America's diner is always open...

The new job is currently underway! It’s only been 2 days, but so far, so good! I think I’m really going to like it here, at least for a little while. My supervisor is really chill and laid back and best of all – he listens to my suggestions instead of immediately shooting them down. Whether or not he uses the suggestion doesn’t really matter to me because at least he’s open to new ideas, which is something I really need in order to do well. The attendance policy is awesome – no penalties for being late. I can go to lunch when I want, for as long as I want. I can leave for the day when I want as long as I put in 40 hours a week. My desk looks out over a park with a fountain and my floor in general is really quiet. Basically, it’s the complete opposite of what I experienced at FIG. FIG was fun for a while, but right now it pales in comparison to how great Denny’s is. I’m excited to really get into my work because I’m not really doing much but observing and learning. Once I get to work on my own then I think it’s going to be awesome. The work we do is to get the restaurants the information they need to introduce new promotions and products (modules) as well as instruct them on what changes need to be made because of each module. The one little hiccup that I see is the lack of creativity used in a lot of the materials that are sent out. The information is valuable, but the presentation looks pretty elementary. Hopefully I’ll be able to use my graphic design skills and spice things up a bit or at the very least, get them to align things better (drives me NUTS)

Of course one of the drawbacks is not knowing anyone here. I miss the people that I worked with at FIG; after almost 6 years, I picked up a few friends. I hope the same will happen here, but with the size of the department right now, I’m not sure when that will happen. Plus, a lot of people that I work with are probably 40’s or older which is a big change from all the 20-somethings that I worked with before. That’s not to say that I can’t be friends with older people, but I think it’ll be a little more difficult to have the same relationships that I had before. At least I still have my sweet husband to come home to; he’s my best friend anyway, so as long as I have him then I’m doing pretty good :)