GOOGLE IT!

In my past posts I always blabbed about wanting variety, meaning, and happiness in my work place, it would've been obvious by now how much I value my creative (if I had any:p) freedom. In the Philippines, due to the limited choices there is always a dilemma between choosing a company which will allow you to work on something that you like and a company which will make you rich. At least for me that has always been the dilemma and for both the times that I had to decide, I chose the first one. Which is the reason why I am not rich, I am a baby boomerang. I come running back to my parents time and again, whining that nothing is happening to my life.
When I came across the Google reading I thought: wow! win-win!
Google is a techie company and I don't know how dynamic marketing for them would be but given that it was alive, I would pay to work for Google.

When I started working as a marketing specialist, I was so enthusiastic. I had an idea for everything. I used to list and develop a lot of ideas on my own then I would practically beg my boss to let me initiate them.But then I got a lot of you can't do this and you can't do that until my mind restricted itself to just think this much and not go beyond the lines. I can still remember the feeling of panic I felt during one of the brain storming sessions for the next year's marketing calendar. I wasn't contributing anything because I had nothing inside my mind. When everything was done, I realized that the activities we came up with were the my ideas back in college. And at that moment I felt so scared that I was losing myself. It was literally panic. Just a few days after that, I filed my resignation. I cannot be there anymore.
I am not blaming this company for whatever mental torture I experienced. I cannot force it to go my way. At the end of the day I am just an employee. My opinions do not matter. Either I conform or I leave. I made my choice.

When I think of Google I imagine the freedom that I beg for being an everyday thing for them. That would be heaven for me. Being able to choose what to work on, coming to work on your own time and being able to wear whatever you like. With this set up I feel that I would be most productive because I have no inhibitions. I would be a bionic woman at work: half woman, half energizer bunny. The more you think out of the box the more innovative your ideas become. I could work for long hours without pay. It would be a dream come true for me.


Some things that did make me happy back at work.

My lovely desk filled with my trinkets so much that I needed a 2nd one. It comes with my very dear friend. 

We get to decide which collaterals to create. We also get to play with them first.

 This one was really fun. I did a bit of math. I had to calculate how many pizze slices could fit into this 2x3 meter slice. I had to collaborate with R&D and operations for this. It was cool.  Oh and the even cooler part, it was held in Baguio - my favorite city.

The hot air balloon event was really overwhelmingly beautiful. But it was also overwhelmingly tiring. I had to wake up at 4 am daily, and the scorching heat of the sun was aweful.

Me and my teammated get to go to events often. The perks of being in marketing.

This was the last project I did with past company. It was a pizza making workshop for families and little kids. It was terribly cute. It was such a treat when they approached me and told me thay had a great time.