Next steps

Let's start off this post with a weekend wrap-up!

Friday - Some of my friends came over and we had dinner and chatted it up until midnight. We shared some stories of things we were going through, and gave each other some solid advice. I really enjoyed the time that we spent just chilling out. We're making plans soon to chill again!

Saturday - Had lunch with my family and went shopping for the holidays. Didn't get all of our shopping done, and went to Dan's co-worker's holiday party. It was quite a fun day! I met a few new people and talked about things that were happening.

Sunday - Had brunch with my friend and chatted about what was going on and got some advice from her on how I should handle things and move forward. Went shopping again for holiday decor, etc. to prep for our party this week. Edited for a bit and read up on articles.

It was a nice weekend of fun festivities and seeing friends. :)

My second week at my new job went by pretty quickly. I attended a social media workshop and had a few phone calls and such but then I had a meeting with my boss and well, I didn't meet up to their expectations. I'd like to point out that when I applied for the position, I thought I was only going to be doing a set list of things, but then after getting into the position, I was asked to do x and y. Ok, cool, I have experience with y, so that was good. But the thing is, x was what I was hired for, and because I had to do both x and y, it was tough for me to meet the quota that was outlined for me last week.

On Friday we had a meeting and my boss basically told me that it was costing them to have me on the team. (This is only my second week!) I kept asking questions on how to start our process, but there is no procedure and my boss had never done something like this before, so the answers I'm given really don't help me at all.

I know I wasn't going to make these numbers, because it was my second week and the numbers were s unrealistic. It's not how I learn and with the right training, I can succeed.

My boss realized they need to take y away from me so I can focus on x, and so that's what will happen this week.

This whole weekend I've been telling people my situation and what they thought of it. They all told me that it doesn't sound like a fit and that I should start looking. I have started and now I'm thinking that I should really go forward with my other goals like my video stuff and blog. Also, there's a few opportunities that I can build my resume with that I can look at. I was also given great advice by a friend who said I should look for the kind of leader I want instead of just looking at a position. That makes a lot of sense!

I feel lost. I feel like there's not a lot of support. Third week starts this week and I feel like I know nothing...

I think they were expecting someone who could meet on these expectations. I don't even know if I have the chance to look things up on my own. I felt like I was working too slow. There's only so many things I can get done in 8 hours, with meetings and other things going on.

Also this is such a new industry for me... a new industry with much bigger numbers. Numbers that are hard to obtain because you need investors.

I haven't really felt welcomed with the onboarding process... there really is none.

I even asked for more training on how things work. I was told that I should just act confident and like I know it... but how is that going to help? People will see right through me and if they ask a question that I don't know, I can't just make up an answer. That's not being genuine.

I'm going to see how this week pans out but I'm going to keep up with my search.