The Office

No, not the tv show, unfortunately. This is the place they put you when you are unassigned. Ultimately, the goal is to have the least amount of people in the office, because that means they are out at clients a.k.a. bringing in revenue for the firm. However, with current market conditions, companies are definitely not spending any money on consultants. They are struggling to make it through the mortgage meltdown and remain a going concern.

For people like me, this means not much to do, or so I thought. When my six month long project wrapped up last Friday, I have to say I was excited to go to the office. I figured I'd get some nice downtime, do a little bit of work and get to study for the CPA exam during the day rather than having no life when I'm not at work. Boy was I wrong. I think I have been more busy in the office and working later than when I was at the client. Because of the interesting turn of events (Bear Stearns bail out, Bank of America/Countrywide merger, etc.) and the continued bottoming out of the market, there is a lot to do to prepare for when things turn around. Once the market recovers, a lot of companies are going to need help becoming operationally sound again.

Meanwhile, I have been busy working on internal initiatives and building relationships with my colleagues in the office. This is a perfect opportunity to work on proposals and learn how to sell work, after all, this is how you make the real money and that's what we all want, isn't it? Well, who knows...that could be for another post.