5 days in one company

Well, that was a short lived career, don't think I'll that one to my CV. I guess the main question would be why it was so short lived? well they weren't willing to pay me any more then they offered. I expected they would be willing to add in a little bit more after working there for a week. but alas i was wrong. 


Lets start from the beginning, first impression on day one. The journey was hellish and I'm using a very old machine with CS2. basically I'm using what I used when I first started at my last company 5 years ago. it wasn't that bad, but it did make me think if that is how tight they view their budget, what's the chance of us getting pay-rise to my already very low salary?

The people

The people their were surprisingly nice, we all got on very well, chatted among our little island between 4 of us. Everyone was very friendly and helped me with any question I had.  I will miss them!


What I've learnt
I'm a complete beginner when it comes to inDesign - I've not been paying enough attention to what I see in terms of print. I don't necessary know the boundaries what I can or can't do. That does mean I can think more 'out side of the box' but I kinda believe you have to learn the rules first before you break it.


eDMs are a pain in the arse! - Designing using HTML tables and no CSS is a prehistoric art and i'm glad I never had to face this beast before, at least now I know what is needed.

Corporate Guidelines kills the fun - you end up just recreating the EXACT same margin and boxes as they had done once! so it is a case of make once and repeat until they decide to change it again.


Working 10 hour days are the norm! - The hours were long but very surprisingly it didn't feel too bad, at least while I'm at the office it was OK (if a bit cool) it's when I leave the office and start to go home that I feel extremely drained. I would get home and it's nearly time for bed! It's hard to wake up in the morning. What's worrying is that I hear this company already has very sociable hours. Some of them had worked til the early hours in the morning!

Idea generation wasn't as exciting as I thought - Looks like thinker box isn't as popular as I thought. Must read it more. Some of the ideas were rather dull. I hope it's because the clients is part of the finance sector and we had to be more reserved.