The Philly Office

I moved to Philadelphia in 1996 and immediately started looling for work. A friend that I knew there helped me land a job at Telespectum Worldwide. This was a taste of big city office life. Guess what, no difference. Same type of folks that come to work and get through the day the quickest way they can. One thing I can say about the "Philly" office culture. They are very selfish and shrewd. It took me a while to get use to their ways by me coming from Virginia and all. They accepted me very quickly because they saw my experience and professionalism. I blended in fast. Besides, its an office, and I know offices. They heard the way I talk with my southern drawl and they were curious. Most of those folks have never traveled outside of the city. They have never been face to face with anyone who is from outside of their city. That is sad, because they think I am the one behind on things. That office hosted a variety of services, and I gained much exposue there. I was handling credit card sales, long distance phone service, fraud protection programs, fraud verification for new credit card accounts, home equity loan services. That place did it all. But offices are offices. The women were 10 times as agressive. The overall atmosphere was mean and gray. It made for depressing work days. Everyone had major problems. I worked there for about nine months until I moved back home to Virginia.