I figured that since I finally know all my responsibilities at my new job, that I'd quickly blog about it. A few weeks ago I had posted that I had just gotten offered the job. At that time I was a bit confused as to who I was working for. I thought it was RedBrick Reality, it's not.
I work for a company called PostedProperties.com. They are a bidding service for clients who want to purchase foreclosed homes at auction. We do the majority of the research for our clients. Then, they offer a bid for a property and we take it down to the trustee sales and place their bids. There is a lot more that goes on than just that, but I gave you the condensed version.
Now about this job.
I had my first day of work the week of Christmas. It turns out that December is the slowest time of year for foreclosures. As a result, my first two weeks of work were extremely boring. But let's not move too fast.
Week one at work was extremely confusing. Everything they showed me to do on the computer was easy. Research sales dates and times, and check for IRS liens. But it's never easy trying to catch up on the lingo your job uses. Your coworkers get so used to using acronyms, nicknames, industry specific terms, and inside jokes that you are always fives steps behind. But the work it self was simple. I was pretty bored after about three hours of work though.
Week two was completely different. See I have like three bosses. Well maybe four or five, I'm not sure. There is Doug who owns RedBrick Reality and PostedProperties.com, then there is "Laser" who does all the operations and office stuff, Damon who deals with the clients and makes everyone laugh. Steve, he is a bit intimidating, he is the bidding manager and is usually out of the office when I am in, but he's cool too. Everyone I work with is cool. There are few other employees but they aren't current to this story right now. So for the duration of week one Laser wasn't there. He was away for the holidays and he know what my job is. So when he decided to finally show back up to work I wasn't so bored anymore. He made my job a little more clear and gave me more things to do. So I guess if anyone is my manager, Laser is.
And now weeks three is over and I think we are back to being fully functional. Apparently January is the busiest month, or so I hear. So you bet that when Monday came, I actually had to work. As a matter of fact I put in over 40 hours of work this week. It's been a long time since that has happened.
I like my job, a lot actually. I saw an old friend this weekend and we talked about my new job. She called me a nerd and said I would be one to like a desk job with lots of computer time. It's true. I really am a nerd. I even enjoy my video games and wear glasses, sometimes.
The end.
