MattMcWilliams
June 24th, 2009, 04:12 PM
I came on board May 15 of this year here at Legacy Learning Systems after almost 4 years at HometownQuotes.com, where I literally helped build the company from scratch.
It has been a little weird coming on board to an existing company and taking over the affiliate program, but it has been a blast and about a month ago, right after I started, our CEO, Gabe Smith, posted to his blog (http://www.gabesmith.com/2009/05/laboring-with-servants-heart.html) something that made me realize, without a doubt, that I made the right decision in coming here.
It was over a 4 month process in coming here. I first talked to Gabe in January and over the next months, my wife and I really struggled trying to find the perfect fit for me. I am big on culture and I have to believe in the product. That is what made my job at HometownQuotes so easy...I believed in the company and what we were doing.
After countless meetings, phone calls, emails, and finally one last dinner with my wife and I, I made the decision to come to Legacy...and I am so glad that I did.
Gabe posted on his blog about shipping day here on my third day.
Here is an excerpt:
As it turns out, a large shipment of product had arrived at the back dock from China. Unfortunately, the boxes were not loaded on pallets for easy removal as they were supposed to be. Instead, it arrived as an entire semi-truck loaded floor to ceiling and front to back with 1,000 units of Learn & Master Piano, boxed in cases of six, all needing to be unloaded by hand and carried to the back of the warehouse. We only have one warehouse employee, Chris, who by all accounts would have been facing an impossible task.
Instead, there were at least ten “Legacies”, all dressed in office clothes, busily unloading the truck, sweating, laughing and joking about the ridiculousness of the task. Two of our Legacy ladies, Elizabeth and Micah, were already inside the truck, gracefully laboring in heels, pulling down and passing the large boxes to a half dozen of our men who would carry them off two at a time. I happily joined in. Interns, Shipping, Customer Service, Content Development, Sales, Internet Marketing - every department was represented by someone working to unload that truck.
Heels, ties, and job titles aside, not one thought themselves too good to lend a hand and serve. It’s part of why I am so honored to serve alongside them.
This is just one of the reasons why I love it here and am so proud to work here. It doesn't hurt that tomorrow we are all going to the movies and taking the afternoon off either!
Here is the link to the full post if you are interested: http://www.gabesmith.com/2009/05/laboring-with-servants-heart.html
It has been a little weird coming on board to an existing company and taking over the affiliate program, but it has been a blast and about a month ago, right after I started, our CEO, Gabe Smith, posted to his blog (http://www.gabesmith.com/2009/05/laboring-with-servants-heart.html) something that made me realize, without a doubt, that I made the right decision in coming here.
It was over a 4 month process in coming here. I first talked to Gabe in January and over the next months, my wife and I really struggled trying to find the perfect fit for me. I am big on culture and I have to believe in the product. That is what made my job at HometownQuotes so easy...I believed in the company and what we were doing.
After countless meetings, phone calls, emails, and finally one last dinner with my wife and I, I made the decision to come to Legacy...and I am so glad that I did.
Gabe posted on his blog about shipping day here on my third day.
Here is an excerpt:
As it turns out, a large shipment of product had arrived at the back dock from China. Unfortunately, the boxes were not loaded on pallets for easy removal as they were supposed to be. Instead, it arrived as an entire semi-truck loaded floor to ceiling and front to back with 1,000 units of Learn & Master Piano, boxed in cases of six, all needing to be unloaded by hand and carried to the back of the warehouse. We only have one warehouse employee, Chris, who by all accounts would have been facing an impossible task.
Instead, there were at least ten “Legacies”, all dressed in office clothes, busily unloading the truck, sweating, laughing and joking about the ridiculousness of the task. Two of our Legacy ladies, Elizabeth and Micah, were already inside the truck, gracefully laboring in heels, pulling down and passing the large boxes to a half dozen of our men who would carry them off two at a time. I happily joined in. Interns, Shipping, Customer Service, Content Development, Sales, Internet Marketing - every department was represented by someone working to unload that truck.
Heels, ties, and job titles aside, not one thought themselves too good to lend a hand and serve. It’s part of why I am so honored to serve alongside them.
This is just one of the reasons why I love it here and am so proud to work here. It doesn't hurt that tomorrow we are all going to the movies and taking the afternoon off either!
Here is the link to the full post if you are interested: http://www.gabesmith.com/2009/05/laboring-with-servants-heart.html
