My new job

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I started a thread about how I quit my last job and then uh…kinda forgot that I had made that thread until now (I blame the wine I drank to celebrate). So now here I go talking about my new job!

I have a job now where I take calls from small business owners who are having issues with their software helping them run said business, and other related problems. The company is giving me a lot of very intense training on how to run these programs and how to answer questions, but no matter how much training I get, it seems there’s always going to be new questions. That’s okay though, I’m a fast learner.

Right now, the hardest thing for me to get used to is the Corporate Environment. The dress code is officially “business casual,” but they really mean casual casual. Flip flops, strapless shirts, shorts: all perfectly fine. I’ve been sticking to nicer looking clothes, but that’s just my own prerogative, dress for the job you want and all that. The strangest part for me is changing into cubicle girl, so to speak. I majored in art, taught ceramics for a couple years, and always pictured myself as a teacher, not some drone taking up space. It’s hard to adjust to something so drastically different.

Mostly what I would like to hear is if you’ve gone into the office world when you’ve always expected different of yourself, and how you dealt with that. The job itself is good: I get good benefits, 401(k), free hot chocolates whenever I want them, my own desk, I finally get to sit down while working as opposed to being on my feet all day. It’s just hard to get to know corporate culture.

Anyone have anything fun to share? This is my first Real Job (even though I’m 26, haha), and I’d like a bit of feedback from some people who have been there

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Subtract a few years from your age, and that’s exactly where I was a couple years ago. An art major who wants to teach, never had a real full time with benefits job, working in a cubicle taking calls from business owners. I’ll admit it takes a while to get used to the culture (just like any job), after about a month I was a pro, complaining about the new hires.

Honestly, while it was stressful and downright annoying sometimes, I’ll have to admit it was my favorite job (so far). I made a lot of great friends and had a lot of fun. It was really the only job I’ve ever quit for a reason other than “I’m sick of this job.” If I was still living in the same town, I’d probably still be working there.