New Job Update (6 Months Later)

If you recall about 6 months ago, I started a brand-new job after my temporary one ended. Now some of you are expecting an update on my current job, and that is what I will be discussing in this latest blog post. I will be going to into more detail about what the job entails, my personal thoughts on it, and my potential future of my career.

I briefly mentioned that my position is an office assistant at a non-profit. What I didn’t mention was that this non-profit is aimed at serving people that are blind and visually impaired. This is totally new for me because I never worked at a non-profit before nor have I worked with people that are BVI (blind and visually impaired). Basically, what I do is a bunch of tasks that are provided by the rest of the office staff. That also includes facilitating activities for the clients. Now the challenging part of interacting with BVI clients is actually telling them where to go. Therefore, I learned to be specific with the directions I give them, and make sure they go to the right place. This also extends to some of my coworkers that are BVI where I have to be specific in what I am telling them. For example, if I give them something like a document, I have to tell what is in front of them as well as describe it. It took some getting used to, but now I am starting to get the hang of it. As for the different tasks I am assigned, they aren’t as bad compared to the last couple of jobs I had. It is a little bit similar to my document center job, but nowhere difficult as my toxic job at the bank. I will say it does involve dealing with financials, but it is manageable. The nice thing is that I get to do a variety of things in my job that goes beyond working at my desk. I can’t believe I do activities/games with the clients while still getting paid. I even got to go on an excursion with some of the clients to this attraction that displays live, and authentic Polynesian culture.

To be honest, I am actually thriving at this job. I am able to complete my tasks without a problem most of the time. Even my supervisor appreciates the work that I am do, and that I was able do my training efficiently. Although it didn’t really feel like training, it felt more like learning on-the-job. It is as if I am playing a video game where I have to complete these different missions and they provide me the instructions on how to succeed/win. It definitely feels like a complete opposite from my banking job two years ago. However, I am still not keeping my guard down and slacking off in my career. I am still making sure I am doing my part to succeed and not be in a repeat scenario of getting fired. I am also making sure to watch my mental health while working since I am a still a strong believer of that taking priority.

Even though I don’t have any problems with this job, I wouldn’t say it isn’t all that perfect. For instance, there was this end-of-year holiday party that we did for all the clients, and the planning part was pretty stressful. I was put in charge of the decorations and had no idea what I was doing the entire time. The week leading up to the party was pretty tense as mostly everyone was at each other’s throats trying to get their sh**t together for the final preparations. The overall layout of my decorations wasn’t even remotely close to what I had originally planned as there had been some last-minute changes. I don’t remember much of the party to be honest since I was coming down with something that day, which eventually led to me getting COVID. Another issue is that I don’t get PTO until I hit a year of employment with this job. However, that doesn’t mean I can still request time off, but that will be unpaid. I don’t even know if I will stay at this job for an entire year which I will discuss later on. I haven’t had any issues with any of the clients since they all seem to be pretty nice considering they are all BVI. However, there was one time when I was playing this game with them called scattegories. For those of you that don’t know, scattegories is basically coming up with a bunch of words in the same category that all start with the same letter. At one point, one of the clients commented that the categories I chosen for each round sucked! Like they literally said that. I brought up the situation with my supervisor, and it was resolved quickly. It turns out that they were a bit difficult, so they decided to choose the different categories for each month. I wasn’t blamed for it, but the client should have used more constructive criticism than just saying negative comments. As Taylor Swift once said, “haters are gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, but I am just gonna shake it off.”

I hope that I get to stay at this job for as long as I can, but I am not too sure due to a minor snafu. You see, my job recently announced they will be relocating soon during the summer. Right now, they are looking into a couple of locations, and I hope it isn’t too far from where I live. Otherwise, I have no choice to resign if the new place is located out of town. Don’t worry I am already planning on casually job searching in case this happens. I would prefer that I wasn’t doing that because I haven’t stayed in my last couple of jobs long-term, and the process is very difficult. Therefore, please keep your fingers crossed for me (and my career).

There is my update on my current job. Overall, it is not too bad of a job, and to be honest I am quite proud of the progress I made so far. I still remember that it was only two years ago that I was struggling at the lowest point of my career after getting fired from my job. Who knew back then I would make it to where I am today? I just hope that I keep going forward in my career at this point on. In about a few months, I will share another update and hopefully I am still employed at my current job that time.