Thinker is going to Love this one
I am in the Market for a new job. When I was a manager I learned that the more fun your Team has the better quality of work you get out of them.
My Current Position is very Old School and all my fellow team members keep warning me every time I smile. Well seeing the lack of enjoyment in my position my Girlfriend sent me a Job she found. This is a company I have watched for a few months just because I stumbled on the Founders Blog and liked what I saw and then realized he was local to me.
Just a couple of statements from the position.
First what draws me to this - “We’re seeking bright, talented, Internet-savvy people who are gung-ho about learning the art of Internet marketing” - I am bright and Internet Savvy. Talented in what I have time to practice… My current Job doesn’t give me much time to read up on Internet Marketing but Those from Whiteseasons will remember how excited I was when I saw a Google Pagerank of 3.
“you do NOT need to know web design or programming” - This is good because I usually find the code I want and then manipulate for my needs. Why create something new when there is so many open source programs out there?
When I was a Manager I would notice that when I stopped all work in the middle of the day to throw a game of Darts, Those that participated would work harder after the game was over. This lead to my supervisor yelling at me a lot but we never stopped because every time we did this the project would beat the deadline. So this leads me to the last statement and the best statement, “There’s free ice cream at the office, we pay your monthly parking, we have pizza days, a ping pong table, and more.
Food and Ping Pong!!!! How in the world could it get better than that? Free Icecream - I may get fat but I would be one Fat, Happy employee… Hmmm… If I was to get a job like this somewhere I think my suggestion would be Weekly Dart tournament - The winner gets a free Ice Cream Cone.
Did I apply? OF COURSE…
Will I get the Job??? Probably won’t even get a call but it does give me hope that there are places out there like this.
May 5th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Hope you get the job - sounds like it’s perfect for you!
May 5th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
PING-PONG!! Heck, yeah! I have to be honest, the ice cream really doesn’t do anything for me…but if they could be convinced to change it to meats and/or cheeses, then you better believe my lie-filled resume would put yours to shame, DruU.
The brain break is highly under-rated. I’m not too keen on darts, but I have been known to race a remote control car or two around the building. Oh, and I helped invent “wall ball” which happens to be the coolest game ever. For the safety of those involved, however, both of these activities are to take place in the warehouse that management doesn’t ever check. I would blog about the game, but I’m not sure that it translates well into “rules” or “words.”
I’m rooting for you, man. Fat and happy is the way to live. Hopefully the girlfriend can see beyond the fat and to the happy…and then explain it to my wife.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Ping pong and ice cream huh? That’s almost as good as strippers and beer! Where can I apply?