Sarah Tanksley
Peritus
Senior Account Representative
It has been on my mind for several weeks to share how working in a happy office setting often makes all the difference between a good day and a bad day. Not everyone is as fortunate as I am to work with a group of people they actually enjoy. If you took a survey I would venture to guess that most people have a few folks in their office or workplace that they consider a friend or acquaintance but there is also someone (or a group of people) that they do not like or cannot get along with. That is not the case for the Peritus office in Nashville. I can truly say we all enjoy each other, not only working together as a team but we enjoy each other as friends.
Over the course of the two years that I have worked at Peritus I have developed a working relationship and friendly relationship with the other staff in this office. Some people might ask doesn’t it get confusing to blur the lines between work and friendship….the answer is no. When you have enough respect for each other to know that something needs to get done, well that is what happens. We provide encouragement and sometimes criticism to each other, we provide support and help when things might get bogged down and we provide laughter and a since of relief to each other when things get hectic and stressful. We are all hard workers and driven to getting the task accomplished, whatever that might be. When something comes up and it is an all-hands-on-deck situation we all rally around and find a solution to get it done. I know that at any time I can walk down and ask for help or guidance or I can just as easily vent and get frustrations off my chest.
We have celebrated birthdays, mourned losses, gotten over illnesses, rocked out to some of the best concerts in town, introduced family, celebrated holidays and rolled down hills in a giant plastic ball together. We have also accomplished major milestones for some of our clients and we have been able to enjoy those victories together.
My intention is not to gloat about our happy little family here in Nashville. My intention rather is to say that if you have not taken the opportunity to get to know the people that you work with you might be missing out on something special. Your greatest ally might be in the office next door or your mentor might be down the hall. Now don’t get me wrong, every day is not all rainbows and butterflies. There are a few bad days, but bad days are not awful days because somehow we just make it work.
