The New Girl

 I started the new job on April 19th. It is under 5 miles form my home and takes about 7 minutes to get there in traffic. Technically they advertised for an administrative receptionist. I'm not even sure that is a REAL title.  But I do much more than answer the phones.

This building of office suites has 38 physical tenants, plus there are 12 virtual tenants who receive and send mail, receive incoming phone calls and use the conference rooms when needed.  I coordinate that for the virtual, as well as the physical tenants. But I also do various errands and mailing chores for the miscellaneous tenants.

We have tenants who are attorneys, insurance salesmen, financial advisers, counselors, therapists,  a physician and another physician group. I have a adult parole office, young adult addition and behavioral group, a private investigator, a CPA, a gem/jewelry expert appraiser, a window washing company, a drilling & blasting company, a home health care company, and a cleaning company. Then we also have a marketing guy, two automotive image groups, and one office that has so many mailings, etc. that all come under different names I'm not really sure WHO they are or WHAT they do.

 This week I have found I am also a pseudo-therapist to the tenants who have no one to vent to but me. But I also answer questions to folks who walk in, clients wo are looking for the psychiatrist that used to be there, forward faxes to all the former tenants, call for mail and package pickup and answer the phone for some tenants, and some of those have specific greetings they require. Others I silence and the call is pushed to their forwarding number that they answer wherever they actually are.

I also solve technology issues with the printer, phones system, copier, email and Wi-Fi. I chat up the clients who are waiting for their turn with the tenant that isn't yet off the phone, done with the client before them or just wants to pee before the next appointment. I text, email or call other tenants to let them know their appointment, client, patient is here.

After the work and intensity of the work at the dealership, this job feels like a little bit of quick and dirty stressful stuff and a lot more of fill the time and keep my mind in the game.

It is not a career path I would want indefinitely, but I can do this for a year or two until our business venture is ready to start. then there will be a whole new batch of "hurry up stress" and "fall down tired work". So I guess I will enjoy this while I can.