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TM875 · 06-07-2005, 12:44 PM

I'm an economics sales analysist for the bakery division of a large supermarket chain. Basically, I drum up ideas and, on an interesting day, get to travel to one of our over 80 stores and point out what they're doing wrong.

I like to start early, from my days as a baker:

4am - Wake up
5:00- Get to office, check e-mails, start laying out work that needs to be done
6:30- Send out any intranet messages to other bakery specialists and department managers
7:30- Finish leftover work from the day before
8:30- Rest of the staff starts to roll in
9:15 - Our first meeting of the day. Oh joy. Usually is about sales trends for the upcoming week, new product that vendors are trying to push, or potential weaknesses in our current structure. As of now, we're renovating a bunch of our stores - it's my job to figure out what the likely profit will be in the medium-long run for each store, taking into account the demographics of its location, past success of renovation, and the store's earining potential vs. current dollars.
10:30 - Break from the meeting (if we're lucky). I ususally now get the honor of going back to my desk and playing with numbers until lunch
11:30 - Lunch time.
12:15 - Straggle back from lunch, make phone calls, argue with vendors
1:00 - Continue playing with numbers until I'm happy.
1:30 - Finish reports, e-mail conclusions to CEO.
2:00- Answer e-mails from specialists and managers
2:30- Head home.

Yes, 10-hour days get to you after a while. However, I love it, and would never trade the extra sleep for being able to get a lot of my work done before people come to bother me.

06-07-2005, 12:44 PM	#28 (permalink)
TM875 Addict Location: Amish-land, PA	I'm an economics sales analysist for the bakery division of a large supermarket chain. Basically, I drum up ideas and, on an interesting day, get to travel to one of our over 80 stores and point out what they're doing wrong. I like to start early, from my days as a baker: 4am - Wake up 5:00- Get to office, check e-mails, start laying out work that needs to be done 6:30- Send out any intranet messages to other bakery specialists and department managers 7:30- Finish leftover work from the day before 8:30- Rest of the staff starts to roll in 9:15 - Our first meeting of the day. Oh joy. Usually is about sales trends for the upcoming week, new product that vendors are trying to push, or potential weaknesses in our current structure. As of now, we're renovating a bunch of our stores - it's my job to figure out what the likely profit will be in the medium-long run for each store, taking into account the demographics of its location, past success of renovation, and the store's earining potential vs. current dollars. 10:30 - Break from the meeting (if we're lucky). I ususally now get the honor of going back to my desk and playing with numbers until lunch 11:30 - Lunch time. 12:15 - Straggle back from lunch, make phone calls, argue with vendors 1:00 - Continue playing with numbers until I'm happy. 1:30 - Finish reports, e-mail conclusions to CEO. 2:00- Answer e-mails from specialists and managers 2:30- Head home. Yes, 10-hour days get to you after a while. However, I love it, and would never trade the extra sleep for being able to get a lot of my work done before people come to bother me. __________________ "I've made only one mistake in my life. But I made it over and over and over. That was saying 'yes' when I meant 'no'. Forgive me."