I Job, there for I am

I finally have a job!

There is no sweeter sentence that one could write (well actually I’ve been working at this job for the past two weeks, so I’m a little late getting the news out). That sentence sounds so pleasant, so sweet to my ears.  Unlike most people out there in the world today, I was fortunate not to have to spend months or years being unemployed. However, due to a bit of an underhanded circumstance from my previous employers, receiving unemployment checks were always out of the question. Oh well!

The only thing that sucks is that I cannot really write about where I work; don’t worry my place of employment does operate in a legal manner. Disclaimer: To those who are friends of mine on Facebook or Google+ should have an idea of where I work. However, for legal reason and the fact I do not want to lose my job, I will not use the company’s name on this blog. I will simply call it Company V.

My first day on the job, was nothing short of a scene straight out of a sitcom. First Company V had me on standby, since my paperwork had not yet been cleared by the time the Orientation class started. So I did what any able body young thirty-something would do when you have time to kill…I took a nap (well more like I fell asleep on my couch while still in the sitting position). When the phone rang, it was their HR department telling me that I was cleared to start work today and that I should rush to the main building since the Orientation class had just started 30minutes ago. Well I rush down there wearing nothing but a nice pair of khakis, an untucked polo and my running sneakers. My thinking is that training class should be real laid back. That was my first mistake. I run into the class to see everyone dressed up as if they were getting ready to attend Sunday services. Embarrassed? That was an understatement.

Fortunately the rest of the day went smoothly. When asked by my new classmates as to why I was dressed the way I was, I simply informed them that Company V had called me while I was out running errands and had no time to run home and change. (I think they bought that little white lie).  And oddly enough later that week they declared Casual week for the entire site, so I basically saw it that I was ahead of the curve.

So there it is I am working again. (Well more like stuck in Training for a long long long time).  It is nice to have a job and to have some source of income coming in.

There was one thing I learned from my previous, a life lesson if you will. “Once you get too comfortable, you need to do something that puts you out of your comfort zone. That is the only way you will get better personally.”

***Update: As of September 12, I was offered a second job.  A job that I really really wanted.