My Apologies
Work has REALLY got me loaded down, mentally and physically since last September. The good news is having a pretty good job. The bad news is there's no time for much of anything else.
Considering I was only hired to be a mail data input technician, this has really sprung up to be a multi-headed monster. Events and circumstances have me also being the company direct mail coordinator, mailpiece design specialist, variable address print operator, tabbing operator, mass-metering & sealing operator, mass inserter-sealer operator (learning), as well as the direct mail customer service representative (by default) and mail department manager (undeclared, yet "understood"). I only have one helper and he's basically just the main inserter operator for two different machines we use.
Here's the situation (if you care to read this part): I'm trying to create, develope and run a company's mailing department from scratch (and I mean from whole cloth) and on the run, at that. To top it all off, I have new equipment (a new printer and tabber) coming in this week and I have to learn to use it the week after so as to have it up and running to coordinate with our new advertising campaign that goes into effect February 1. Meanwhile I'm dealing with basic needs as well, I'm still trying to get in the electricity, compressed air, dust control, computer and phone lines in place to run the machines. To complicate things, I have to leave in two weeks for a week's training in Rochester, NY (Brrrr...) on some new postal software that supports the equipment. After getting that all up and running I have to be in Washington, DC the last week in March (can you say Cherry Blossom time) for the National Postal Conference, and that will take planning/coordination that I'm already behind for as well.
The pressure on me to make this new department a financial success within both the company and our corporation (CGX, if you're buying stock) is rather intense on many levels. But if I can get this thing functioning on all levels, maybe I'll finally have some job security for my last few years of work and an adequate income to finally take care of a few things...like getting a patio door that will close and our bathroom floor replaced so I can use the toilet without falling into the crawl space below!
Anyway, it causes replying to emails, my old forums and any other form of communication to have fallen WAY behind. I'm really sorry for that.
I DO get around to reading most of my emails, at least. Just not much time to think of adequate replies and comments to them.
However, we're still remembering and thinking of everyone, though! So don't forget us, please.
Art
Work has REALLY got me loaded down, mentally and physically since last September. The good news is having a pretty good job. The bad news is there's no time for much of anything else.
Considering I was only hired to be a mail data input technician, this has really sprung up to be a multi-headed monster. Events and circumstances have me also being the company direct mail coordinator, mailpiece design specialist, variable address print operator, tabbing operator, mass-metering & sealing operator, mass inserter-sealer operator (learning), as well as the direct mail customer service representative (by default) and mail department manager (undeclared, yet "understood"). I only have one helper and he's basically just the main inserter operator for two different machines we use.
Here's the situation (if you care to read this part): I'm trying to create, develope and run a company's mailing department from scratch (and I mean from whole cloth) and on the run, at that. To top it all off, I have new equipment (a new printer and tabber) coming in this week and I have to learn to use it the week after so as to have it up and running to coordinate with our new advertising campaign that goes into effect February 1. Meanwhile I'm dealing with basic needs as well, I'm still trying to get in the electricity, compressed air, dust control, computer and phone lines in place to run the machines. To complicate things, I have to leave in two weeks for a week's training in Rochester, NY (Brrrr...) on some new postal software that supports the equipment. After getting that all up and running I have to be in Washington, DC the last week in March (can you say Cherry Blossom time) for the National Postal Conference, and that will take planning/coordination that I'm already behind for as well.
The pressure on me to make this new department a financial success within both the company and our corporation (CGX, if you're buying stock) is rather intense on many levels. But if I can get this thing functioning on all levels, maybe I'll finally have some job security for my last few years of work and an adequate income to finally take care of a few things...like getting a patio door that will close and our bathroom floor replaced so I can use the toilet without falling into the crawl space below!
Anyway, it causes replying to emails, my old forums and any other form of communication to have fallen WAY behind. I'm really sorry for that.
I DO get around to reading most of my emails, at least. Just not much time to think of adequate replies and comments to them.However, we're still remembering and thinking of everyone, though! So don't forget us, please.
Art