Nothing beats the coffee
August 5th, 2008 | by admin | 115 views
Second day in the new job and yep, I’m loving it. (Phew!) I only wish I felt less ill - typical, I spend a month off work and feel fine, and then………
Anyway, I’ve had a good look on the corporate Intranet and couldn’t find any rules about blogging, so figure I can just get on with it.
So - here’s my Marks and Spencer Workplace Scorecard.
Scoring 5 - the coffee. I swear, I’ve never tasted such great coffee out of a vending machine ever. And its free. Goodbye to trips to Starbucks, I never need to leave the office again.
Scoring 4 - the canteen. Subsidised M & S food, freshly made by friendly folks and right next to our office area. Perfect. (Except if they keep cooking fresh bacon and sausage sarnies for breakfast, I will need a bigger bike to get to work on.)
Scoring 3 - the office space. Very light and modern, wall to ceiling glass walls all around, new desks and chairs, wonderful views over Paddington, docking stations and loads of free desks to choose from.
Scoring 2 - the commute. Its not the worst I’ve done and at least its only one bus journey directly from home to door, but it takes about an hour 15 each way. Still, tomorrow is Scooter Day which should hopefully half this time.
Scoring 1 - er, lack of Instant Messaging. But I may have figured out a way to fix this and hopefully we can sort this out fairly quickly.
The people in my team are lovely - but then again, I haven’t met a team who hasn’t been, anywhere I’ve worked. My new manager is also nice, as are the customers and IT colleagues I’ve met so far.
I know its early days but its all looking promising, which I am seriously relieved about. Haven;t met with any Amazon guys yet - maybe tomorrow.
