Howdy y’all. I have good news: Apparently, my last blog was so popular and life-altering, Jajo, and the rest of the world, have asked me to do it again! So here it goes, get ready to be inspired. Like this kind of inspired.
Being a senior in college, I have decided that it might be a good idea to figure out my post-graduation plans. So in between class and playing an intense game of slow pitch softball, I decided to go back to the beginning, to my first job, to where it all started, to Barn’rds restaurant! As I sat there, eating my Supreme sandwich, reminiscing about how good I looked in plaid, I began to think about my other jobs that led me to where I am today, the people I met and the different culture’s provided by each one.
Barn’rds was homey and comforting, Mirada Management Group was just…there and United Way was all about professionalism and caring. Every business has culture. It’s their personality, their values, their aura, their essence, their pizzazz, their flavor, their swagga.
This is no different at Jajo. In fact, the culture here is what sets us apart from everyone else. Our personality is unique and unmatched, because it’s the people, not the organization, that makes Jajo what it is.
Where else could you find Amy Frazee, chronic hummer/singer/whistler who also dabbles in graphic design? Or Steve Randa, a managing partner who gets caught buying a Barbie tricycle at Target by you and says its “for his daughter?” Or David Hahn, a graphic design genius and alumnus of your fraternity who forces you to bong your first beer in front of the whole office? Or Jason Townsend, a car-loving web developer who is too afraid to bong a beer because he knows you just dominated your inaugural one and doesn’t want to be shown up by the intern? Or Jolynn Berk and Angie Plummer, account service executives to the stars who constantly prove that they are probably the hippest moms this side of the Mississippi? Or 13 other employees who make coming to work everyday a dream and an adventure?
For the sake of the power of rhetorical questions, I will let you come up with your own conclusion of where this awesome place is. All I’m going to say is it rhymes with Play-Doh®.
So thanks Jajo… I mean Play-Doh. Thanks for housing the true foundation of great friendships and great advertising.
Blog-Invoking Questions:
What are your feelings toward your past and current employment? What job was your favorite? What was your worst? And why? Let’s hear it!
I’m still in heaven from being called a hip mom … Lovin’ me an intern right now. The most fun job I ever had - sorry, Jajo pals - had to be mixing up Blizzards at DQ when I was in HS. Because I loved going home smelling like fermented milk.
My first job was at a construction company when I was 15. Learned a lot of life lessons there.
http://jasongramke.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/can-you-count-to-ten-on-your-fingers/
first of all, barnards KICKS ASS and secondly, i think you need to GET OUT AND TRAVEL!!! that’s my vote for post-grad plans…