As of today, March 7th, 2007, I have been working at Apple for two whole years! Kind of boggles the mind, doesn’t it?
By my personal standards, two years feels like a long time to hold the same job, especially because I’m still doing the same thing that I’ve been doing since day one. I do, [...]
Also filed in
|
|
!{border: 0}/images/nano.png!
Yesterday afternoon we had a Very Special Meeting at work. Everyone in my division (SSO, or “Sales Support Operations”) was taken to the auditorium, and we were told that because financial year ‘06 has been so great for Apple… everyone in SSO was going to get their own iPod Nano. This is on top [...]
Also filed in
|
|
!/images/scanners.jpg!
In other news, go see “The Departed”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/. It’s amazing.
man, right before i left work i sent out an email that i’m kind of worried is going to bite me in the ass. not because i said or did anything wrong, but because the customer in question was already pretty unhappy and isn’t going to like my response.
i’m especially annoyed because five minutes later [...]
Also filed in
|
|
so, part of my job is asking people’s managers whether or not they should be allowed to purchase with school funds.
_most_ managers just say “yes” or “no”.
today, one of the managers i contacted began asking things like “does this mean that he will have the authority to purchase or the right to purchase?”
so i told [...]
Also filed in
|
|
work has kind of been kicking my ass today. for a while there, enrollment had slowed down to a crawl, and i was able to finish everything i needed to do around 10:30 in the morning. after that, i’d get a trickle of new items over the course of the day, but nothing huge. hell, [...]
Also filed in
|
|
so i’ve been complimented on how quickly i’ve picked up the details of my job position. apparently this department is a pretty busy one - i’ve been told the workload will probably stress me out a little until i get used to it - so when it became clear that i was pretty on point [...]
this is the most i’ve ever prepared for a job. it is, of course, only my second “real” job, if we’re counting the _rollercoaster ride of fun_ that was Nacq (and i am), and for that job i didn’t get nearly this worked up.
i mean, i went clothes shopping today and bought a new dress [...]
Also filed in
|
|
well, my new job starts this upcoming monday, and i think that my first paycheck will follow on friday (that’s what’s nice about working through a temp agency… _weekly paychecks!_)
i’m trying to not let the idea of having money again go to my head, but i have to admit that i’m already plotting some possible [...]
*JEFF JAMES IS GAINFULLY EMPLOYED! WOO!*
sometime next week, i start work at “apple”:http://www.apple.com!
can i get a “what, what!”
Also filed in
|
|
