After accepting the job over a month ago, I was sure to call and make sure they still remembered me before coming in. So, on Friday I called to do just that, and asked what time and where to report. They said to come on in at 9am.
I arrived at 8:55, which is actually 5 minutes early. Maybe its a new trend!
I am asked to sit in the lobby and wait for my manager to come get me. I listen to one of the receptionists talk to the other about her upcoming wedding and the wonderfully awful time she had selecting her dress. After nearly 30 minutes and several more pages to my new manager, I am greeted by my new co-worker who informs me that my manager hasn't arrived yet. Why did I bother to come in early? I am given a nice tour of all 4 floors, and introduced to various people along the way, most of the names I will not remember, but lucky for me everyone here has a name plate posted. Sodas are available in the refrigerator, but there is a box to chip in a quarter for each one. I learn that the best vending machines are located on the 4th floor. One of the first things I notice is that the key fobs are required several times: To call the outside elevators, to press the floor in the elevator, to open the door from each elevator lobby to the rest of the floor. So, I need to use it 3 times everytime I enter the building.
The day is very uneventful, as I spend most of the time filling out HR forms and setting up programs the way I like them. I learn that there are forms for everything, and most need multiple signatures. There is also only 1 development environment, so if I make a dumb change, all the developers are affected. But, I am not supposed to make any changes unless I have a change form (signed of course) in hand, so as expected I don't do anything productive the first day.
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