So I started my new job on Monday just gone. I had 2 induction days where we were doing activities and getting to know one another as there was about 8 of us starting. I actually started properly on Wednesday at the enquiry centre which is basically a contact help centre for people with enquiries. At the minute, me and another person who has started who I have made friends with, we are training right now and listening to calls and will be doing for the next 4 month or so just so we know how to handle calls and customers, etc. We also get to dabble in the Admin side also which is good I guess as it’s a bit of a change up from the norm. I’ve only been here a week and I’ve learnt a lot already.
I travel 1-2 hours to and from work everyday so I do have to get up early so I managed to get my sleeping pattern back in order. I wake up at 5:45 every day to get to work for 8am then finish at 4 and it takes 2 hours to get home as traffic is basically rush hour then. I start feeling tired at about 7/8pm but I will generally fall asleep between 9/10pm and when I wake up, I feel great, I’m not tired as I have had plenty of hours and I am fully awake. I will feel like that for the rest of the day and I won’t crash in the middle. I am not waking up in the middle of the night anymore and the bad dreams I was having frequently have stopped and I’ve just genuinely been feeling really good. I really do feel like this job is a great place for me to be. They are a large company based through out the city I live in and they really look after their staff unlike all of the other jobs I have had. I feel really comfortable there and everyone is really welcoming.
Overall I’m feeling really great right now and it’s been a really long time since I have felt really down. At first, I was really worried about starting…as you do. But everyone kept telling me that they had a good feeling about it and that it would be good for me. I feel like I am really adjusting to working life properly now. As it is only an Apprenticeship and not a proper job, I am not getting paid as much as I would if I was a permanent employee but the pay is good enough for now to get me through tough times. I also find that I am active a lot, my job I practically a desk job but because I am alternating between customer service and admin, I am up and down a lot, the building is like maze, really big so it is quite a walk just to get to the kitchen, canteen or toilet. If I don’t fancy having lunch inside, there is a supermarket 10 minutes from the building so occasionally I will walk there if there isn’t anything I fancy for lunch in the canteen. So I am walking around a lot and just after 1 week, I can feel that I’m not getting tired out as much by walking up some stairs or walking fast so I really think that his job is going to improve on all aspects in my life.
I’m just really excited to be hands on but I am going to be in training for a while before I can dive right in so it will be a struggle for me because I like to just dive into things but I think it will be beneficial in the long run. Thanks for reading my update guys.
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