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?
Posted by: Josey | November 20, 2007 02:16 PM
Oh, man, this post made my day! Sounds like you found the perfect fit you deserve -- congrats on the new gig! :)
Posted by: Anil | November 20, 2007 02:31 PM
Sounds like my kind of job. Gotta love casual work environments.
Message in a bottle is a good warm up song for GH2.
Posted by: Geoff | November 20, 2007 06:57 PM