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Time for an Update!
Jul. 12th, 2005 08:52 amYesterday was day one in my new position... I am SOOOOOO excited about it!
First, I found out my project assignments, and it turns out I got the OSBN quality position (Open Small Business Network) which was a bit of a shock to me since I had never worked in OSBN. But as it turns out, it is a good thing because all of my projects are either located in Utah (Orem and Ogden) or Floritda (Fort Lauderdale). That means no need to go to India or the Phillipines for me! Woo Hoo! Granted, yes it would be very cool to do some international travel, but with Emily so young it wouldn't be fair for me to leave Mindy alone with her for so long (and when you travel international, they like for you to be there for at least two weeks to make it financially feasible). In all, my projects bring in over $10 million in revenues for American Express, so this is very exciting! My travel schedule is pretty much at my discretion, although I have been told they would like for me to go out and meet with the vendors before the end of the month so we can get acquainted. I guess it is time to pull out the frequent flier and frequent hotel guest cards so I can start accruing points again.
My boss is very cool. She is only a year older than I am, just recently had a baby nine weeks ago, and she has a great sense of humor (so far). We had a nice chat yesterday to get to know one another a little better and she loves the way I tell my stories (she learned about Love Connection and my previous work history, in addition to the fact that I used to be a bouncer in my early twenties). She says she may have to come to me for baby tips since Emily is almost two and she is just getting started with her nine week old, which she also had at Greensboro Women's Hospital. So far, I am getting a very good vibe.
So now comes the waiting game. I am waiting for my laptop, cell phone (no cost to me - yeah!), and Corporate Amex Card. I have to raid the supply cloest, order some business cards, and move all my stuff from upstairs and from the boxes I have in our garage (all my statistical reference materials, photos and wall decorations). I am shadowing some of the more seasoned analysts, but much of what I have seen reminds me of what I used to do in regards to calibrating, reviewing data and writing summary analysis of what I am seeing. Still, this position has much more autonomy than AWS, more travel, more responsibility, and I am VERY pumped about diving in and making a big splash.
Alrighty, time to go upstairs and grab some more of my stuff. I hope all of you have a great day!
First, I found out my project assignments, and it turns out I got the OSBN quality position (Open Small Business Network) which was a bit of a shock to me since I had never worked in OSBN. But as it turns out, it is a good thing because all of my projects are either located in Utah (Orem and Ogden) or Floritda (Fort Lauderdale). That means no need to go to India or the Phillipines for me! Woo Hoo! Granted, yes it would be very cool to do some international travel, but with Emily so young it wouldn't be fair for me to leave Mindy alone with her for so long (and when you travel international, they like for you to be there for at least two weeks to make it financially feasible). In all, my projects bring in over $10 million in revenues for American Express, so this is very exciting! My travel schedule is pretty much at my discretion, although I have been told they would like for me to go out and meet with the vendors before the end of the month so we can get acquainted. I guess it is time to pull out the frequent flier and frequent hotel guest cards so I can start accruing points again.
My boss is very cool. She is only a year older than I am, just recently had a baby nine weeks ago, and she has a great sense of humor (so far). We had a nice chat yesterday to get to know one another a little better and she loves the way I tell my stories (she learned about Love Connection and my previous work history, in addition to the fact that I used to be a bouncer in my early twenties). She says she may have to come to me for baby tips since Emily is almost two and she is just getting started with her nine week old, which she also had at Greensboro Women's Hospital. So far, I am getting a very good vibe.
So now comes the waiting game. I am waiting for my laptop, cell phone (no cost to me - yeah!), and Corporate Amex Card. I have to raid the supply cloest, order some business cards, and move all my stuff from upstairs and from the boxes I have in our garage (all my statistical reference materials, photos and wall decorations). I am shadowing some of the more seasoned analysts, but much of what I have seen reminds me of what I used to do in regards to calibrating, reviewing data and writing summary analysis of what I am seeing. Still, this position has much more autonomy than AWS, more travel, more responsibility, and I am VERY pumped about diving in and making a big splash.
Alrighty, time to go upstairs and grab some more of my stuff. I hope all of you have a great day!
