London

There has been 2 weeks and I still dont realize I am already living here. Right after Vichayito, I stayed one night in Lima and then travelled to London with Joost.

The first day I went to the office, which is located in a very nice zone of London; to be exact in front of the Buckingham palace (Grosvernor 33). The office is different to what I am used to; in contrast, everyone (directors, managers, etc) sits in one single big area, very close to eachother. We have a space issue being the reason why some departments will move to other buildings. Still, its nice to be able to interact/ meet with people from different departments in the same place, or share a coffee in the kitchen.

I have been amazed by the flexibility of the company, confidence is given openly to employees, with the expectation of concrete results. So as far as you do your job, you can work from home, work from another office, or arrive at your time schedule. Of course this is in exception to meetings. I havent had the feeling of working under self accountability since I was working for SSGN from my home office in Brazil. In a certain way, this culture gives you for further responsibility on your performance. I personally like it.

So far the experience has been wonderful and full of new discoveries, specially about me. Although, the business sector is not my favourite, I am more and more falling in love with the company and realizing about the so many opportunities here for me and how many things I am able to do, besides I love my job!. Over the last 2 weeks I have been travelling cause part of the job is also office coach (does it sound familiar?) for introducing the HR programs , welcome new joiners, or simply have face to face sessions and connect to employees personally. As for introduction to the company, already from the first day, I am taking care of my project tasks.

First times in London:

- Jetlag (never had it before, I guess i am getting old...)

- Desorganized (i had so many things to do and didnt know from whre to start)

- Too much coffee? really too much

- Postponing things (hopefully not anymore)

- Speaking english with indian accent, I mean this is an indian company.

So far, it's been a different experience. I have never experienced to have everything new at the same time, and to be honest it took me a little longer to get used to than normally , but now I guess I am 90% adapted and looking forward to what is coming.... ;)