First week of work is finally over

My first week of work is finally over!

The people... are friendly, welcoming and some genuinely interested in getting to know you better
The location... is nice, the office is situated in a downtown core, its on the 6th floor so the view is quite nice too. The building is a lot newer than the one I was in in Waterloo and much better outfitted.
The work... is a lot more intense, emails are constantly flowing and there are lots of meetings
The commute...is either a 15min bus ride or a 30min walk from our temporary place on Military Road. The walk is nice because you get to walk through a park on the way.
The dress... is formal, lots of people in suits or sharply dressed, the Banana republic golf shirts are just not going to cut it, time to go shirt shopping.

It was a good week, there was a lunch and learn on the first day, so a free lunch and an opportunity to meet most of the 50+ employees in this location was nice.

My tips for climatizing into a new office:

1. Never turn down an offer to go for coffee or lunch with someone. It will help to make friends
2. Get to know the person at reception and in IT
3. Take a walk at lunch or during a break to go check out the local surroundings, never know what might be within minutes of work
4. Listen more and talk less, but make your presence known.
5. Figure out where the washroom and kitchen is

Best thing that happened this week was going for lunch to a really cool burger joint in Crow's Nest. One of the bad things that happened at work this week, was getting to work by 7:20am only to find out that my access pass doesn't work till 8am and having to wait it out in the lobby, that and working till 7pm on my first day in the office.  

- Pri

Google Street View