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其實從上禮拜一就on board了。
沒一開始就興高采烈地宣佈又有新工作的原因，
是因為真的是「轉行」， 很害怕還沒做一陣子就被火了，這樣不是很丟臉（因為有前車之鑑
）是以擇在on board第二週的TGIF，狀況比較穩定了，再來寫update。
新的「飯票」， 是和我相當投緣的美少女 Sharyn 的前東家 －
一間總部在美國，號稱得獎無數的國際公關顧問公司。
(因為 Yahoo! 是我們的客戶，搜尋blog的機會多到數不清，
我怕到時候給老闆看到我大剌剌講說自己在哪工作會直接火了我，
所以先不報公司行號。反正應該不重要...）
公司位於曾在先前幾篇提及的，白天充滿上班族晚上充滿party族的信義計劃區。
I am about 15 mins' walk away from Taipei 101,
and can enjoy a panorama of all the 信義計劃區 from our window.
Ladies, please do not be impressed.
Why? coz my office building is on a friggin' slope that's at least 30°from sea level..... Orz
There is absolutely NO motivation whatsoever to go to NYNY or Taipei 101 for lunch and maybe a bit window shopping... at least not after you've experienced walking up and down that slope IN YOUR 2.5-inch HEELS.
So, looks like I am confined to my office from 9am -- only God knows when we get off each day.
Job title? 曾經在高中時被我列為工作第一志願的AE
（當我的第一志願大學科系還是政大廣告系的時候）。
每天進辦公室第一件事就是要閱報，幫負責各個 account 的 supervisor 找出各報上有他們客戶曝光的新聞。
接下來就是任由 supervisor 宰割：
撥電話給媒體拉他們來參加記者會（建立良好的媒體關係，是促成 case accomplished 不可或缺的元素）、
打工作進度表、寫新聞稿、整理結案報告等。
聽起來很瑣碎像應該要給 intern 做的文書工作，
但是 I feel as if I've learned much more in these 2 weeks than what I did at my previous company
My supervisor is very patient with me, always kind to point out where I was careless (which has always been one of my biggest problems ^^").
The rest of my co-workers (mostly females, HOT females
) all seem very talented and clever. 我甚至和大我兩屆的學姊成為同事。I do hope I catch on fast enough.
Overall the working environment is pretty good: I got a really big cubic workspace,
the admin brews 3 pots of coffee per day, there is a vending machine and a pantry, and we use XP...
However, about half the office smoke heavily... which isn't very hard to figure out why.
I just hope that I won't catch onto this too someday...
as if alcohol consumption on a WEEKLY average isn't enough!
我們分成三個大team：medicine, finance and consumer. 我是consumer team的人。
My clients, as of now, are mod's hair (the hair-styling products) and IKEA.
妙的是，我的客戶窗口，就是我的高中好姐妹羅小瀅小姐。
我 on board 第四天就和我的 supervisor (正妹）跑去她公司 (位於板橋HSBC樓上) 和她的team開會，
她看到我嚇一跳，不過之後在msn上偷偷跟我說別擔心會被火，因為她會罩我 XD
One of the responses I got when I told ppl who asked me about my job was:
"But don't PRs just party all the time?"
whoa... hold those Sex and the City Samantha scenes. It is so NOT like that at all.
Media monitoring and strategic planning take up a very large part of our time,
and everyone OTs at least 10 hrs per day...
when we finally beep out, we could be considered brain dead. Who'd want to party then?
But during these past few days, another amusing response I've been getting
when I "brief" ppl on my job content is: "Well, we warned you."
I know this comment is well-intended,
but then I thought: errr, did I even sound like I was gonna complain?
Actually, I really don't have anything to complain about except the fact that I don't think
I'm catching on well enough for our Account Director to be impressed.
Unlike my ex-supervisor, this director is very demanding.
She "threatened" that she'll ask the newbies to leave if the media results
(meaning, how much the account got exposure from this campaign) of their first event
are not up to standard.
Despite Sharyn's (failed) attempts to "subtly" warn me about the frightfully long OT hours
and extreme workload, she did say: "I think you're pretty suitable for PR."
The thing is, PR was something I actually tried to avoid when I was involved in student clubs.
Back then, the priority of PR was to go out and secure sponsors for the club/event,
and since I really am not that much of a talker, I didn't think I would perform well in the position.
However, the professional PR consultant is very different from the student club PR.
PRs claim an important part in brand planning, and I think that is a very interesting field to explore.
Personally I think that PRs are "the brain of the client" is a very accurate description.
I do hope I get to stay for longer than Sharyn did!! LOL
另外關於本日，我有三件事要說：
1. Happy Birthday to Sandy, my "sis in the previous life."
Hope you get your dream!2. 和他分手三年了，然而在一起度過的每一個4月28日我卻都歷歷在目。大學回憶裡，1/4是台大外文，1/4是溫哥華，剩下的一半都是他... 我對自己說，我確實、真心、熱烈地愛過他，所以沒什麼好遺憾的；而無法繼續做朋友，是他得自己面對的問題。
3. 為什麼我明明就不是做Dove的PR我還得去支援... 我想睡覺阿～Orz 補半天假根本是坑人...
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