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::Happy money dance!::
Jan. 14th, 2006 08:14 pmWell, I survived my first week at the new job. This was definitely the right decision. The people there are all really nice, I have my own desk on which I have already placed several photos, and I'm making significantly more than I was at Hallmark. My first paycheck was shiny enough to pay off the majority of my post-holidy credit card debt, and still have some left over!
Friday's are not only casual dress day, but bagel day as well! That's right folks, every Friday morning my company provides bagels for everyone. Delicious, delicious bagels. My desk is less than fifty feet from the breakroom, which always contains coffee. Mmmmm...coffee. It's fabulous! Also, on pay Fridays, we get and extra fifteen minutes for lunch. Makes it easier to drive the five minutes to Jersey, have the nice gentleman with the tattoos (who you're never supposed to say "How are you?" to because you'll get his entire life story) fill up your tank with cheap gas, then drive back and eat your lunch. AND there's a nice big fridge, and a FUNCTIONAL toaster oven and microwave, so I can bring REAL food and leftovers and such! There are two vending machines, one of which sometimes has Yoo-hoo! Fantastic!
"What exactly IS your job?" I hear you say. They gave me some sort of official title, but it basically comes down to "paperwork guru." The company I work for is a commercial textiles company. They make upholstry and wallcovering for hotels and offices and the like. I match billing with purchase orders and deliver them to accounting, along with various other paper-filing tasks. Apparently I've picked it all up quicker than anyone else ever. I keep finishing all of my work for today and some for tomorrow an hour to an hour and a half before quitting time. They keep having to find other things to keep me busy. I've impressed them quite a bit. It's nice to be appreciated.
The customer service department (which is where I work) is almost entirely female. There are three Allisons, and they all sit right next to each other. One of them is engaged, and one of them just announced that she is pregnant. When that happened, everyone in the office was all "Babies babies babies!" while I was all "No babies no babies no babies!" I'm very happy for Allison, I just don't want any of my own. I'll stick with puppies and kitties, thankyouverymuch.
I'd love to post pictures of my desk, (I have a HUGE flat panel monitor on my computer, you should all be jealous,) but it's against company policy for security reasons. Bah!
Anyhoo, after lunch yesterday, I come back to my desk to find my quad-mates grinning at me and this sitting in front of my keyboard:
It's from my parents. The green bits are actually planted, while the tea roses are in tubes stuck into the dirt.
Isn't it pretty? Mom sent it in celebration of my first pay day. I brought it home for the weekend so I could enjoy the roses, and I'm going to take the roses out and take it back to the office (I love being able to say "the office"!) on Monday so I can have a desk plant.
Speaking of desk plants, I want![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aziraphalesshop to buy me this for my desk. Isn't that the coolest thing ever???
I want desk toys and kitch, so if you see any neat desk-y toys anywhere, let me know!
Friday's are not only casual dress day, but bagel day as well! That's right folks, every Friday morning my company provides bagels for everyone. Delicious, delicious bagels. My desk is less than fifty feet from the breakroom, which always contains coffee. Mmmmm...coffee. It's fabulous! Also, on pay Fridays, we get and extra fifteen minutes for lunch. Makes it easier to drive the five minutes to Jersey, have the nice gentleman with the tattoos (who you're never supposed to say "How are you?" to because you'll get his entire life story) fill up your tank with cheap gas, then drive back and eat your lunch. AND there's a nice big fridge, and a FUNCTIONAL toaster oven and microwave, so I can bring REAL food and leftovers and such! There are two vending machines, one of which sometimes has Yoo-hoo! Fantastic!
"What exactly IS your job?" I hear you say. They gave me some sort of official title, but it basically comes down to "paperwork guru." The company I work for is a commercial textiles company. They make upholstry and wallcovering for hotels and offices and the like. I match billing with purchase orders and deliver them to accounting, along with various other paper-filing tasks. Apparently I've picked it all up quicker than anyone else ever. I keep finishing all of my work for today and some for tomorrow an hour to an hour and a half before quitting time. They keep having to find other things to keep me busy. I've impressed them quite a bit. It's nice to be appreciated.
The customer service department (which is where I work) is almost entirely female. There are three Allisons, and they all sit right next to each other. One of them is engaged, and one of them just announced that she is pregnant. When that happened, everyone in the office was all "Babies babies babies!" while I was all "No babies no babies no babies!" I'm very happy for Allison, I just don't want any of my own. I'll stick with puppies and kitties, thankyouverymuch.
I'd love to post pictures of my desk, (I have a HUGE flat panel monitor on my computer, you should all be jealous,) but it's against company policy for security reasons. Bah!
Anyhoo, after lunch yesterday, I come back to my desk to find my quad-mates grinning at me and this sitting in front of my keyboard:
It's from my parents. The green bits are actually planted, while the tea roses are in tubes stuck into the dirt.
Isn't it pretty? Mom sent it in celebration of my first pay day. I brought it home for the weekend so I could enjoy the roses, and I'm going to take the roses out and take it back to the office (I love being able to say "the office"!) on Monday so I can have a desk plant.
Speaking of desk plants, I want
aziraphalesshop to buy me this for my desk. Isn't that the coolest thing ever???I want desk toys and kitch, so if you see any neat desk-y toys anywhere, let me know!
