…a few weeks makes.
I know I’ve been absent, and in absentia, you may have thought I’d retired my keyboard and blog. However, these last few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for me. It’s been amazing the amount of things I’ve accomplished in a short period of time.
Let me explain.
I finished out a two week notice at the Call Center Xtroardinaire, and it was one of the craziest two weeks I’d had. Mainly because I was too excited to care much about anything other than being able to leave soon and very soon. Of course, I was professional about it. I did my job and did it well. I did everything as I was supposed to.
Even though my supervisor kept telling me it didn’t matter and I could do what I wanted.
I suppose they’re not used to caring if people do anything for their last two weeks.
Perhaps they’re not used to getting an actual notice.
Either way, I stayed the course, I worked my time, and I quit early. What? I mean, I left early on Friday, my last day, after I had my exit interview.
My exit interview went surprisingly well. I even had the opportunity to kindly mention some of the supervisors who clearly hated their jobs as I left. (Take that, Ms. Jerk who rarely smiles and even more rarely takes questions from reps!)
Then I turned around, got up Monday, and went to the new job. And wow. What. A. Difference.
I wound up in shock after learning some silly little things.
First: I get dual screen monitors. Yes, that’s redundant. No, I don’t care.
Second: I have a laptop. Yes, I’m typing this from said laptop. It’s fun.
Third: I get to do blogging for work. Woot! Not here, of course… but it’ll be such a blast to write for the company even if it does have to do with techy things I don’t quite understand. (You know, like “the cloud” and why we need it.)
Fourth: I get to have Nerf dart wars with my coworkers. Who wouldn’t love that? And it’s during working hours.
And this is only what I’ve learned within the first two weeks of working there. I’ve trained. I’ve already started taking calls. And, yes, I’ve had clients hang up on me. I’ve had people get haughty and impatient with me. But, you know, it’s not too bad. I can deal.
And when in doubt, Nerf it out. Or, you know, just shoot a technician. Because it’s their fault if a customer’s calling back about a ticket, right?
So… this new job thing? It seems like it might be just up my alley.
As for the old job, I’m still keeping tabs on the people I worked with. I mean, they’re my buddies, and I miss them. I did find out Call Center Xtroardinaire is adding 10,000 new accounts in the next month and has decided it’s a great time to announce they’re cutting back 15% of their workforce. They announced this the Tuesday after I left.
As you can imagine, I’m rather glad I’m gone… because I’m positive I would be cut had I stayed.
I’ll be posting more updates soon, but for now, Fernando is waiting to go get dinner. And a hungry Fernando is a dangerous thing!
– RaeNez
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