Day 2

A day of training. First we had "Values" training with the CEO; he does this every quarter for the new hires. It's pretty impressive. I just hope they practice what they preach. If they do, this would be a pretty neat place.

Then I went to lunch again with Jaime (the other new pre-sales consultant who started yesterday - he's from Atlanta). Then spent the afternoon on self-training (via the web) on Solution Selling. Nothing I haven't done before.

Then came back to the hotel. Tanya (HR at the Bank) called. She didn't know I had resigned, and couldn't believe what Nick did (telling me to leave on Wed when I offered him 2 weeks). She said she'd go into the system and make my last day the 13th and that I would get a letter in the mail about my 401K. She said they normally don't do exit interviews, but given the "tenuousness" of my situation she'd be glad to talk to me. She wanted me to come in tomorrow, but when I told her I was out of town she said we could just talk next week.

Then I had dinner with Jaime and Ling (from Japan) and now I just spoke to Zach and Mom. Waiting for Barbara to call me back.

I am feeling oddly homesick - I've been away since Friday and really miss home. I haven't been awy for so long since I went to Europe in May.

I'm still a little concerned about the fact that I have no direct boss, and I'm also a little shaky about exactly how I'm going to be trained once I leave here this week. I keep telling myself "one day at a time." I really have to believe in that.

Well, that's all for now.