I work for an interesting company which leads to lots of questions. I thought I would take some time to explain it and tell you a little bit about the awesome company I work for!!
We are called PetRelocation.com and you can check us out at... PetRelocation.com (go figure). Basically, we facilitate the moves of people's pets! When people are relocating domestically or internationally for business or pleasure, we make all the arrangements for door-to-door service and safely get their pets from point A to point B. Its not as simple as it sounds... trust me. We don't physically touch the animals. We have a worldwide network of other animal movers and transportation companies that we use to set-up the moves. Its a fascinating industry that I never knew existed!!
Although the majority of what we move are dogs and cats, we will move ANYTHING. Just since I started working here, we have moved 50 Dart Frogs, a Beta fish, lots of horses and exotic birds. I even heard a rumor we may be moving a couple of alligators soon!
We don't really use titles but my job is easier to explain if I use them!! So, basically I am the Accounting/Office Manager. I L-O-V-E working with this group. It is a small company that was founded 7 years ago and has grown into a multi-million dollar company. It is owned by a fun couple named Kevin & Angie. They are my age and awesome bosses. Kevin acts as the COO or Sales Manager, while Angie acts as the CFO. The coolest thing is that they don't even think of themselves as the Executive Branch of the company. Then there are four Pet Shippers- Rachel, Matt K, Matt J and Marcus. They each handle different parts of the world when it comes to the relocation of animals. Then we have one sales person- Casey.
Our office is located in Spicewood, Texas. Spicewood is located West of Bee Cave towards Paleface Park (its about a 45 minute drive each way for me). Its the home of Willie Nelson. In fact, his picture is hung in just about every restaurant out here. One place even has a reserved parking place for him!! We are out in the country and about 10 miles from the nearest fast food joint or shopping center.
Our building used to be a 4-plex and I have my own office. (Such a nice change from the cubicle hell of Samsung.) The building sits on 4-acres of land and is all fenced in, allowing the dogs to run free all day. As I mentioned in the previous entry, we all bring our dogs to work with us!! Between all of us, we have... 1 Black Lab (Cephus), 1 Lab/Golden mix (Tucker), 1 Beagle (Tucker), 1 Hound Heeler mix (Cheyenne), 1 Heeler (Hollis), 1 Basenji (Petuy), 1 Stratfordshire Bull Terrier (Bruno), 1 Rottweiler (Rocko) and 1 Heeler mix (Maddie). It can be quite a crazy day around work when everyone brings their dogs!
Here are some pictures...
The Building
The view outside my office door every day around 3pm... "Nap Time".
Bruno, Tucker & Cephus all trying REALLY hard to get me to let him in...
Cheyenne & Tucker resting in my office...
The back part of the property (& view of the Hill Country). If you look VERY closely, you can see Tucker out sniffing around.
Here's the gang...
L to R: Rachel, Kevin, Matt J, Marcus, me, Matt K, Angie & Bella (Kevin & Angie's daughter).
1 comment:
Fascinating and I didn't realize that industry existed until you got this job either! Talk about making a difference! =)
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