My first 2 days of traning...
Yesterday and Wednesday were my first 2 days of training at the fish plant for the new accounting job.
It was here that I met the temp accountant who showed me some of the more important stuff that he does, and what's required of me once I start getting into it full time.
I found out on Thursday how much importance the owner places on the daily costing(figuring out how much profit is done on shellfish production) and so called shrinkage(the variation between the supplier's weigh-in and the plant's weigh-in of live shellfish) when there was a more than 3% variation(the industry norm) between the weight on the supplier's invoice, and what the plant weighed of the same shellfish. We spent almost an entire DAY trying to pin down the problem! And when I left, they still haven't figured out what the cause was.
The first day was basically just observing what the accountant did, and taking notes for myself. The second day was more hands on, which consisted of putting in the info myself, and letting the accountant tell me if it was going in the right place or not. Because of the "shrinkage" problem, we didn't even get into the bookkeeping side of things. But I already know most of it, so I don't need the accountant to show me "that" too much. {:8)
The Owner finally was able to set aside 5 minutes for me to bring me into his office and lay down the "ground rules" for me. I also got to meet some of the staff I'll be dealing with most of the time in this "office". I think this could be a nice place to work, if I can just learn to do the shrinkage and costing on my own. {:8/
Other than that, I can't wait to get out of this call center job. I gave my notice on Tuesday, after it was confirmed that the fish plant wanted to hire me. Today was just HORRENDOUS! I had complicated billing issues to deal with, and I had one guy use more swear words on the phone with me than the entire cast of The Trailer Park Boys combined!! I was planning to go see The Mummy 3 tomorrow night after work, and I think I'll hit my favourite watering hole before the movie. After the week I've had, I think I deserve it! {:8p But I'm counting down the days until I get out of this hell hole. {:8/
It was here that I met the temp accountant who showed me some of the more important stuff that he does, and what's required of me once I start getting into it full time.
I found out on Thursday how much importance the owner places on the daily costing(figuring out how much profit is done on shellfish production) and so called shrinkage(the variation between the supplier's weigh-in and the plant's weigh-in of live shellfish) when there was a more than 3% variation(the industry norm) between the weight on the supplier's invoice, and what the plant weighed of the same shellfish. We spent almost an entire DAY trying to pin down the problem! And when I left, they still haven't figured out what the cause was.
The first day was basically just observing what the accountant did, and taking notes for myself. The second day was more hands on, which consisted of putting in the info myself, and letting the accountant tell me if it was going in the right place or not. Because of the "shrinkage" problem, we didn't even get into the bookkeeping side of things. But I already know most of it, so I don't need the accountant to show me "that" too much. {:8)
The Owner finally was able to set aside 5 minutes for me to bring me into his office and lay down the "ground rules" for me. I also got to meet some of the staff I'll be dealing with most of the time in this "office". I think this could be a nice place to work, if I can just learn to do the shrinkage and costing on my own. {:8/
Other than that, I can't wait to get out of this call center job. I gave my notice on Tuesday, after it was confirmed that the fish plant wanted to hire me. Today was just HORRENDOUS! I had complicated billing issues to deal with, and I had one guy use more swear words on the phone with me than the entire cast of The Trailer Park Boys combined!! I was planning to go see The Mummy 3 tomorrow night after work, and I think I'll hit my favourite watering hole before the movie. After the week I've had, I think I deserve it! {:8p But I'm counting down the days until I get out of this hell hole. {:8/