Tenet, after one day I know this is the best company I have ever worked for. Let me give you an example:
I started today. My benefits start today; health, dental, eyes, life insurance, etc. ... If I sign up now to further my education (I'm eyeing the University of Phoenix online) the company will pay 100 percent of my costs of tuition and books ... UP FRONT. As long as it's related to a position in the company somewhere, it's free, up to $8000.00 per year. The only reason I have to shell out money is if I go over the $8000.00 limit or fail to maintain a C or better! If I pull a grade below a C, I have to reimburse the company.
And here's the kicker ... the thing that made me feel really good. There were 10 people in my training class. We were hired to fill 10 openings.
They chose us out of over 1200 resumes submitted online. I think that literally translates to me being a 1 in 120 winner!
We spent the day in orientation and sensitivity training. I'll be training for 6 weeks in classroom, plus a couple more weeks in the call center before they let me fly solo. But it's okay.
Yeah, it was a good day. And I'm feeling much better than I did last week about the job situation; well, actually, better than I've felt since last October. Aw hell, it was a long time since I liked that last job!
Anyway, yeah ... I'm going to spend the evening counting my blessings.