Working well

Busy week at work but very satisfying. My new job seems to be going from strength to strength. It's an amazing twist of fate since I was made redundant last June! Since starting my role as Marketing Co-ordinator, there seems to be an ever increasing amount of work and ideas to keep me well and truly occupied. So much so that I am now being given my own assistant!

My boss, Robin, introduced me to a client this week as the ‘Marketing Manager’. (what’s in a title? Prestige, and perception of importance, that’s what!!) As if that wasn’t enough, today I have moved offices. I started in a little office near to reception (and could hear the incessant, irritating, bimbo-chat), which will now be given over to my assistant, and I get to move into the bigger office on the sunny side (extra benefit) of the building. The office is more than twice as big. Several people stopped by on Friday afternoon to comment and congratulate me on my obvious ‘promotion’ ! They say that size isn’t important, but sometimes it’s good to go large!

In fact, they may have to widen the door on my new extra-large office, just to be able to fit my head through!!

I also had a letter from my boss this week officially thanking me for all my good work so far and especially the hard work I have put in these last few months to develop our new website which has now gone live. It is it fantastic to get official recognition and gratitude from your boss and work colleagues, and all adds to the overall job satisfaction. And as an added bonus, he did also give me a financial bonus!! Yippee. I won’t say how much, suffice to say it’s not enough to start the begging letters, but it is enough to contemplate adding Lydia to my forthcoming skiing holiday plans!!

Of course, I’m still a little concerned at my lack of marketing experience, and the fact that I will be found out, but I seem to be managing to continue bluffing my way so far…… the problem is that my new assistant has quite a bit of marketing experience and some qualifications, so I only hope that she isn’t better at the job than me!!