A backstory on Louise Bachelor, she started the business with 1 employee and 1 truck and trailer 6 years back. And from that small business, she gradually picked up on employees and business. With more publicity, a new location was needed, and we did our business move over the course of a week of my externship.
With the much needed site upgrade, a lot of work arose in taking loads back and forth from Riverdale to Chesapeake. A lot of stress came out of the employees, and some sides I have never seem came out, but at the end, all packages made it to the new warehouse. Louise has offered me a spot at EnviroGreen over the summer, with open hours. I am very excited to be applying at my first real work experience over the summer, at a place that seems like a second home at this point. Before EnviroGreen, I had never done physically-demanding work, and I'm glad I was able to open up some experience in this field, regardless if I choose to pursue this kind of career. My final project was building a custom computer from scratch, setting aside any higher-end parts from computers and saving them to create my final project. One new work ethic I learned was to save your strength to finish a day strong. And I noticed that even your the most friendly coworker will not hesitate to snap on you if you are not completing the task at hand.
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I am very happy with this year's externship experience, this was by far the most hands-on experience I've had in a work environment,and is something I could see myself doing in the future. I am beyond ecstatic to be offered a position at EnviroGreen for the summer, and I wouldn't have made that summer connection without this externship.
I can truly say I am a changed person, before I had no idea of the full components of a computer, now I know how to open, clean out, and rebuild the same PC. I've also gained access to networking, and overthe course Some of my coworkers from the EnviroGreen family. (Jacob , Julian, Mercedes, Mark, Fernando, Louise, and of course Lance.) Setting up the new speaker display rack with my coworker Julian. All speaker that are put on shelves have been tested, and are approved to be sold and listed.
Every employee has their own task at hand, or a schedule of what to do on what day. But for most of these last hectic days, everyone has just been helping out one another. Since we are moving the warehouse to a new location, a lot of things are happening, shelves coming down, palettes being jacked, and many truckloads of packages were shipped.
I feel very comfortable in my working environment, all the other employees seem experienced enough to where they can assist me on anything I'm having troubles with anything and everything. There is always something to do in the warehouse, so even when you think you're done, a new task is waiting.
I truly value networking, and this externship has shown me the importance of having connections. Because I had talked to another classmate and friend, Lance, he was able to convince EnviroGreen to take another intern. Because of this, I've made more connections with my coworkers, one lives close to me and offers me rides to and from work. Another offered me a summer job position with her son's packaging organization. Most of my first week was breakdown, saving anything of value in older electronics. Now they have me on drop-off, where I bring in items that are donated at the back of the warehouse. Most items come free, but some items cost us to dispose of, so we charge for things like fluorescent bulbs and alkaline batteries. Most breakdown bins have been filled to the brim. Now we store them aside and wait till the end of the week to take them to Golden West, a company that pays us by the pound for basic functioning computer parts.
I'm very excited to be building my own computer over the course of my externship, Marc, "the IT guy" of EnviroGreen said he would be teaching us some tricks to keep a pc running fast and efficient. He told us, that after our 4 weeks here, we will have had started construction of gaming computers. I feel as if the people I am working with truly understand what they are doing. The fact that we are moving to a larger location reminds me of the fact that the business of e-waste recycling is only becoming more and more successful.
When I am told to do something, I tend to have to re-ask for instructions or clarification. I feel like everyone in the warehouse has a much better understanding for where to sort incoming items and drop-off. Over my next 3 and a half weeks on externship break, I'll be working at EnviroGreen, an e-waste recycling and re-purposing facility. I am mentored by Louise, who started the company 5 years ago on her own. She will teach me along with the warehouse employees the basic rules of how to break down e-waste, what can be salvaged, and how to sort and organize different electronics.
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Aidan Jones
Interning at EnviroGreen Recycling. |