Before I retired, I worked for a fresh produce sales company...for my husband. I love my husband. The people who work for my husband usually love him. I don't love working for him. But while I was there, I worked closely with his sales force, one of whom is Kevin. Kevin went out on his own about three years ago and is doing great. The company is called Farmer's Friend...since he works with farmers to get their produce sold to people who need it. Over the past few months, he's been thinking of hiring someone and has mentioned to Hurley that he would love to have me work for him. I pondered it, but wasn't ready to make the leap.
Then a couple weeks ago, I called him on a Monday. We talked about the business and what I could do to help. The conversation ended with, "When can you start?" I said, "Tomorrow!"
Our office is basically an apartment over a free-standing detached garage at his home. And in the garage? Our corporate gym! Yes, he has a stairmaster and all kinds of weights so employees can work out during the workday. I guess my title is Sales Assistant, but sometimes I tell people I'm VP of everything Kevin doesn't want to do. So I'm making it up as I go along. Initially it's a lot of computer set-up, looking at the current systems and seeing if they need to be changed, QuickBooks stuff, etc.
All in all, it's a great working environment. I'm pretty much overdressed if I wear jeans and a sweatshirt. Make-up is absolutely optional. Kevin is glad to have me on board and willing to work around the flexibility that I need. Plus his daughter Lily (5) has fallen in love with me and comes up to the office regularly and gives me hugs.
I'll probably end up working 30 or so hours a week, which is fine for me. Here are some pictures of my workplace:
This is my desk. Yes, that's a plasma TV behind my chair. So far we haven't had the TV on, but it's an option.
This is the view from my desk. On the right is Kevin's desk area and on the left is the corporate kitchen. Kevin regularly supplies yogurt which is really nice.
Opposite my desk is a couch and behind that the stairs that lead to the exit and to the corporate gym.
And how about this? The corporate nap room? Yes, there is a bedroom off the office, so conceivably, if I got really tired I could lay down for a quick nap. But since I don't know how to take a nap of less than two hours, I don't think I'm going to chance using it.
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