I Quit!

Just over a month ago those are the very words I uttered to my boss. “I quit and here’s my two weeks’ notice” have got to be the most satisfying things to say to an employer when you’re not terribly happy with your job. I was scared as hell considering my contracted notice was 4 weeks, but there was nothing could be done and besides, I started my new job two weeks later.

So a not so fond farewell was said to the terrible commute and that horrible building.

Of course you’re now wondering why the hell I’m telling you this. While I am a freelance journalist, I don’t do it full time. As much as I’d love to, it’s just not an option. So, of course, I have a ‘day job’ to pay the bills. Now of course the ‘day job’ has just gotten a whole lot more interesting.

You’re now looking at the new Customer Service Manager for an online game company. I don’t mean one of those online poker or bingo game sites. No, this is a proper MMO. I can’t share the name of the company as that’d give away the name of the game and I can’t share that either. Suffice to say it isn’t one of the big boys like Codemasters or Blizzard, but it is an established company.

You have no idea how excited I was to get this job. Sure it’s still customer support, but it’s finally in an industry that I enjoy. Finally I’m supporting something I like and is fun. Right now I’m commuting up to London to work with the game studio to get the CS department all set up, but then I’ll be permanently working from home.

So let me re-cap. Working in games supporting something I like. Working from home so I’m rid of the horrible commute. No more terrible office building built sometime in the dark ages when asbestos was thought to be okay. And the icing on the cake, I get to work in my pajamas.

You can start being jealous now.


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13 responses to “I Quit!”

  1. Barry avatar
    Barry

    Congratulations on your new job!

    You say your setting up your office? I can you help a little, I work for a stationery wholesaler, although I cant sell direct I can point you in the direction of our buyers.

    http://www.officea-z.com Go here and find your local stationery supplier ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Kate avatar
    Kate

    Congratulations! Working from home eh? Stay away from Jeremy Kyle – he’ll rot your brain!

  3. shaun mc avatar
    shaun mc

    Nice one! Congrats!

  4. Tony avatar
    Tony

    Working from home, eh?

    Have you ever seen the Mitchell and Webb sketch about working from home?

    (haven’t checked if this link is correct or working as work bans YouTube, but)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGg1567fzTY

    Oh, it needs sound and has swearing.

  5. Michael avatar

    Congratulations! *is jealous*

    Jeremy Kyle=smug bastard. Ugh…

  6. NorfolkNChance avatar
    NorfolkNChance

    Congratulations ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Lorna avatar
    Lorna

    Working from home is great, however, the temptation to raid the fridge and linger in bed is frequently too much!

  8. GamerGeekGirl avatar
    GamerGeekGirl

    Wooooo! That sounds awesome ๐Ÿ˜€ Grats!

  9. Loz avatar
    Loz

    Congrats Donna! u lucky lucky woman!! im sure the new job will be fantastic!! best of luck for it hun ๐Ÿ™‚

    xx

  10. Alex avatar

    I know I said it before, but congratulations!!! ๐Ÿ˜€
    XXX

  11. Edd avatar
    Edd

    Lucky bast…
    congratulations!

  12. Donna avatar

    Barry – I’m setting up the department, not the office. The office is already there and very well stocked. Thanks.

    Tony – Luckily I’m not a guy.

    Lorna – I can work from bed.

    Thanks everyone.

  13. Lorna avatar
    Lorna

    Working from bed has been one of the many benefits that I have discovered over the years, especially in the face of crap central heating. Thank goodness for laptops.

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