So after almost 5 years, I’m saying goodbye to a great group of people at Cherry, Bekaert & Holland. My first real gig out of college, CB&H has been an excellent place for me to learn about marketing and business, and I was fortunate to share it with a great group of guys who make up the marketing department. I will definitely miss the folks of firm administration, the Richmond office, and my friends from around the firm. There are many memories from my time there and I consider it a great first start to my career.
As I’m moving on, I’ve compiled a list of things I’ll take away from CB&H.
What I’ll Miss:
- Coffee in the morning
- Ron’s award-winning carrot cake
- Databases & Dynamics CRM (I can’t hide my true colors)
- Madeline’s friendly smile
- High Octane Marketing
- I.T. guys that I can talk tech with
- The firm managing partner knowing who I am
- Plenty of parking
- CBHU (I think we all miss that)
- “Synergies,” “Leveraging” and “Thinking Outside of the Box”
What I Won’t Miss:
- Vendors calling and obliterating any resemblance of the correct pronunciation of the firm’s name.
- Having to explain to people where I work: “I work for an accounting firm, but no I’m not an accountant. ‘Why does an accounting firm need a marketing department?’ We’re a huge firm, and I work in the headquarters. ‘So you don’t know anything about taxes?’ Nope.”
- VA Blood services calling to ask me if I can donate
- Excel documents that aren’t structured properly
- The smell of toner in the production room
- “Synergies,” “Leveraging” and “Thinking Outside of the Box”
- Discerning if it’s really “final” when the file is called the “Final, Final, Final – THIS IS THE REAL ONE – Version 2”
- Posting time (oh wait, mine was wayyy easy!)
To all my friends at CB&H, I hope you stay in touch!