First week at Carlyle

It was a good week!

I learned SO much in just four days.  My first day at my new job was set aside for orientation and reading; pretty much what I expected.  My biggest concern was that I wanted to feel like I was contributing as soon as possible.  That concern was disintegrated during the rest of the week!

On my second day, I tagged along with one of the other QE's out to one of the product line assembly areas.  Seems that the supervisor for that line called in sick.  Jim, the other QE, gave me about a week's worth of training in an hour and turned me loose at being the floor supervisor.  My job was to make sure product was flowing smoothly and address any glitches that endangered product making it to shipping for that day. 

Well, the line supervisor ended up being gone all week so I ended up being supervisor all week.  I attended daily production meetings and was tasked with action items even on my second day.  By the end of the week, I felt like I was truly contributing.  When I started, shipping was behind by one to two days... by the end of the week we were a day ahead.  I feel pretty danged good about that!

I've received several very complimentary comments during the week... pretty cool!

It was a great week!