for those who don't know, i don't want this site getting tracked by my workplace (or further so if it already has been looked upon) by using it's name.. so for the entirety of this post, i will continually refer to it as "the company" or something of the like. if you don't remember what company i'm talking about, i posted part of my offer letter on here, sometime last fall (which i will not link to for the same reason).
monday
we spent the entire morning working on paperwork. yes i'm a us citizen, yes take all my money in taxes, yes sign my life away for IPR reasons, etc. and we took our badge photos. then, they provided lunch for us from whole paycheck. they ordered a salad, cheese lasagna, cookies, and chantilly cake--yum! then the afternoon was slightly more rough. we met the second instructor for the week. we took our tour of the building, watched a couple videos, introduced ourselves to the rest of the class (there were about 20 of us that started on the same day), watched more videos, got into groups and did quick research our assigned topic and presented it, and finally, more videos. i liked the videos and all, but there's only so much of this artistic crap where they have images flashing so quickly, or three people saying small pieces of a sentence and showing them saying them and more flashes.... i had a headache by the time i got home from all those damn videos. it was not cool man. i will say that i slept pretty well though, considering all we did was watch a ton videos and fill out paperwork.
too faced primed & poreless
estee lauder doublewear light in intensity 2.0
maybelline fit me concealer in 10 light
maybelline fit me matte + poreless powder in translucent
becca shimmering skin perfector pressed in opal
theBalm instain blush in houndstooth
cargo swimmables water resistant bronzer
wet n wild fergie take on the day eyeshadow primer
anastasia tamanna palette -- fresh (brow highlight), blush (inner corner), china rose (lid), bengal (crease), sangria (outer corner)
urban decay eye liner in underground
rimmel scandalEyes liner in black
anastasia brow wiz in dark brown
urban decay perversion mascara
lancome artliner in noir
loreal brow stylist plumper brow gel in medium/dark
elf matte lip color in tea rose
tuesday
we pretty much did the same as monday afternoon. we watched videos. we did brainstorming activities and presented on them. we got a more extensive explanation about how crappy our benefits are for the first two years (it kinda gets better after...). they're trying to sell them to us as good benefits, but they're only ok and we really could do better elsewhere (salary & benefits). [my salary is only ok, and at present i am fine with it since paul still has his fellowship and technically i'm the breadwinner right now by a small margin.] we got a lot of story time with company policies and a little bit of etiquette..and how to not get fired. lol. at lunch, i went home and when i came back, i almost got the 3rd degree. we hadn't gotten our security badges yet and some people by the elevator were iffy on my identity. afterward, we went to listen to a higher executive speak, since she came in town to visit our office for the day. after, we continued our videos and group brainstorming presentation things.
maybelline fit me matte + poreless foundation in 125
too faced chocolate soleil bronzer
urban decay naked2 basics palette -- skimp (brow & inner corner highlight), stark (lid), frisk (crease), cover (outer corner)
urban decay ink for eyes
loreal miss manga black angel mascara in extra black
colourpop lip pencil and lippie stix in lumiere
wednesday
we received our laptops and were installing software or learning how to use the email and instant messaging programs for pretty much the whole day. at lunch, i stayed in the building so that i didn't get the weird looks again since our badges weren't done. our lunch break was pretty long, so a few of us went and scoped out a nearby fitness center to see what kind of corporate discount we got and what the premises looked like. in short, the design of the place made the equipment claustrophobically close to each other. and our discount was a whole $2 off. woo hoo.
some time after learning how to use the instant messenger, we had to listen to another initiat--i mean, new hire, being chewed out for testing the im software on an existing employee they knew. the message they sent was along the lines of "hi how's it going?" the other person responded "i see yall are setting up your laptops. i'm waiting to meet a client." "cool." and apparently this warrants the instructor to ridicule this person for about 20 minutes in front of everyone, and screenshoting it to send to various managers. we took a break (the timing wasn't totally anticipated, there was an important phone call), and then the hysterics continued for at least another 15 minutes. like seriously? i understand we are supposed to be professionals and should know what we should and shouldn't be doing, but i think that was a bit overboard for something petty like that. bottom line: no this person shouldn't have sent a message to someone outside of the class while we were testing it. but at the same time, the content of the message was not a breach of any rules. spending 30+ minutes to beat a dead horse while making everyone very uncomfortable was completely unnecessary.
it's only been three days, but i'm wondering if this was the right decision. there are a lot of toes that can be easily stepped upon. and while we're on this topic, they want us to stop with certain aspects of southern hospitality. it's a big deal to ask a southerner to stop saying "yes mam" or "___ mam". even though it is extremely natural and ingrained into us, other people take extreme offense to this. and its understandably so, but saying "yes" just feels so incomplete and very awkward. [also our instructor gave us an example of someone misinterpreting the phrase "let me give you some lagniappe". lol, but again, rightfully so.] from what i understand, "yes sir" is still acceptable. it's interesting how things are not a two-way street: we need to adapt so we can interact with clients, yet others (not necessarily clients) don't have to adapt to us.
urban decay afterglow blush in rapture
too faced natural eyes palette -- heaven (brow highlight), silk teddy (inner corner), push-up (lid), cashmere bunny (crease)
urban decay perversion mascara
elf mineral lipstick in pouty petal
thursday
we spent most of the morning finishing off the laptop stuff that needed to be done. the poor person that got yelled at yesterday omg. they didn't come to work with their laptop, so they had to go home and retrieve it. then when the instructor (same one) found out they (still the same new hire) didn't open the laptop lock to lock up their laptop at home, there were some dirty looks... i understand that this laptop = life, but if you're home by yourself, who's going to steal your laptop..........
we also received our badges and parking passes, so now we're official! downside: apparently they're too cheap to provide us clips or lanyards for said badge and pass. i was thinking about ordering some from the company website, but omg people: a $3 lanyard is $14 after shipping. at lunch, we were talking about how fast we'll all blow through our first paycheck. i joked that we'd all spend it in the logo store, and i was right. i started adding a few things into my cart because who doesn't want shirts, sweaters, and jackets? plus a lanyard and stationary was $100+ in my cart, before the shipping! hahaha. it's so bad. i think maybe at a later point in time i'll consider placing that order, but that's kinda a lot. i ended up ordering a multi pack of retractable badge clips and a beaded lanyard from amazon for about $20 instead.
after we ate lunch, a few of us went out exploring and found this indoor farmer's market thing a few blocks away. it has like no markings on the outside, but that's what it looks like on the inside, a bunch of stalls and vendors--mostly food. really neat. after lunch we discussed more policy stuff and how to use the expense reporting software and business traveling website. afterward, we took a personality test and discussed the results by breaking into groups and presenting as representatives of the different results. at some point in the afternoon, she's like "what can i do to make you guys more awake?" and someone shouts, "candy". so she leaves, and comes back with a jar of jelly beans and an ice cream scooper and started scooping them out to us. so funny.
my corporate card came in the mail. "lindsay lindsay". that's the name they put on it. seriously, who would name their kid that?? anyway, i contacted my manager to figure out how to get it fixed. called the phone number she gave me and i waited 10 minutes on hold. the dude (in india) picks up and is asks how to help me, transfers me, and a lady (also in india) picks up and asks who i am. while transferring to her, the automated thingy asked me to punch in my card number, so i say i'm lindsay ___. which is obviously something different from what was written on her screen i'm sure. then she starts spouting some nonsensical gibberish and won't let me tell her that was the reason why i was calling. so i hang up because who want's to hear all that.... then i call the actual customer service number that came attached to my card and i got helped immediately. another indian guy, but this time when he asked who i was, i was like waaiiiit. i'm calling because my name is wrong on the card!!!! and so he asked for all the card information, the numbers on both sides and the mailing address and how the name was written on the card. then he said ok, we can change your name. so ridiculous!
theBalm hot mama blush
makeup geek eyeshadows in: rapunzel (brow highlight), barcelona beach (crease), starry eyed (inner corner), grandstand (lid)
nars satin lip pencil in rikugien
friday
the day went relatively smoothly this time. a lot of it was more professionalism training and people that came to our class about outside activities we could do, like volunteering. we also learned how to do our time cards..if you want to call them that...it's basically to keep a log of the hours we work on particular client projects so that the company can bill the client for whatever our rate is. sadly, we do not get paid nearly the same as what they charge clients for us.
at lunch, a few of us stayed in the break room the whole time, chatting and people-watching. as a whole our class really stuck together and stuck up for each other, so i think having so many of us at once was a really good bonding opportunity for us. most of us will be working in the same group, but not necessarily learning the same things.
just before going home, our instructor showed us a talk she gave and it was so good. she was showing us things to and not to do during presentations, and we had previously heard that she had a talk. so we asked her if we could watch it together. about halfway through, she wanted to cut it off because she was embarrassed, and we're like nuuuuu. soo good. afterward while we were all talking about it, she sat there and was like, "man if i knew you guys would like this that much, i would have shown it to you sooner!" because we were like low energy and like let's go home, and after her video: omg wide awake, supah awesome story, etc. etc.
mac bao bao wan jewels veluxe pearlfusion eyeshadow palette
hourglass blush in luminous flush
[no] urban decay liner pencil in underground
revlon rose velvet lipstick
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