What a day! I feel like I actually did some work today. :)
8:00 am - Popcorn Making
Apparently it's a tradition for the co-ops to make popcorn for the employees on thursdays when we have staff meetings in the morning. It looked like we would get off to a bad start when we could only find 2 sticks of butter instead of the usual four. However, everyone said it was good anyway and that we could stay. :)
8:30 am - Leadership Meeting
Edi and I were introduced to the division managers and team leaders at the 8:30 meeting today (Allie started working two weeks before we did). During the meeting they announced that they would be working Saturday and possibly Sunday to make up for the sudden increased demand from Lowes (and later in the day Home Depot). Soo... needless to say I might be working a lot this weekend on the production line but the people are friendly and and the work hasn't been too bad so far.
9:15 am - Production Meeting
This was a bigger meeting that included people from the floor. After this all three co-ops were assigned places on the line so that we can start to get familiar with the assembly process and people. I worked with team 5 on the north line. I put the decals on the dash then put the dash on the tractor and connected the throttle cable at one station. Then I moved over to another one and put the floor pad and a few other things on one side of the tractor.
10:45 - 12:15 pm - Physical
Physical so that we can be officially employed. ;)
12:30 - 1:00 pm - Lunch
See previous post. It was just as delicious the second day. Thanks for the recipe Abby!
1:00 - 3:00 pm - Back to the floor
This time I worked with team 3 that basically puts the engine on the frame of the tractor. I watched a few of the stations at first then they had me assemble the paperwork bags. The guys are cool and I should be working with them all day Friday and possibly Saturday and Sunday.
After they shut down the lines at 3pm I went back to the office and found that it is now official... my name is on my cubicle..
8:00 am - Popcorn Making
Apparently it's a tradition for the co-ops to make popcorn for the employees on thursdays when we have staff meetings in the morning. It looked like we would get off to a bad start when we could only find 2 sticks of butter instead of the usual four. However, everyone said it was good anyway and that we could stay. :)
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| Allie showing us how it's done. |
8:30 am - Leadership Meeting
Edi and I were introduced to the division managers and team leaders at the 8:30 meeting today (Allie started working two weeks before we did). During the meeting they announced that they would be working Saturday and possibly Sunday to make up for the sudden increased demand from Lowes (and later in the day Home Depot). Soo... needless to say I might be working a lot this weekend on the production line but the people are friendly and and the work hasn't been too bad so far.
9:15 am - Production Meeting
This was a bigger meeting that included people from the floor. After this all three co-ops were assigned places on the line so that we can start to get familiar with the assembly process and people. I worked with team 5 on the north line. I put the decals on the dash then put the dash on the tractor and connected the throttle cable at one station. Then I moved over to another one and put the floor pad and a few other things on one side of the tractor.
10:45 - 12:15 pm - Physical
Physical so that we can be officially employed. ;)
12:30 - 1:00 pm - Lunch
See previous post. It was just as delicious the second day. Thanks for the recipe Abby!
1:00 - 3:00 pm - Back to the floor
This time I worked with team 3 that basically puts the engine on the frame of the tractor. I watched a few of the stations at first then they had me assemble the paperwork bags. The guys are cool and I should be working with them all day Friday and possibly Saturday and Sunday.
After they shut down the lines at 3pm I went back to the office and found that it is now official... my name is on my cubicle..
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| They even spelled it right! |
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| Picture of my cubicle. Notice the special employee blue John Deere bump cap. |
Busy bee! Glad the salmon was good on the second day too : )
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