My first meeting at Renault Le Plessir Robinson site.
Love the motorbikes and pushy out the front. Everyday commuting, the irony.
Heading in to learn about one of our platforms, integration layer, and stuff.
Wish me luck.
When you remove a good few layers of skin from your toe, this is what your footwear is reduced to.
Endless toes. Too many toes for work life.
Putting on a sandal was excruciating. The pain was insufferable, even for me.
Back to work like it’s still the long weekend.
Adele 0, Door 1.
Week one down.
I’m hurting though.
Throw three years out of work together with an intense week of induction in French – suffering. The good kind.
So here’s a quick and condensed version of my first week back in the force:
- First day, arrived home and passed out on the couch by 8:30pm.
- PC is fossilised. Yes, I said PC. Haven’t used Windows for 10 years. It’s a brick. I can make and drink a coffee in the time it needs to start up.
- Received my HP dinosaur on day 3. I’m told that’s pretty good in comparison to some others. Not complaining.
- Contacted IT help desk. Received a response 2 days later.
- No webmail.
- VPN requires a dongle.
- INTERNET EXPLORER …..
- WHERE AM I?????
- Chrome allowed but no google apps.
- No cloud.
- Had many “where am I” moments.
- French everything. Induction, keyboard (I’m sorry but QWERTY, ok), applications, documentation, training. So much French. Drowning. Assimilating.
- Heinous blisters on feet from several pairs of “comfortable” shoes. They looked comfy when I bought them but MURDERERS.
- Got my first Program. Some newbies have been waiting weeks – feeling chuffed.
- Office is LIT. Beautiful. Great location. 4 tram stops from home. Winning!
- Had an oral French test and failed. Teacher suggested 2 weeks intensive training. I should be ashamed but I’m not. Actually content in knowing I can only get better.
- Rooftop will be completed next week. Priceless.
My current view. Not too shabby.
For every “where am I” moment there are a bahzillion “I’m so freaking lucky” moments so pretty much all the things I mentioned above are trivial in the grand scheme of things.
Looking forward to week two.
Bon week-end a tous !
Photo credit: giphy. Arrested Development, my fav.
