Promotion
About a month ago, I got promoted at work. I'm now the training coordinator (read: personnel assistant manager) for my store. It's a very odd job, because it involves a lot less work than my old position as a regular sales associate. And I'm supposed to talk and socialize with employees. It's like.... if I sit quietly doing work, I'm not doing my job properly. Talk about a switcharound. I guess that's HR for you, though.
The personnel manager (my semi-boss/coworker) says she gets stressed with all the paperwork, but compared to my past position in a government office.... it's like, what paperwork? She held up a 20-page form and asked if I could believe how much work it was. I just nodded agreement, but internally, I was remembering the inch-thick court complaints of yesteryear that I would have to process in about 30 minutes.
In any case, it's more hours and pay, so that's good. And the really nice part so far is the actual training coordination... Wal-mart has this goofy little orientation system where you play board games and have a good time for 8 hours before you start working, and I'm in charge of that.
In other news, I have no other news. When I'm not working, I'm playing video games.... and that's about it.
The personnel manager (my semi-boss/coworker) says she gets stressed with all the paperwork, but compared to my past position in a government office.... it's like, what paperwork? She held up a 20-page form and asked if I could believe how much work it was. I just nodded agreement, but internally, I was remembering the inch-thick court complaints of yesteryear that I would have to process in about 30 minutes.
In any case, it's more hours and pay, so that's good. And the really nice part so far is the actual training coordination... Wal-mart has this goofy little orientation system where you play board games and have a good time for 8 hours before you start working, and I'm in charge of that.
In other news, I have no other news. When I'm not working, I'm playing video games.... and that's about it.