The new job is quite something. I like it actually. The people I'm working with are really nice and laid-back. Judy, who I'm working with the closest, is very organized, which I love. Little things like taking something all the way out of its plastic wrapping, instead of having threads of plastic falling over the countertop because it was left in the package.
And we just found tou this morning that Rubi is leaving. Her last day is October 11th, she's moving onto Paragon Real Estate as a sales associate. She just got her license, so in a year she'll be a full-time agent. So, this is a good move for her. But this means, instead of learning about ordering supplies and such from Judy, I'm learning the basics about reception. Because Kim, Judy and I will have to man the reception until someone more permanent comes along. Which should be in time, because they seem to be on top of things when hiring new people. I only had one day of training from Dave because my contacts didn't call HR back in time. But if they had, I would have had three days of training, which would have been great.
Anyway, it's relatively slow at the moment, but tomorrow should be interesting. There's a staff sales meeting in the morning, for which there will be a guest speaker from the Greenbrae office. Something about investing. And I only made two flyers so far and a batch of postcards. So, I've had time to clean up the fax area in the computer room and talk with Judy about the files and forms that the agents need, re-stocking paper on both levels, etc. I think if it were extremely busy with flyers, I'd really forget about all the underlying basic stuff that needs to get done for agents to even request having a flyer made.
I've gotten to know some of the agents already. Vivian is a sweetheart, Nick is a nice guy - gave me some advice, useful too. Chris is kinda ditzy and not very articulate, but very kind. Rob is very Cali, laid-back and organic about things. And randomly, the agents will just pop their heads into the computer room and say good morning or hi or whatever. So, it seems like a friendly environment. Not always go-go-go like some other offices, especially real estate.
And I'm digging the pay. Friday is payday, so I'll get to see how much half a regular check would be. I say half a check because it's been a week and checks are paid every two weeks. (That was for those of you who don't know.) And there's always someone bringing in pastries or something related to breakfast. This one lady from a title company brought over hot pastries this morning. Not only breakfast (although I did chow down on a yummy raisin croissant with honey), but pigs in a bun and open pastries with ham and cheese. And every Wednesday is the staff meeting, like I said before, but I forgot to mention that breakfast is served. Kim said it used to be just doughnuts or something baked, but recently it's turned into the whole kablam: bacon, eggs, bagels with smear, etc. So, if the food keeps coming, I'm a happy camper. Plus the pay... I feel so lucky. Except there's got to be something that sucks, right? I haven't found it yet. Well... except that the coffee is terrible. But coffee is always terrible at offices. Unless you're a CEO with a cappuchino maker in the office kitchen, coffee is always suckage extreme.
But only twenty minutes left and I still haven't taken lunch. I should have before Rubi left for hers. But she'll be back by the time I need to leave. I'm getting hungry....