Today I went into the office for the first time since being hired. It was just to do all the new hire paperwork, like the I-9 and the W-4 and sign all the paperwork for my office cellphone and the key pad entry to get in and stuff like that. It was great - everyone was so nice! They were practically falling all over themselves to give me a new desk chair and a planner/padfolio thing. I got to see where my cubicle is, and my name was already up on it! They must be really excited for me to start! It's nice knowing I'm going to be working in a place where they (so far, anyway) are happy for me to be there. Jen (the supervisor) has already set me up to go to orientation here in Concord on Monday and Tuesday, so that will be good, then I start in the office on Wednesday, and in February, I actually start my core trainings. Those are all in Concord, so the commute to those will be nice. I'm not so excited about having to do them all over again though.
I sent an e-mail to my old boss today about what it was like to work there. I didn't tell her anything about anything I had heard from a co-worker there (if you want to know, message me, I don't want to post it in here), but I just told her that I had some rough times working with some of the people in the department, and that I wanted to make sure she knew what kind of work atmosphere was actually in that department. I also told her that she could call me or e-mail me if she wanted to discuss this in greater detail. It just really hurt to find out that I was severely disliked in that office by 2/3 of the staff I worked with. I never realized there was as much of a problem as there really was, I guess. I knew there was one person who had issues with me, but I didn't realize it was to the extent that it was. And a couple of the people who apparently didn't like me were people I didn't think I had a problem with.
Anyway, I'm trying not to dwell on it, because it's in the past and I don't ever have to work with these people again. Unfortunately though, I've had to change the way my buddy list is set up on instant messenger and everything because of what was going on. I really hadn't realized how much of a stir I had been causing. It greatly upsets me. But I tried to go to work each day and let these people show that it wasn't getting to me. But they win! Okay?! YOU HEAR THAT GUYS??? YOU WIN!!!!!
But I'm off to bigger and better things now. I'm still very excited about starting with DCYF. I am looking forward to finally having a career and not just a job...
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