). These tools have been designed to help you complete the orientation process in the most productive way possible, while also learning about the company, our goals, and challenges. Following this structured process throughout your orientation will enable you to quickly integrate into the company and improve your effectiveness. Use the roadmap as an overview guide, to lead you through the various steps proposed in the workbook — following training programs, meeting peers, studying information sources, etc. Once you begin work at Symyx, you should also discuss your roadmap/workbook with your manager, review any questions you might have, and modify your roadmap/workbook appropriately.
The professional and personal growth of our employees is a top priority. We believe that we owe our employees the opportunity to maximize their contribution to success — both professionally and personally. The company also affirms that individuals own their own development. Therefore, we encourage an active, ongoing partnership between employees and their managers.
Our greatest strength is our people and we take their personal development and growth very seriously. In partnership with their managers, our employees are encouraged to drive their own careers and be the best they can be. Symyx and your manager will provide the support and guidance to help you build and execute on an ambitious career development plan. We will ask you to bring a great, open attitude to work every day and to provide the energy and motivation needed to fuel and accelerate your learning and development.
Career routes
We have built a network of career routes within Symyx that allow employees to map out and plan their next moves and explore potential moves. By examining the skills
and experience levels needed to do different jobs, employees can make an accurate assessment of the gaps they are trying to fill.
Training curriculum and development opportunities
Symyx is building a curriculum of training programs for all employees to use as a resource to build their career and fill skill gaps. At Symyx, our managers play a
large role in your personal development, both in helping you craft your plan but also in creating and revealing development opportunities to you. Research has shown
that more than 70% of all development happens on-the-job and our managers are skilled at exploiting this opportunity. Examples of development opportunities include
work projects, stretch assignments, vacation cover, research, shadow assignments, attending meetings, giving presentations, writing reports or papers.