SCV Reporting for duty

Today marks a new chapter in my working life (kinda). I requested for a transfer to another unit which i have no knowledge/experience about, why? To make sure my ass is covered and not be eliminated from the payroll of the company.

I have pre-arranged for movers, telephone extension to be moved to my new location and my laptop settings to be done today. I had my breakfast as usual and at about 9am, i started to move my things onto the trolley. To my disappointment i had to make at least 2 trips because the trolley could not carry all my things :( , to make things worst, i had pick a broken one =_="

To make a great day even better was to spill all my things about 2 meters away from reaching my desk due to the broken trolley =_=||| Embarrassment on my first day at work, luckily the boss was not around *breathes a sigh of relief*. I actually know about half of the team there as some of them were previously stationed on my floor, sadly though only 1 came to my aid to help me pick up my things. Oh well, i guess they are really busy, the colleague who helped me was actually on her way out for a meeting.

When the mover finally came, only my cabinet was left to be moved, it has wheels so its nothing too heavy or hard to move at all. A colleague exclaimed that, "Wow, simple task, just to move a small cabinet". I packed up my laptop and some other things and made my last trip down to my new office (43rd to 6th floor).

After setting up my things, i looked around. Time after time, everyone was just facing their monitor and doing their own things, almost not talking to each other. When the boss finally came in and order things that he needs to get done, then only the others were more chattery. I made more adjustments and arrangements to my new desk before heading back up to my old office for a "farewell" party.

Like the usual events minus the camera, everyone enjoyed the food. Perhaps everyone like me was very hungry due to the morning shower and cold aircon. Breaking the tradition of having a speech first before eating, everyone had their fill before my lousy non-prepared speech to thank everyone for their kind and warm treatment akin to family relationships, at least that was how i felt :)

At about 3pm, i got my first task. To prepare a report for my boss for his short session with the COO. Well i guess that is what a worker who sits at what seems to be secretary's desk would have to do :p Prepare a 3-4 slide powerpoint presentation about (oh yeah, this is the new nature of what im doing now) in layman terms about <2> and find out the possible reasons for them. I gave my best shot of coming up with something easy and not crowded with info, draft 1 passed with some minor changes. Time to research the possible reasons part, as i thought would be a pain in the behind. Working with people who are about to retire or think that their info are for their own consumption makes my research a run around. Tried my best to eek out info from friends and got an idea to meet another group of people who are supposed to be the know-it-alls but it was already 5.30pm. Knowing the people in this company, i would be wasting my time to go to them then.

Back to my desk i went and my boss asked for updates, i got nothing much and looking at the time, he understands my difficulty. Usually i would leave on time but first on the job, i better leave a good impression of not being like a lazy bum who leaves on time. I hung around until about 6pm and went home with another colleague who also walks to the LRT.

A bumpy first day but let's just hope the days would just get better in the future. *fingers crossed!*