I have now officially reached my 6 month milestone at my new job. Update on how I am feeling about it today... I Still Love It!!! This is the first time in a long time that I have felt that my input and opinions are so wanted, encouraged, heard and appreciated. Good or bad. My department of 30 people continue to amaze me with how well we can all work together in such small quarters. No childish actions, or talking behind any one's back. No high school games and nobody acting like they are better than anyone else. I have worked in much smaller groups that I can't say the same thing about.
Everyone is always eager to help each other even if the work is out of their Division.
The only thing I find to be an obstacle is not gaining weight with the amount of food that is in this office every week. These guys REALLY like food and there is ALWAYS something for everyone to munch on. Donuts are brought in every single Friday rain or shine, cookies and cobblers are made almost weekly, chips and crackers and brought in all the time, candy, nuts and even fruit are supplied everyday. This doesn't take into account the birthday food every month, the holiday BBQ's and potlucks, the catered lunches, and the welcome and farewell buffets that are organized on our back tables or conference rooms. Food Food Food. And great food, often homemade food. It's always delicious and plentiful. So I do get a lot of walking in around the complex to try to burn off all of these extra calories.
I will be honest though. As much as I LOVE this new job, new chapter and new adventure, There are a couple of things from my last job that I really miss. I miss my old boss. He has always been a great friend and working with him was a great experience. I will miss knowing a lot about what I am doing. This learning from ground up again is showing to be a bit more difficult at my age than it used to be. LOL.
