The Beckett Blog

Well first off I would like to introduce myself and say hello to all of our loyal readers. I am Barrett Johnson and I am the summer intern for Beckett. I am a native Texan, born and raised in Dallas and I am a junior at the University of Southern California. Needless to say, I have some great football teams to love so do not be surprised to hear some praise given to the Cowboys or college’s premier football factory when I chime in on this site.

This is the end of my first week working here and I have had a great time and feel very comfortable. Coming in to the first day I was not really sure what to expect, I have had jobs before and been in situations where I was new to something, but this has been my first true office experience and I was uneasy about how it would go the first day. Regardless of how I felt entering the situation, I am very glad that my first office experience is with Beckett. I mean I think that all of us dreamed of working for the company that fascinated us as youths, so I feel very fortunate to be interning with the company that captured so many of my hours of attention as a child.

My first day I was curious as to what my internship experience would be like, especially concerning what type of work I would be doing and how the people would be. The people at Beckett are wonderful. The fact that they all love what they do creates a fun and comfortable environment, which is especially nice for someone new coming into their world. Most of the people I met either told me, or I sensed that none of them had ever had an intern under them while here at Beckett. My question of what type of work I would be doing was still gray to me initially because in all reality it was gray to my superiors due to the fact that they did not know exactly where to put me to work.

It turned out that my first assignment I would have a lot of personal interest invested in. My first assignment was to organize my cubicle which had turned into the office mail drop spot. Walking into it, it seemed as if no one threw any mail away in this office and just stored it in this cubicle for the heck of it.

As I started to sort it and organize I realized that it was kept for a reason, it was all mail sent by loyal Beckett readers. So the next two days consisted of me sorting through countless mail crates, but in the process I got to see much of the perspective and insight of the Beckett reader either through contests they had entered or surveys they had filled out, or just a letter that they had written Beckett. Most of my jobs this past week have been dealing with organization but it has been worthwhile because it has given me a greater picture of the past few years and the work they has been done here at Beckett.

I look forward to the next few weeks and I am excited about the things that I know I will learn in that time. Until I write again, Fight On and Go Cowboys, I can’t wait for football season.