AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 7/06/2004 09:25:00 PM ----- BODY: so today was my "first day" of the new job. (i say first day although i spent most of friday in the new office getting all set up and settled in.) i worked on some files, talked to some customers, and impressed (i think) my "boss" (she's not really my boss, but kinda is.) by the way my "marketing brain" was aligned with hers. case in point. she was giving a presentation this morning to one of our "prime" (ie: they deal with the people who have 700+ credit scores, while we are "sub-prime" meaning we deall with people who usually have scores around 600) offices and she had a handout that she wanted to give them. but. she didn't want to just paper clip the stuff together with her business card. we put all of our files in colored file folders, punch holes in the top, and use these prong thingies to hold all the paperwork in. (shut it. "prong thingies" is a technical term!) anyway, i used some of her file folders to do up the hand outs like this so they would look nice. problem. she wanted to include her business card. i didn't want to put it on the inside of the folder because then they couldn't see it unless the folder was open, and we all know that we don't store folders like that. i decided to glue them to the top of the folder in the center. cool. she liked that. then, she wanted to put the names of the people attending the meeting on the folders. i started to do that, on the part that sticks up from the folder. (you know, when the folders are tri-cut or whatever the hell they call it?) i didn't like the way it looked, so i thought about it all weekend how i could fix it. finally this morning i decided that while the card glued to the front was good, if they actually filed the file in the drawer/cabinet, they wouldn't know who it was from. so i decided to put one of her cards where you'd put the label, so that they could see that it came from her. she loved it. (yeah! patting myself on the back!) anyway, that was most of my day. that and going over files and checking in with the underwriters to see what conditions i still need to clear, etc. it was a good day. i'm not even minding getting up at between 5:30 and 6 to be ready to leave by 6:30. it took me about an hour and 15 minutes to get to work today, but that was because it was raining. even the drive isn't that bad, since there is no traffic. i'd rather drive that far with no traffic than 45 minutes with an extra 30 minutes of traffic! and by the time i buy my house in the little town that i want to buy in, the drive to work will be under an hour again, so i can deal with the distance for 9-12 months. kim had asked that i reiterate what it is that i do. i am a loan processor for wells fargo home mortgage. i just got a promotion (duh. that's what this whole post is about!) and my title has changed to "home mortgage associate". all that means is that now i am a dedicated processor to 2 people and that i am now eligible for commissions that i wasn't before. my "boss" (not boss. you know what i mean!) will have to pay part of my salary if we don't hit her quota numbers for the month. in that case, i don't get commission, but i do get a bonus from her for every file we do. if we hit the quota number, then she doesn't pay anything for my salary, but she pays me a portion of the commission. it's all good. by having me in the office, she'll be able to go out to get more business, so we should be able to hit the quota at least 6 months out of the year. ok. i'm pooped. i'll try to write more tomorrow nite. it looks like that will be when i'm updating, at least during the week. hope all is well in bloggerland and that you guys know that even if i can't read you during the day now (too much work to do!) i will get all caught up on all your antics as soon as i can. --------