Dear Diary

Today was the first day at my new job and I think I'm really going to like it…

On our first day, we sat with experienced Quoting Specialists during the morning so we could observe how they perform their job. Then due to off site manager meetings, our new Manager's opted to have us work a partial day. Since they are paying us for a full day and I didn’t sleep at all last night (I guess I was keyed up) it worked out well for me so that I could go home and take a nap.

We will be working 7 hour days for the remainder of this week and all of next week while we are going through training. We were all warned that tomorrow through Thursday the training will be jammed packed and our brains will be thoroughly expanded. They are providing us lunch over these 3 days which is really nice of them.

The Quoting Specialist that I sat with this morning has worked at this company for 5 months. She told me that this group is really nice to work with and she is very happy at this job. Considering how much import they placed on finding the right person for this team was in all 3 interviews, I truly felt that the atmosphere would not be something to worry about. Having said that, I guess I was still worrying a bit so I couldn’t be more thrilled to hear this first hand from someone else in my position.

So, even though I only worked a partial day on my first day, I can already tell that there is so much to learn and that there will be challenges which they forewarned me about. Boredom will not be part of my daily routine whatsoever and that is terrific.

It is refreshing to be on this side of a job where people love working for their employer and the employer treats their people well. It’s a wonderful place to find myself at this next stage of my work life.