Corporate Life, or Not

So I didn’t get the job I interviewed for at the big trucking firm. It’s funny, because the first two days after the interview, I was very much for the cushy corporate job. Well, not so cushy, because it was just another tech job, but it was in a fancy huge office with wooden walls and a horse fountain inside.

By day 3, I was thinking, “Do I really WANT a corporate job again?” I mean, all the rules… all the little nitpicking, being watched all day… having to go back into a call center… NAW!

By day 3, I began to appreciate the little frills my job offers, even though the pay is not quite what I would like it to be (or what I’ve been accustomed to, but we’ve been able to manage so far). Most of all, my coworkers are actually acting like they like me, so it’s becoming comfortable.

And, hey, our office will never win any beauty prize. Some time ago, the carpet was replaced, but only in the hallways… not under the cubicles (or within them, for that matter) or anything. Half the space is hot; half is cold. Sometimes the workers upstairs cave in our ceiling, but what the heck.. it’s home.

And there’s not too much killing everyone to make a buck or rip people off, like the old insurance business was. The mission is respectable. People are helped, even when they can’t afford the help. It’s a good thing.

So, no corporate job for me, and I can’t say that I’m too terribly sad about it. 🙂