Plan Z

Dejected, but not ousted

Well it all went down. I feared the 'worst' and it happened. I sat down with a lady from the accounting dept, the art director with a major serious look on his face, and the English-speaking copywriter whom I was to be replacing. She talked about the position and showed me the company's portfolio. Then the art director had some questions-IN JAPANESE. Alas, it turned out that my Japanese level was too low to be able to communicate with the rest of the staff.

Here's the thing though: my portfolio blew them out of the water. Impressed the SHIT out of them. To be honest, it looked better than their own portfolio and they knew it. The girl who was doing the hiring said that she would have worked with me hands down (if she was staying), and would have hired me on the spot. I had the writing skills, design skills, personally, poise, attitude, enthusiasm, etc. They all knew I was perfect for the job as other applicants brought in stacks of paper for their writing samples. STACKS OF PAPER!?!?! Are you fucking kidding me? And I was such a perfect fit for the position that I could tell that they were struggling with the notion of rejecting me because they knew that if they let me go, they'd be back to square one. They were willing to try me even though I definitely did not have the Japanese skills to talk to them about anything. In the end, I told them that even though I couldn't speak enough Japanese, I was up for the huge challenge. I got the impression that they weren't entirely ready to tell me 'good luck with your future endeavours.' But I'm moving on regardless because I don't have time to wait.