Korea trip
 Had an amazing work trip with the team. Was my first trip traveling to Korea. The first of many trips w the team. We actually travel four times a year which is quite a lot but definitely productive and fun.
 
 One of the best parts of the trip is traveling business. After years of traveling with the G team and traveling economy it truly makes a big difference.
 
 The factory Simon is one of the largest factories I have worked with and another thing is that the amount of attention that we get is really amazing.
 
 The owner spends so much time with us and give us all of the resources we need. The company has worked w them from the beginning so it just goes to show their loyalty to one another.
 
 Also one of the great things is that Daniela was also with us on the trip. She will be going with us on all trips which is also really great. She pointed out that we have known each other over 11 years which is insane!
 

So after about two months in at MK I am loving i so far.
 
 The people are all really great so far so its like completely night and day compared to my experience at C.
 
 I have a wonderful boss as the SVP director of design and am so happy.
 
 Looking forward to our trip to Korea in May and hope that the line turns out to be really amazing. Also looking forward to getting a chance to bond with the team.
 
 

I finally got a job!

One full month of misery and stress. I was stressed out every week I didn’t get a: call back, interview or a reply.

I’ve realized it really is about who you know and about timing.

I emailed my entire connection list and it made me feel really supportive when people I didn’t hear from for years actually replied.

I am so happy and relieved and one of the best parts is that I get to work with my girl Michelle.

We worked together around three years ago and now we get the opportunity again. I’m really looking forward to this and can’t wait.

The president and VP have been really supportive about my roll here and it just makes me feel so much better about my decision to join the company.

About to attend orientation and feeling a little bit nervous but excited.

So it has been officially one week since I lost my job.
 
 I honestly wish I enjoyed it more. I was mainly focused on emailing my entire contact list and also with reaching out to friends who could help.
 
 Now that I had the week to cool down and process things, I realized that I really need to save alot of money so that I can retire and eventually do something else or just simply retire.
 
 Eventually when I become really high paid and if a company feels like the sales are not doing well than they will just fire the me and hire someone younger and cheaper.
 
 This industry is so difficult because when you deal with design its difficult because if designs don’t sell the company starts making changes.
 
 This is not the type of industry you work for for years and years and eventually just retire. I’ll keep this in the back of my mind and hopefully something comes my way.
 
 I have a few leads along with an interview next Tuesday. I am going to stay neutral on this because I’m afraid i’ll jinx it.
 
 

Let’s just say there’s always a first for everything.
 
 Yesterday morning at 9:30am I was fired from my job at C.
 
 I worked so hard there, spent many days working late and in stress mode all day.
 
 Her reasoning for letting me go was that although she saw me put in so much effort I was not the right fit for this position. She is super controlling and so insecure that she was never happy with anything she worked on. I think when you get too obsessed with perfection you lose focus on the real goal of designing beautiful product. Most people don’t even notice the crazy things that she made me work on.
 
 Looking back I really don’t regret my performance there. I gave it my all even though I was so unhappy there. I questioned my reason for being there almost every day but I just dealt with it because it was a job at C.
 
 I dealt with my bosses rude comments to me on several occasions and put up with her shit for three months straight.
 
 I guess this was really the best way it could have happened. If that was only three months of misery I can’t imagine the person I would have become after a year of working with her.
 
 After working in corporate I have realized that design is such a small part of the job, it’s really about how well you work with the other teams and people in the company. Maybe she was threatened with my ability to be social and well liked?
 
 It really doesn’t matter anymore. God does work in mysterious ways so I do believe that something better will come along. I just have to stay positive and focused.
 
 The best part of my day yesterday was that after I got let go Adis called me and told me that she took the day off and was on her way to come visit me. :-)
 That was super sweet of her. Another funny thing was that Lollise after I told her what happened she immediately said “i’m coming over”. I was kind of shocked and surprised and was so happy that she’s my friend.
 
 We spent the afternoon just hanging out at home and then Adis and Ariel showed up. Talked about how shitty it all was and everyone I spoke to about it is actually happy for me since they knew how unhappy I was.
 
 It’s really awful that they have that culture there. When you are working there you are so blinded by the C goggles that you believe that this is a reality and it is OK. It’s just freaking handbags but they just take it to this insane level. Is this a good thing? I’m really not sure but I do also know that they could do it with more of a positive vibe and not be so crazy about little things.
 
 
 
 

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