They found me!

My company is changing our vacation and holiday plans to combine all employees under one global plan. The changes don’t effect me because I was hired after the new plan started, but I went to the information meeting yesterday for a refresher and to see what had changed.

Notice that this time I didn’t say where I worked. There’s a reason for that. I attended the last meeting of the day because I knew that there would be crowds at the early meetings. This is a hot topic because while 60% of the company is gaining more vacation time, the folks here at the headquarters are losing a bit of vacation time. So I figured the last meeting of the day would be lightly attended and I was right.

When I entered the room the only other person there was the CEO who was presenting the plan. I had been told that he knew everyone by name in the company though I figured I hadn’t been here long enough to stand out in any way. I bet you can guess a bit of what’s coming next.

While waiting for more people to show up he asks me how things are going and what I’m working on. Then he says “I’ve seen your blog.” “Excuse me,” I reply. He then tells me how he searched for our company name and blog on Google and found my post from last summer when I started here. Eep! He quickly assured me that he didn’t read anything else on the blog. He was just looking into viral marketing ideas and wondered if anyone had blogged about the company.

This is why I make sure that anything I post about my job is public information. We have a ton of cool projects in the works that I would like to show off but they have to stay under wraps for now.

The Daily Mail

Hello, Brigi! She sent me my first postcard from Hungary. She wrote that she found my blog and would visit it again. Thanks for the card!

I’m glad you like my avatar. The one I use most often was a quick drawing of me done by an artist at a comic book convention a few years ago. I think it’s a good likeness of me.