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“Good Afternoon, Standing Partnership (a great place to work)”

By: Amber Morris | 06/20/2008

We started this Friday afternoon in a slight panic, Chrissy and I. It is our turn to answer the Standing Partnership phones after most of the office left at noon for Summer Fridays.

It's a complicated system and as the first point of contact for clients and others calling the office, we're nervous about being professional and efficient (ok, that's a bit of PR spin … our real goal is to not hang up on anyone. So far, so good!). As I become more comfortable in my answering abilities, I begin to think about how cool it is that I am actually answering the phone. Not because I love the thrill of successfully transferring a call to voicemail, but because it doesn't matter that I'm a manager at Standing. Everyone is taking a turn. In fact, in a few weeks, Cathy, our CEO, and Melissa, our COO, will try not to hang up … uh, I mean will professionally and efficiently answer the phones.

Years ago when I was at another agency, the account team headed out the door on Summer Fridays while the administrative staff stayed behind. I imagine it would have been the same at my other jobs had places like Disney or SeaWorld offered Summer Fridays.

So Standing is not only a great place to work because I get Summer Fridays, but also because we ALL get them.

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