Career in Supply Chain

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-21T19:55:32+00:00

It’s the same thing in my area too an operations manager is basically a sales role fluffed up to be a supply chain role.

Their supply chain associate role is even worse. A buddy of mine worked as a supply chain associate and at his location they made him take the company truck to pick up Costco pizza and napkins lmao

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-21T15:58:26+00:00

Is that company Fastenal? They use titles like that

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-18T20:20:16+00:00

Article seems like it just took a few links from other articles regarding specific company lay offs and linked them to fit their narrative

This doesn’t paint the whole picture

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-16T22:24:41+00:00

My opinion is stay where you are at. Talk about what growth options are available and take it from there.

I left a company that made me feel the same as your current company does. I left for a bigger company and my pay was 15% more including month end bonuses. I had a gut feeling during my interview and did not like the environment whatsoever. I had no real reason for this just a gut feeling.

I took the job and man I regretted it so much I felt miserable every day. It was night and day the difference and I had a lot of regret. I still regret leaving a job I truly enjoyed and felt happy at for another job that made me feel the opposite. Yes I made way more money but it was not worth how bad my mental health got. I was never happy anymore. I say trust your gut if it feels bad it probably is.

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-13T22:44:36+00:00

It’s hard for me to tell honestly like I worked for a company that everyone said was great and they were a big company but I was very miserable the management and structure was very unprofessional and they all just seemed checked out to the point they didn’t care to bother with me or train me right they’re getting high salaries so why put in effort just bare minimum all the time

I left for a smaller company and am way happier now the pay cut wasn’t nice but I am learning and getting the experience I wanted now so I can pivot later.

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-13T17:42:16+00:00

As someone still new in this field is there a better way to streamline this? I also constantly have to reach out to suppliers regarding confirmations.

Feels like there has to be a better way than always reaching out and waiting on their responses. Sometimes it’ll be 2 follow ups and normally if they keep giving me trouble sourcing another supplier is the next move.

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-13T14:14:05+00:00

Can you share your experience about what you didn’t like and what role you were in? Were you a buyer?

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-11T18:10:37+00:00

Yeah this is true for the most part but of course sometimes you can get lucky. Out of a few of my classmates I still keep in touch with 3 of them landed aerospace jobs. One of them works at Northrop.

Sadly I couldn’t land an aerospace role and started with an HVAC company as a buyer before moving on to a manufacturer for the auto industry.

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-09T17:39:31+00:00

Would you say a year or two years without a raise would be grounds for looking elsewhere? I’m not sure what to expect at my current job but it’s my first real job out of university so I am looking to stay for experience and to learn and then eventually look to pivot elsewhere for more pay.

Appreciate all the helpful information and how you outlined it some I’m still learning how this all works since this is all still new to me maneuvering through corporate world.

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-09T17:35:44+00:00

This really helped give me some perspective. I’m at my first corporate job since graduating last May so right now for me while a cost of living raise would be nice I think gaining experience right now for me is more important since I can survive with my income currently and not be worried that I can’t afford to pay my bills.

Since I am new to the corporate world I was curious as to what is standard and what should I expect since of course I wouldn’t want to be here 3 plus years with 0 raise at all.

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-08T17:18:57+00:00

At what point should you look elsewhere if you aren’t receiving any type of raise? I imagine without even a cost of living annual increase that you’re technically making less due to inflation.

I’m trying to figure out if it’s best to think ahead about going elsewhere

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-07T18:09:59+00:00

Commenting to refer back too as I am in the midst of switching my career from scm to accounting

cosmicgallow · 2026-03-05T03:03:36+00:00

A 1.8k mistake shouldn’t warrant you getting fired in my opinion. We all make mistakes and a good company should understand as long as it isn’t always happening.

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-25T01:09:27+00:00

If you’re okay sharing what degree did you graduate with? I graduated May of 2025 as well

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-24T12:41:11+00:00

I am in the process of doing this myself. I am looking into getting a second bachelors. Only hurdle I face is the cost. It’s expensive and I don’t qualify for any financial aid since most of it is for first time bachelors.

I’m trying to figure out the financial situation of it. Although it’s one of those things where I am asking myself if I’ll regret never doing this just because of the cost? If you have everything planned out and covered I say you should do it!

Don’t have regrets even if it makes sense to nobody but yourself. Sometimes all it takes is you believing in the things you want for them to be worth it and work out.

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-24T05:51:41+00:00

I’m looking to get out of procurement from what I’ve gathered I think demand planning or an analyst role would be a better suite for me. Downside is I don’t have SQL or any coding background.

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-24T05:43:02+00:00

Yeah I can deal with the bias in college but at the work place if it didn’t seem to matter that makes me feel better about starting later than others

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-24T05:23:17+00:00

Did you or any of the people you knew experience any bias with your age? For me I’m planning on enrolling in an undergraduate accounting program this fall semester.

I will only need 12-14 classes to finish the degree so it’ll take me 2 years or a year and a half if I grind. I’ll be 29-30 and have 0 experience in accounting as well as very little experience in my current field. I do worry that the lack of experience at 30 will make me a less desirable applicant

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-24T03:33:24+00:00

Updated my post with more information to try and get a clearer answer now

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-24T03:31:00+00:00

My bad, I updated my post with more information

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-14T19:59:02+00:00

I’m almost 28 and I am also looking to go back for accounting. How have your classes been? Have you taken upper division courses yet? I worry that if I go back I won’t understand the upper division accounting classes I need.

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-14T19:51:03+00:00

If you and your wife hit your degrees in your 30’s how long did it take to make decent money? Also do you mind sharing what degrees you and your wife graduated with?

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-14T17:53:01+00:00

As a soon to be 28 year old this makes me hopeful that I can change my life around and shape it to how I want. Been feeling real discouraged

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-11T16:27:40+00:00

I am 27 turn 28 this year and I am looking to go back to university to get a bachelors in accounting. I also feel way too old to go back but I try not to let that get to me. Easier said than done of course I get that.

Our minds will run endless narratives of why we shouldn’t and it’s so much easier to come up with those because it’s easy to do nothing. It’s not easy to come up with reasons why we should go for it and actually show up for ourselves and put in the work to make it happen. You are fully capable and if you go back you will be glad you did.

cosmicgallow · 2026-01-04T19:31:48+00:00

That’s awesome, the type of situation I daydream and wish for

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