First Day

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Not only was today my first day at the new job, but it was also rollout day for a new document management system firm-wide. Yes, over 300 people had to deal with coming into the office and having to work in a different environment than the one they left Friday. That meant a whole lot of help desk requests for helping people find things, fixing slight problems, etc. In other words, utter chaos, and chaos that I was completely unable to help anyone deal with. It can only get better from here, right?

I’m mentally exhausted…

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