LJ Idol - Week 10: The Giving of Thanks
This week is a free week, which means there is no voting. So therefore enjoy
For five years I worked at various wine companies on the administrative side. Between both jobs, I wore more hats than I ever imagined when I signed on. People used to laugh when they asked me what my job title was and I instantly replied "God".
There is a business card somewhere that even has it which was made at a job for me.
But beyond the fact that I hated wine, the job didn't give me any satisfaction. It was just another job where the bosses beat you down and you couldn't wait for the clock to hit 5. There was no passion. No prize waiting for me. Just stress and bad tidings.
It was part of the reasoning for my move to Tennessee. I wanted to work somewhere that I would feel appreciated. Which is what led me to work at the Legal Aid society.
No, I'm not a lawyer. But I'm someone who has, since college, been hired into positions to restructure them from the bottom up, create new guidelines and ways of working, and increase efficiency. That skill keeps me in demand, so I'm never out of work for long: job security comes with being the only one who understands how to run a system after all.
My job is simple - taking approved clients in our case load and matching them with volunteer attorneys. But after my first week, I found more love for this job than anything else I have ever done.
It was the day that I called a client to let her know she had an attorney. She burst into tears and started to thank me, thank Jesus, and tell him to bless me. Later I joked with my boss that I needed to start keeping track of how many times Jesus was supposed to bless me for a big Get Out of Hell free card.
But I also realized that this job that I had basically stumbled upon was probably one of the most self satisfying jobs I have ever had. My coworkers have come to appreciate the organization that I've brought to them (I'm also part time office manager). My boss says I've helped more clients than we've ever done, and I have a little pile of post-it notes and cards from past clients expressing their thanks and praises for the help I found them.
I'm thankful for this job. It's given me the chance to really help people who need it and, in a way, help myself with the needs that we all have in wanting to feel appreciated. Sometimes you don't know the power of the words "Thank You" until you get to experience it all the time.
Plus - I've got that Get Out of Hell free card going...
For five years I worked at various wine companies on the administrative side. Between both jobs, I wore more hats than I ever imagined when I signed on. People used to laugh when they asked me what my job title was and I instantly replied "God".
There is a business card somewhere that even has it which was made at a job for me.
But beyond the fact that I hated wine, the job didn't give me any satisfaction. It was just another job where the bosses beat you down and you couldn't wait for the clock to hit 5. There was no passion. No prize waiting for me. Just stress and bad tidings.
It was part of the reasoning for my move to Tennessee. I wanted to work somewhere that I would feel appreciated. Which is what led me to work at the Legal Aid society.
No, I'm not a lawyer. But I'm someone who has, since college, been hired into positions to restructure them from the bottom up, create new guidelines and ways of working, and increase efficiency. That skill keeps me in demand, so I'm never out of work for long: job security comes with being the only one who understands how to run a system after all.
My job is simple - taking approved clients in our case load and matching them with volunteer attorneys. But after my first week, I found more love for this job than anything else I have ever done.
It was the day that I called a client to let her know she had an attorney. She burst into tears and started to thank me, thank Jesus, and tell him to bless me. Later I joked with my boss that I needed to start keeping track of how many times Jesus was supposed to bless me for a big Get Out of Hell free card.
But I also realized that this job that I had basically stumbled upon was probably one of the most self satisfying jobs I have ever had. My coworkers have come to appreciate the organization that I've brought to them (I'm also part time office manager). My boss says I've helped more clients than we've ever done, and I have a little pile of post-it notes and cards from past clients expressing their thanks and praises for the help I found them.
I'm thankful for this job. It's given me the chance to really help people who need it and, in a way, help myself with the needs that we all have in wanting to feel appreciated. Sometimes you don't know the power of the words "Thank You" until you get to experience it all the time.
Plus - I've got that Get Out of Hell free card going...