Did some cleanup at the office... Spic-and- span...
The girls officially moved to another office today. It's not like they left the company but in a way, that's what actually is happening. They helped me out in cleaning a bit early on but I did most of it on my own so I took a picture of my fine work. It won't be as noisy and crowded as before but I think it'd still be a most fun office.
And now we're down to three. We're probably be getting a sales assistant sometime soon but that's it for now. I really don't know what to expect of this. As much as I try to be optimistic about all this, I can't help getting that feeling of dread.
I havent the slightest clue on how I'm going to handle all this. Aside from the fact that entering this business was the first life-altering decision I have ever made, I've subconsciously entered the business world on the notion that I wouldn't be getting my hands dirty on the "real" business stuff. It was a good thing that I trusted my partner to handle all that. Which would leave me doing what I do best: design.
Now I liked it before when this partner of mine "trusted" what I do and my judgements. But then the inevitable happens. People do change. And in this case, its a drastic one. And all this change is happening in direct proportion to what the company that we put up is going through. Growing pains. From a company of three to a company of almost fifty in a span of a little over two years. We're getting too big inside our skin.
Need I mention that with a growing business comes bigger profit. A flipside to that is the growing accountabilty to clients and investors. It just a matter of playing the cards right. Like I said earlier, I "trusted" my partner to do that. A lot of people were trusting him. And for a time he was handling things really well.
I don't know if he got it too much into his head that he's doing all these great things, and he had good people working for him. Then all of a sudden he wanted things done his way. Done solely his way. He wouldn't ask for anybody's opinion. He didn't trust anyone anymore. And that included me.
And I just went along with all this. I'd even go as far as defend the guy to our employees and make them understand that all he's doing is for the good of the company. Then at some point I just quit making up excuses for the guy. Apparently my patience would go only as far. And with the way this guy's brain is working right now, I'd probably get slapped with the office "code of professional conduct" in misuse of office resources if he knew about this.
Anyway, I think I already said too much and I'm tired and hungy. I just hope everything works out fine. If not, I would have to make another life-altering decision sometime soon.
My workstation. Not quite as spic- and- span as I wanted it to be but I'll work on it. At least now I have a phone.
See how clean and shiny KV's desk is?
Even Ral's is immaculate...
An OC-at-heart did this...
And this... Only I couldn't get rid of that eyesore pile of magazines there in the corner. *sigh*
Ready for inspection, sir!
