Well, here I am again, and this Saturday I thought I’d talk about my recently completed first week at my new job!
I’m loving it at Sunland, and while part of me does miss my old job at Harriman, there really are some really nice perks to my new job. My cubicle is closer to being an actual office; it’s way bigger with way higher walls and even has shelving built in! I like that I’m just focusing on sprinklers, as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, and I’m really enjoying learning their design software, which is the most powerful sprinkler system design tool that I’ve ever seen.
The nine hour days go by fast, and I loved that my weekend started at 11:30 Friday morning!
The people there are really nice. There’s only 16 of us in the office, so I expect that I’ll get to know them all fairly quickly. There’s a husband and wife couple there, and they gave us the map of Wilmington that they used when they moved here a few years ago from Virginia. I thought that was very thoughtful!
My direct supervisor also seems like a great guy. Being from Michigan, we’re the only two people in the whole office that know how to talk properly (ok, I’m just kidding, I like southern accents)!
The only downside so far has been lack of things to do. It took until mid-morning Tuesday to get a computer up and running (I spent Monday reading a CAD tutorial and a code book), and a project I was about to start on Wednesday (and actually had a meeting on site for) has become delayed to the point where it’ll be at least Monday before I can really start it. It has been good having this time to really get to know the software, refresh myself on code, and prepare for the project ahead, but I do admit the last hour or so of each day has dragged slightly due to lack of stuff to do.
I’m sure that it will only be like that this week, so I’ve done my best to enjoy the deadline free week! All in all, this was a great opportunity and a great decision to accept their offer! I’m very excited for what’s to come. I lasted 345 weeks at Harriman; let’s see if I can beat that at Sunland!
Sounds like a lot of positives came with this job Casey. I’m sure it will feel like a pair of old shoes before long. And it’s always a perk when the people are nice/northerners too! 🙂
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LOL@lack of things to do! Lack of things to do is a problem I would sometimes love to have. You’ll get use to things after a while. Like Jen said ” It will feel like an old pair of shoes before long.” Best thing is the people are nice.
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