the new girl
Even though I’ve only been at my job for two weeks, I’m no longer the new girl. About 12 people have been hired since (most of them seasonal, but still).
The Token Creepy Guy already has me locked into his radar.
There is free hot chocolate here, too.
The switch from “not being busy at all” to “crossing one thing off my to-do list only to add eight new things” was difficult to get used to. The first 3 days were HARD.
I honestly now work in a Dilbert cartoon (I’m surrounded by engineers).
There’s a foosball table in the lunchroom.
I work in the marketing department, which has contact with everybody. So that means everybody knows me, but I’m still doing that, “Hey…you” when I don’t remember people.
I don’t care how snobbish it makes me sound, after eight years of working on Macs, PCs are stupid.
My car is protesting the longer commute by making a grinding noise when I brake or drive slower than 25 mph, which is ALL THE TIME, OMG STUPID COMMUTERS.
The vending machine sells giant rice krispie bars for $1.
The people in my department are super fun.
Not to be whiny or anything, but I really miss that extra hour of sleep I’m losing.
I love this job.
In other job news, Jason had a phone interview this morning. Please send good wishes his way that he’ll get a face-to-face interview.
Shauna, I am very happy you are no longer the new girl. Good Luck in your new job.
Jason, I will send you all the great wishes.
Comment by Michelle — April 22, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Woo for Jason. Fingers crossed!
So glad you like your new job, even with less sleep. Do the rice krispie bars make up for that at all?
Comment by Shelly — April 23, 2009 @ 6:07 am
We have more token creepy guys than I can count! But that’s the nature of a vast majority of library employees.
Foosball? I would never get any work done!
Good luck Jason!
Comment by Sara — April 23, 2009 @ 6:19 am
Jason, Good luck!
Token Creepy Guy, Step off!
Comment by Nowheymama — April 23, 2009 @ 6:27 am
Yay! I’m so so glad that you love your new job. And fingers crossed for Jason! Yay!
Comment by Shelly — April 23, 2009 @ 7:50 am
New jobs are tough, even when you love them.
Good luck Jason!!!! Rock the phone interview!
Comment by Shannon — April 23, 2009 @ 9:06 am
Shauna said: “I honestly now work in a Dilbert cartoon (I’m surrounded by engineers).”
Being surrounded by engineers myself, you have my sympathy.
Comment by Frank — April 23, 2009 @ 9:16 am
I’m so glad you like this job! It sounds mostly fantastic.
My fingers are crossed for Jason!
Comment by Jess — April 23, 2009 @ 10:01 am
hooray for you BOTH! i’ll be thinking interview-y thoughts for jason.
and i SO FEEL you on the dilbert thing.
Comment by Alice — April 23, 2009 @ 11:02 am
so…you are one of those dreaded marketing people us engineers fear haha. but glad you like the new job and good luck jason!
Comment by sarah — April 23, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
Free cocoa and a foosball table? Are they still hiring?
Comment by amber — April 23, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
Wow. You love your job. That’s saying something. I love my job, too, but I work in a bar. What’s not to love?
Comment by Ellie — April 24, 2009 @ 7:14 am
YAY for liking the new job! And good luck to Jason with the phone interview!
Comment by LA — April 24, 2009 @ 7:59 am
Good luck to Jason, hope it continues to go well.
And BAH to being the new girl (I personally HATE that) but it sounds like it isn’t so bad! Yay!
Comment by nonsoccermom — April 25, 2009 @ 9:50 pm
Isn’t it fab when the new job does you a favor and hires a bunch of people after you? I like to be superior to SOMEONE, ya know?
Comment by slynnro — April 26, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
Yay for new jobs that rock!
Yay for foosball tables!
Yay for $1 rice crispie bars!
Yay for all of it!
But I seriously feel for you on the one-less-hour-of-sleep situation. That would be awful.
Comment by Whimsy — April 27, 2009 @ 11:42 pm