Mail Room
Financial District
9/24-9/25
It official people! I finally found a source of employment in this city that has been resisting it since I arrived. Even though its temporary and pretty petty in its significance and the actual work involved, it's a sign of progress. It's an indication that things may start getting better for me. It may also be an indication that my "break in" period is reaching its climax.
I say that the "break in" period might be ending because after being at the job for a little less than 4 hours, I was contacted by THREE of the other temporary agencies I had applied to. Pacific Placement had called me in the morning at some point to see if I was interested in a week long position. Unfortunately, I missed the call. Then, I was contacted by the temporary office at Stanford University. Unfortunately, they ended up giving the position to someone who had worked there previously. Finally, I got called from Searchwright who ended up giving me another temp position at Salesforce for next week.
I guess the saying is true. It's easier to get a job, when you have a job.
The job was just what I thought it terms of the duties I performed. I logged in packages when they came into the mail room and then logged them out when the various employees would pick them up. Needless to say, I picked up the routine of things pretty quickly.
Aside from the tedious work, I was able to network a little bit. I shared the mail room with two other employees. Josh is a young and kind guy with a dry sense of humor (we ended up having some banter back and forth by the end of the first day). Elisa is middle-aged, sweet lady. She is "that woman" whom EVERYONE in the office knows and that you have plenty of two minute small talk conversations with. It was a great work environment for the time being though.
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