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Old 03-28-2009, 04:54 PM   #1
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Default Rejoining the world of the employed, finally!!! (cross post from Femmes)

I had an interview last week, the longest interview of life BTW, it lasted 2 hours. Anyway, got called for a 2nd interview which I had yesterday, which also lasted about 2 hours... ugh, but, I got the job and was hired in making more money than I was making at my last job! Woo hoo!!

I'm going to be the Inside Sales Coordinator for a company that designs and manufactures wrought iron and glass doors, and other wrought iron "stuff." www.collettidesign.com is the company's website. Who knew that wrought iron doors could cost 20k.

Anyway, I'll be the liaison between sales, customers, CAD, design department and manufacturing, to make sure projects are spec'd correctly and are on time, etc. As the company is growing, the plan is that I will be trained and brought up to speed on things, and as more sales people are hired, more Inside Sales Coordinators will be hired, and I'll be the department manager.

The only downside is that they don't offer health benefits at the moment, but they are planning on implementing a benefits package not too far down the road. In the meantime, my increased pay will help offset us having to get insurance on our own so its not that big of a deal.
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Old 03-28-2009, 05:01 PM   #2
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Nice! and no beinifits is easier to take when you've got income
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Old 03-28-2009, 05:19 PM   #3
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Congrats! :woot:

So happy for you!
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nice! way to go 2ups!
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Old 03-28-2009, 06:29 PM   #5
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Thanks kids! And Ebbs, you are correct. At least if I get sick I don't have to spaz out about how to pay for a Dr's visit now.
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Congrats. Sounds like you got quite the deal.
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Old 03-28-2009, 07:16 PM   #7
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Congrats on getting what sounds like a great job


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Who knew that wrought iron doors could cost 20k.
I know I was an ironworker for 5 years and personally remanufactured the wrought iron railing in the Bourse Building in "Olde City" Philadelphia PA. It's very labor intensive but the end result is well worth the time spent.

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Old 03-28-2009, 11:18 PM   #8
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WooT!!!

Congrats! And yeah, wrought iron can be crazy expensive!

Don't let them drive you nuts going back and forth between all of them. That used to drive me freakin' crazy!
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Old 03-28-2009, 11:39 PM   #10
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Thanks everyone! I really am super happy about it for many reasons. The least of which is not that unemployment is NOT enough to live on and that after 200+ resumes sent over 5.5 months, I was starting to feel a little discouraged! I'm also very happy that its less than 4 miles from home so NO MORE RUSH HOUR BULLSHIT!!

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Congrats on getting what sounds like a great job

I know I was an ironworker for 5 years and personally remanufactured the wrought iron railing in the Bourse Building in "Olde City" Philadelphia PA. It's very labor intensive but the end result is well worth the time spent.

Congrats
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I went on a mini-tour of the shop and from what I can tell, there is a ton of work that goes into making everything. Not to mention, most of the doors are made for super-swank homes so they are friggen HUGE!! And they make all them so pretty, unlike the standard "jail cell bars" I've seen as wrought iron doors in the past. Some day I aspire to have the door they designed for a wine cellar that has a bunches of grapes and vines made of metal. I also want a wine cellar to go with it.

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WooT!!!

Congrats! And yeah, wrought iron can be crazy expensive!

Don't let them drive you nuts going back and forth between all of them. That used to drive me freakin' crazy!
This is pretty much in line with what I've done for the last ten years. I'm kind of used to sales people promising the world, CAD and manufacturing hating sales for making promises they then have to keep, sales hating them for "complaining" about it, and customers complaining about everyone.
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