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Culture Shock, Day One

Going from a conservative consumer-products company to an Internet agency is about as startling a contrast in work environments as one could imagine.

Number of people not wearing jeans today: 1 (me)

Number wearing leather-soled shoes: 1 (me)

My office welcome: an interoffice email announcing my hire, which included a photo of my dog that the office manager grabbed from this website, followed by several enthusiastic replies from coworkers with photos of their own dogs

Suggestions from the team: install any apps I want on my computer; ask for anything at all from the Staples catalog; install AIM right away so the office can IM you

Number of challenges to play foosball and Guitar Hero: 4

Common space: the table and chairs behind my desk are called "belly dancer corner," so titled because of the belly dancer hired for the co-owner's birthday who performed on the table

Prominent page on the Ai office wiki: "Rubik's Cube Solution Times"

I have office whiplash. In such a good way.

Comments

Are they hiring?

Oh, man, this post made my day! Sounds like you found the perfect fit you deserve -- congrats on the new gig! :)

Sounds like my kind of job. Gotta love casual work environments.
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