So yes, I started a new position, in the city, on the river. Lovely office, mid-high end clients. I left quite a respectable position, but it was a case of big fish, small pond. Opportunities arise and one takes them, blah blah blah. I wanted to position myself in an office which had greater opportunity for growth. I was poached and it was very hard to leave my previous position, which wasn’t without opportunity either. I work for a company now, not a business; if you can imagine the subtle difference.
We have Friday afternoon drinks, there’s more of a ‘team’ atmosphere. People keep their day to day private crap to themselves (most of it anyway) and come here to do a bloody good job. I’m learning a lot which is important to me.
It’s quiet though, maybe just that time of year, I really wanted to hit the ground running. The position was billed to me that I would be flat out in no time, but it doesn’t seem to be like that yet. It’s a frustrating trait of my industry that people always say they are too busy, whereas even when I was turning over huge figures, more than anyone in the office (who reported they were always too busy), I never felt that I was at a point where I could say I was ‘too busy’. I have more of a ‘bring it on’ type of approach.
They put my pictures in the local and Sunday paper to advertise of my move. One client emailed and another inquiry came from a lady called ‘Dolly’, because she thought I looked nice. We don’t get the same number of walk ins here, but they market in the paper like crazy.
I enjoy taking the bus, I finally have an excuse and bought a Zero Halliburton Elite attache. It’s a lovely that it’s Monday to Friday, 9-5. This means every weekend is just that, A weekend. Plus I get one RDO bonus a month. And they pay me when I go to uni, I don’t have to make up the hours.
I have a long term view - and I hope the change pays off.