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You immediately push that thought of self-doubt out of your mind. This rain is a great sign, you think to yourself. Rebirth. You reach into the closet and grab an umbrella and make a dash for your car. You drive for 30 minutes to the address you were given by phone. You pull up into the parking lot of a tall office building on the opposite side of town. You scan for a parking spot near the front door and you see an empty spot with a sign indicating a reserved spot. You almost drive past it until you recognize your name on the sign, underneath your name is your title, listed as "Specialist". You put the car in park, open the door, open your umbrella and get out. You take a deep breath and look up at the building. You wonder if you are ready for the demands of a full day after being out of the workforce for so long, but you are up for the challenge and excited to be at it again.
You head towards the front door and enter the main lobby. Inside you see a stunning woman in her mid-40s. You make eye-contact. She walks over to you with her hand extended.
"Welcome. My name is Claire. I am the woman who hired you. Welcome aboard. It is a pleasure to have you as the new addition to our company."
You shake her hand as you introduce yourself and thank her for the opportunity. She leads you over to the elevators; you both enter the left one when you hear the ding. The doors close behind you and you begin your ascent up.
She continues in the elevator, "I am the founder of this company and I worked hard to make our company as successful as it is today. Now despite that hard work, or perhaps because of it, I make sure that the work environment is also as relaxing as possible. As you will find, the atmosphere is very fluid and the people are very happy. Your job today is to see if you fit in: if so, it's your job to keep; if not, well, not everything works out."
"My job as 'specialist'?" you add.
Claire replies, "Gosh, I have never been good at job titles. I like to think more about the big picture and am concerned about roles and accomplishing goals rather than creating specific, succinct titles. There are over fifty people here at this company and we are all specialists. We have people who keep the board of directors happy," she raises her hand, "people who keep the community members happy and people who keep the employees happy. You are being hired as the latter."
The elevator doors open and you follow your new boss down a long corridor. Up ahead in the distance you see a set of clear glass doors, but along the way are numerous dark panel doors lining either side of the hallway.
You finally arrive at the glass doors and Claire leads you through.
"We start with someone you know." Claire gestures to your sister behind a desk as you walk in. "Or, I guess, with someone who I hope you know."
Scarlet gives a smile, but does not get up, "Welcome."
You give only a nod and a hello to your sister as you must catch up to Claire on what appears to be a rather quick, brisk tour of the office space.
"You owe Scarlet a lot. It is because of her lobbying that we extended you an interview, although of course it was your answers that affirmed her already high praise. So, do not disappoint her -- or any of us, don't let us down," Claire says. She turns around to wait for you to catch up, then grabs your chin and stares into your eyes. "Remember that, don't let us down; there is only one day to decide if you are a fit," she adds and gives a bit of a laugh. "Don't worry, you'll do fine if you are every bit the person your responses in our phone interview indicated."
Claire turns again and you continue to follow her around the office. There are a lot of open spaces, very few cubicles, but rather a lot of clusters of desks and chairs, with only occasional walled-off offices.
"As I have said, this office is fluid, so few people have permanent office spaces. We tend to move around to work with those we need to to accomplish various projects. It makes us a very successful company."
