Getting over hump day

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Only two more days to go and training’s over. Real life will begin next week. I am not so naive to think that everything will be a walk in the park, or exactly how it’s been this past week and a half. For sure, I am in for a wild roller coaster ride.

Bring it on. 🙂

First though, I should complete my employment requirements. It’s quite embarrassing really, but no one’s been reminding me see. Haha. I remember being a trainer and receiving reminders from Recruitment for the trainees to complete their papers. I don’t get any of that now. But it doesn’t mean I could just forget about it. So before heading to work tomorrow, I’ll go to my previous employer to process my clearance (that is, if I wake up early enough). That will also be my chance to ask for a certificate of employment, and a tax certificate. And hopefully too, I can get my last paycheck by next week. God knows I need it already 🙂

Then maybe tomorrow afternoon I can swing by the clinic that handles my current employer’s pre-employment medical exams. Ugh. I hate submitting stool and urine samples. Ewww, did I just gross you out? Sorry about that. Let me cross that out…

Soooo…. Training’s still been a fun experience. I took the midterm exams on Friday just for the heck of it, and got a hundred percent. 😉 My classmates took their final exam this afternoon. Unfortunately, it looks like someone’s not going to make it to graduation. Let’s just say that this person’s been pretty challenging. Sadly, his presence and poor performance has upset everybody. Too bad, I had hoped he would prove all of us wrong.

Anyway, it’s been a really fun time. We all laugh a lot with the trainer cracking jokes, and the trainees doing the same. The jokes are definitely something I will always remember about this class. 🙂

The class, as all other classes are, is a real mix of personalities. We have both call center virgins and veterans alike. What sets it apart from other classes I’ve been part of in this industry (whether as the trainee or the trainer) is that the girls greatly outnumber the boys. AND half the number of boys in the class (maybe more) are gay. 🙂 There’s another non-agent in the class with me, he’s a new team leader (TM in my old company) transferring from a different account. There are also two agent trainees who’ve been with the company for a while already, but moving to our account. They’ve helped us newbies acclimatize to the new environment. 🙂 One of them was trying to convince the trainer to get a car from his friend. He says his friend takes care of everything to get financing approved. The brand new car is offered at a discounted price and the buyer does not need to give any down payment. The monthly installments are under 20000 pesos (if I remember correctly), and the registration and insurance is already part of the package. Of course he wasn’t able to discuss specifics of the car insurance rate, but he says their supposedly comprehensive. He sounded convincing actually, but I didn’t like the car so I tuned out soon enough.

This week feels longer than last week, but it doesn’t mean that it’s not a good one. How are you on hump day? 🙂