Changing jobs — what a grand adventure it can be. Here are some unexpected perks:
I have an office with walls and a door. (I’m not in a cube farm . . .)
I have a thermostat in my office that controls the temperature. (It’s no longer set at 55 degrees. Ahhh. . .)
My office is ‘up the hill.’ I’ll be getting lots of up-and-down-hill walking. (Maybe even lose some thigh cellulite if I’m lucky!)
I get additional walking because my office is further away from the bus stop.
I already know about 10 employees. It’s nice seeing familiar faces.
I got to keep my Mac lap top. Wahoo!
I got to keep my iPhone. Double wahoo!!
I get to ‘define’ my responsibilities. I told them I don’t do windows or toilets . . .
My chair in this office is nicer than in my old office.
Tech support is fast, fast, fast. (Albeit they are somewhat dismayed at getting their Windows system to play nicely with my Mac . . .)
Since today is just my second day on the new job, I’m sure that in days to come I’ll discover additional perks that I wasn’t expecting!
July 7th, 2009 16:32
Hooray for good changes. What is your new job?
July 12th, 2009 19:28
I have to ask the same question.. What is your new job?
July 13th, 2009 09:03
I now work for Independent Study as a consultant. I work with department chairmen (about 45 of them) to strategically manage their Independent Study portfolio — evaluating the status of their current IS courses, which ones need to be revised (usually due to a new edition of the textbook), and which new courses the chairman would like to have developed.
I am the entire consulting department. Where their used to be 4 people from my previous office who worked part-time doing the IS consulting, those responsibilities have been concentrated into one position, one person — me!