On Wednesday, I went over to my new employer to fill out all the necessary paperwork. I was handed a stack of paperwork at least an inch thick. As it turned out, most it was the employee handbook and safety training. Still, I did have about a dozen papers to sign. Strange thing was that probably 4 of the agreements involved me acknowledging that I’m an “at will” employee. They all said basically the same thing with slightly different wording. It must have been “lawyers gone wild” at some point to end up with this. The hiring manager acknowledged that it was probably overkill and that he’s going to look at streamlining it.
Aside from that, I got to meet several of the employees. They are excited to get a full-time IT person that they can call and get assistance from. They have been using an outside contractor that they have to call and then wait for him to find the time to drop by.
I’m excited to get started. These next several weeks can’t pass fast enough.
One Man IT Shop 