It still feels good to be back to the office.
So, I started training with another girl,
who was from eastern europe,
she speaks french, english and her native language.
What differentiates me from her is that
she really has much more knowledge about geography,
which is kinda important to my job.
Well, at least thats how it made me felt
whenever the boss tested us on which states/capital of countries.
I guess these knowledge came from her interest in geography
and her past sales jobs in Disneyland..
She seems much younger than me
but we didnt had much time to interact much
because we didnt had time to make small talks at work.
On the first day,
she was searching for a new appartment and need to leave early.
I remembered being surprised that she currently stays at the 16th of paris
which is really the high-end part of paris!
But she told me that its her friend's place and she is just there temporarily.
When i told husband that another girl was in training with me
he told me that maybe the boss would just keep 1 of us
Im like thinking he was bullshitting,
why would the boss kick someone off so early,
when most of the things in training really needs time to be familar.
Over the next few days,
the girl seems to have difficulty to catch up on the work processes
but i wondered was it because all the training was done in English
and really requires lot of memorising.
Thanks to Singapore's training,
i generally managed to pick up faster than her.
She mentioned to me that she really hope to stay in this job
because it was her first admin job
and she does not want to return to be a sales girl.
Normally, i took a train earlier than required,
for fear of trains' problems and be late,
so i am always earlier than her and starts before her in office.
I think it was the 5th day of training on Wednesday,
that she actually arrived early and we had time for small talk.
She told me that she just found an appartment outside of paris,
which i mentioned to her that we visited the area during our home search,
but didnt like the area because the train station didnt felt safe.
She indicated that she would be shifting on Saturday,
and intended to only stay for 1-2 months,
and after this job is stable,
she would find a better appartment.
Although both of us started with the same job scope,
I sort of got assigned to the billing department
and normally had to stay back 20mins more than her.
However, on Wednesday,
i was let off early and she was asked to stay behind.
I didnt think much about it but she was struggling alot that day
and i thought they probably wanted her to practice more.
The next day,
my boss wanted to speak to me after i arrived.
He told me that they had let the girl off
because she was struggling!
I was shocked because it was only less than a week?
I mean shouldnt there be like a 1 month trial
or even 3 warnings?!
Boss then proposed to me to convert to full time!
I guess they rather i become full time
then to find another part timer and redo the training.
I accepted the offer since it will be the same jobscope,
but more salary and benefits!
And the good thing is full time is only 35hours per week
and macdonalds is just 2mins from office, haha.
So, my first official full time job in france!
Even though is just a 1 year contract for now...
Back to the girl,
I dont know is it because i knew about her plans
and current situation,
that i really feel bad for her.
Husband says that is normal in France
to sack someone early if the company feels that is not working out.
Anyway, going start full time in September!
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