Strange Experience

Last week we had training at work on “Service Excellence” which focussed on providing exemplary customer service, to both internal and external clients. While the content was interesting and of some value to all in attendance, that isn’t the topic of this post.

The topic of this post is something else that happened to me for the first time ever. In the group of 20 or so randomly selected employees, I was the most senior employee (in terms of service in the company, not age) by some five years (15 total in the company) over the next longest serving employee. That was very weird, especially since I sat in the middle of a group of 20-somethings who averaged about 1.5 years with the company. We have a lot of really long-term employees in the 20, 25 and even 30 years range, so it’s unusual for me at 15 to be the most senior in any given group of staff.

I feel pretty good about my 15 years here. I’ve learned a lot, worked with some really smart people and good clients, made decent money, and gotten to do some interesting work. I also have a good group at the moment, with some hard working and dedicated guys. So far so good.