Alright, so now that I finally took the time to look up the difference between Wordpress.org “pages” and “posts”, I decided I needed to sit my rear down and speak about myself for a second on a PAGE. Maybe later I’ll convert the first “post” to a post instead of a page. Peter piper…
I’m from a rural town in Central New Hampshire and moved out to Western New York after high school to attend an Applied Science Engineering program at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). I graduated a few years ago and was offered a job locally for a place where I had been CO-OP’ing (aka, interning with pay). I work in the maintenance department of an old factory, supervise electricians, and have been working a lot with implementing CMMS software (Maintenance Connection represents! [hey Brian, do I get a kickback for that...?]); writing machine, repair, part, and supplier standards; and learning about Preventative and Predictive Maintenance.
I havent been a huge fan of Western New York since I moved here, but I decided the experience in this position directly out of college would be completely stupid to give up. The company had been looking desperately to fill the position for quite some time, but I never even wanted it so I didnt even apply … until they approached me. Then the daunting task of resume writing, applications, interviews, negotiations, etc seemed suddenly … easy. Who would’ve thunk it?
The inter company / corporate politics at this place is comical and stressful to say the least, which is really why I didnt apply for the job myself. I know every place has its quarks about saving money, this thing, and that thing, but this place is so uncoordinated and unaware of its own self its literally tripping over itself. My entire department sees things so crazy we often wonder how the company continues to earn a profit (so I guess they’re doing something right… oye). Basically I’m learning how NOT to run a business. I’ll create a post category specifically for funny/comical/insane work stories and urge you to all share yours.