Sunday, January 11, 2009
Hi, I'm new
I feel like that's the sign I should have worn last week. Started a new job and I haven't been "brand new" to a company in over 13 years. In fact, I'm rather accustomed to being a wise, sage expert in my field. Ain't got that at the new gig. However, everyone is extremely nice and welcoming and no one seems to expect me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. I volunteered to do something that would help both the team mate I'm working with and help expose me to material I need to become VERY familiar with. I was reminded by team mate that there was no rush, that I was welcome to complete the task, but there was no rush.
It was rare that my former boss at Big Faceless ever asked for anything that wasn't a rush. It's not that he was a bad planner or a pointy-haired idiot, it's that the requests usually started way upstream by someone who WAS in a rush or was a bad planner, but also a Big Wig.
So I'm curious about how this week will go. When no one is giving me a break because it's no longer my first week. I'm not someone who can sit and be bored. I start to surf. Which, I'm quite sure at The New Gig is not smiled on. I suppose I'll see.....
It was rare that my former boss at Big Faceless ever asked for anything that wasn't a rush. It's not that he was a bad planner or a pointy-haired idiot, it's that the requests usually started way upstream by someone who WAS in a rush or was a bad planner, but also a Big Wig.
So I'm curious about how this week will go. When no one is giving me a break because it's no longer my first week. I'm not someone who can sit and be bored. I start to surf. Which, I'm quite sure at The New Gig is not smiled on. I suppose I'll see.....
