On a scale of 1-10 how stressful is it to work in supply chain?

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I would say it depends on your current role and ability to cope with said role. And the end of the day, nobody will die if a load of widgets gets there a day late. So many variables that we try to control and realistically......we can't control them every time so just take it for what it is and win the next round 🤷. We do our best everyday. Some days our best looks different.

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It depends a bit on what the week/month looks like but in general I'd say I fall somewhere between 4-8. Definitely the most stressful part is having to adjust on the fly when things that are out of your control go wrong.

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What time of day are we talking about here? :-)

Its Supply Chain, its a challenging environment that what makes it fun.

I totally agree!

Would call it a 6 sometimes and 9 other times. It would depend on what role you are in currently too.

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