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So far, I'm loving my job. Editing does get really tedious, and I am in the honeymoon period here so we'll see what I have to say in 6 months, but for now I'm having a good time with it. I just finished editing the English translations for a Punjabi reader. Now, I'm working on a Cantonese dictionary. And being the nerdy sort who has always enjoyed reading dictionaries, I'm having a good time with it.
I have my own office with a nice, big 5th floor south window, but people stop by and visit so it's the perfect balance for someone on the extrovert/introvert line like me. The people here are great and I've never felt so welcome and appreciated at a job. Again, I know I'm in the honeymoon period, so we'll see, but thus far, I'm not sensing tensions, rifts, or cliques among my coworkers. It just seems to be a great collection of friendly and nerdy folk.
The one hitch came on my first day when I had to go to the corporate headquarters in Virginia--not a nice feeling place--and learned that I don't get health benefits like I was told in the interview. So I'm staying in my spot with the 40 million other Americans still. I do, however, get half-time holiday pay, so tomorrow I am getting my first paid holiday ever for MLK day--whoo!
Now I have to get my head out of the Tolkien immersion I've put it in again since RotK came out and get back to integrating my dissertation work into my schedule and things will be rolling here.
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anneheart and hope the cold breaks and makes you feel better--miss seeing you on LJ, and to abandonada that you keep up your strength, and to seigneurdeloups for warmth.
I have my own office with a nice, big 5th floor south window, but people stop by and visit so it's the perfect balance for someone on the extrovert/introvert line like me. The people here are great and I've never felt so welcome and appreciated at a job. Again, I know I'm in the honeymoon period, so we'll see, but thus far, I'm not sensing tensions, rifts, or cliques among my coworkers. It just seems to be a great collection of friendly and nerdy folk.
The one hitch came on my first day when I had to go to the corporate headquarters in Virginia--not a nice feeling place--and learned that I don't get health benefits like I was told in the interview. So I'm staying in my spot with the 40 million other Americans still. I do, however, get half-time holiday pay, so tomorrow I am getting my first paid holiday ever for MLK day--whoo!
Now I have to get my head out of the Tolkien immersion I've put it in again since RotK came out and get back to integrating my dissertation work into my schedule and things will be rolling here.
Sends hugs to
anneheart and hope the cold breaks and makes you feel better--miss seeing you on LJ, and to abandonada that you keep up your strength, and to seigneurdeloups for warmth.
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I don't get paid extra on holidays--enjoy it while you got it!
Is there a chance you might get medical benefits down the road or is it a definite 'no way'?
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Re: I am. It's a novel thing for me.
Not if the job stays part-time. If I can talk them into increasing my hours to full time status down the road, we'll see. But I'll give it 6 months before I start fishing for possibilities. I don't know if there's much chance of that since this position has been part time for a while--I think there have been down times between projects and they may not want to pay full-time for someone to sit a couple weeks waiting for the next one. But maybe their client base is increasing, and if it is, then there will be possibilities for me. So we'll see.
How are you doing? I miss seeing you on AIM.
BTW, Bingo and Iorhael are getting ready to make a visit to Great Smials if Tiger wants to join them.