Why I love where I work…

I am at work today and a few months ago, we received a new Policies and Procedures Manual from the Service Office (or if you watch The Office you know it as home of Jan Levinson-formally Gould, Corporate).

Because HR is always running on level 50 while in that building, I have yet to actually get a chance to sit down and read through the entire new manual. My manager told us the other day that we really should make it a priority to read through it considering all of the training we’re currently doing around it along with the fact that it is extremely robust now and we need to be familiar with everything in it.

So, today, so far, is a pretty slow day. There aren’t too many people around and the people that are here, are all out on the floor in their respective departments and not bothering me in the Admin. Area. (Scratch that… I just had to go down and help replenish the floor because it was left a mess this morning and we had 45 minutes to get it in order before the store opened. I’m back now though… albeit all gross and yucky)

Anyway, I’m reading the section on Diversity and there is a bullet that says that we are learning and performing organization that draws on coworker’s uniqueness. What is great is to know that I can be completely and open at work and not have to worry about whether people are going to give me a hard time for being gay. (What? You’re gay?! GASP!) So, that alone is wonderful but to know that I can be of help to people because of it is even better. For example, a few days ago, I got called into our HR office (I sit on the outside of the office) and was asked to chat with a coworker about my last relationship and the break-up I went through with her because we were registered as Domestic Partners and everything was completely meshed, which happen to also be the situation of this coworker. So we chatted for a while and this coworker is doing very well which makes me happy.

To work for a company that allows me to be out and open at work is wonderful. To work for a company that calls on me to help coworkers because of my outness is nothing short of amazing.