Second day...
... and I'm already exhausted :) The internship has started pretty strongly with a series of meeting with the CEO and the senior management of the company in order to understand a bit more the products and businesses this company is in. It's a bit complex and after two days, it's still blurry for us but according to a Wharton intern, who started a few weeks ago, this is normal and at least 2 weeks are required to understand the company.
I was very impressed by the organization and culture of the company. No offices not even cubicles, no secretaries even for the big bosses - the CEO (one of the richest man in the US) is seated in the open space like everybody - no strict dress code... It's strange at first but actually, it's the kind of thing I like because hierarchy is minimized and communication is very fluid. It's a bit like the "spaghetthi organization" model we studied in Strategy. All the people I've met so far have been in the company since a long time but they have constantly changed job and responsibilities over the course of their employment with the company.
It's a very US-centric firm but they are trying to expand on a global scale and as such, our internship's objective is to assess opportunities in Europe and develop a blueprint for evaluating new territories; however, we are still tuning the scope of the project and it could evolve a little.
Appart than that, it's funny to be in a small US city and enjoy a suburban life where everybody has a car and go shopping in huge malls although I'm not sure I could live there very long.
I was very impressed by the organization and culture of the company. No offices not even cubicles, no secretaries even for the big bosses - the CEO (one of the richest man in the US) is seated in the open space like everybody - no strict dress code... It's strange at first but actually, it's the kind of thing I like because hierarchy is minimized and communication is very fluid. It's a bit like the "spaghetthi organization" model we studied in Strategy. All the people I've met so far have been in the company since a long time but they have constantly changed job and responsibilities over the course of their employment with the company.
It's a very US-centric firm but they are trying to expand on a global scale and as such, our internship's objective is to assess opportunities in Europe and develop a blueprint for evaluating new territories; however, we are still tuning the scope of the project and it could evolve a little.
Appart than that, it's funny to be in a small US city and enjoy a suburban life where everybody has a car and go shopping in huge malls although I'm not sure I could live there very long.
posted by k at 12:01 AM
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Pizza in the previous post, now spaghetti - is this a gastronomy blog? ;)
All the best,
G.
Indeed... And I was planning to write about my experience at Hooters (http://www.hooters.com) as well, although that's not really about food..
Welcome to my subruban life. I lived in Orange County, CA where everyone (including me..lol) has big trucks and/or SUVs and hangs out at "party malls" (open until 2am) like the Spectrum (http://www.shopirvinespectrumcenter.com/)or the Block in Orange (http://www.blockatorange.com/static/node848.jsp;jsessionid=asv0_WKIi3Ub). Have you gone to Costco yet? You're in for a treat...lol :-0
No Costco yet but I sure will check that out!
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