By Rachel, on September 21st, 2010%
I am officially in the third week of my new job now. I am happy to report that it is going surprisingly well.
I was with my old company for eight years. I loved working there (well, as much as I think I can love working somewhere…). When I started there I was single, . . . → Read More: Reflection
By Rachel, on September 16th, 2010%
Ever heard work referred to as “the daily grind”? Mine is the daily rollercoaster lately. Here’s how today went:
UP: Got to work half an hour early. Hooray!
DOWN: Came with wet hair in order to be early and now it looks like barf.
UP: I work with almost all men so no one . . . → Read More: The daily rollercoaster
By Rachel, on September 15th, 2010%
I read once that as a blogger you should never apologize or try to explain away long absences. People don’t come to a blog to read petty excuses and whatnot, right? But, how can you not post anything for oh, 4 months and then just come back as if nothing happened? Right, you can’t. . . . → Read More: Disappearing Act
By Rachel, on November 2nd, 2009%
For my job I manage a team of sales/customer service reps. For the past year and a half I have been managing a specialty team (as in, we do something special in the company). I have loved my specialty team. Seriously, the most hard working, dependable, mature, and fun group of people. All of . . . → Read More: 1 step forward, 4 steps back (or something like that)
By Rachel, on September 1st, 2009%
Oh my. Sigh…What to do in such a situation? I seem to have lost my motivation, have you seen it? It’s actually gone missing for a couple of weeks. I keep thinking it will come back, like a rogue cat off for an adventure but returning home eventually. Perhaps a little mangled and worse . . . → Read More: The case of the missing motivation