Starting a new job

Today I start a new job. I was unemployed for the last 6-7 months and received a job offer in the final weeks of my unemployment benefits, which is a Godsend.

It's a full-time freelance/contract job for six months, with the opportunity to be hired on permanently after six months.

I've got to prove myself over the next six months and am pretty nervous about it. I have been successful in my career so far, except for perhaps in my last position, which was an anomaly and hiccup in my career.

I am responsible for driving traffic and revenue to the company websites. It's a big job within a large company, with a lot of responsibility.

I hope I like my boss, who is a female. I hope I like my coworkers. One coworker is far younger than me. He is 23-24 years old. I am 52. I think my boss is around my same age, or perhaps a little older. Her boss looks younger than me. Her boss seems a bit tougher. She seemed stressed and uptight in my interview with her.

The last large company I worked in was disastrous. I quit after 5 weeks of employment and was bullied by a female superior within my first week of work. That was a 20,000 person company, with a 200 person marketing department alone. I work in digital marketing. I pray that this job is much better than that experience, but I am soured from having had many negative work experiences at this point in my life.

I am trying to be positive and hopeful. I will go in with humility and will learn and ask questions. I want this experience to be a positive one. I pray that no one in my immediate work environment is toxic. The company has mainly positive employee reviews on Glassdoor.

I have to calm down. My anxiety can get going and then I lose my concentration.

I get to help the company to start a new blog. That's exciting to me.

I'm not sure where I am going with this post, but I wanted to create a thread where I can talk about my work and any issues that come up.

Thanks for reading and for providing any supportive comments.