Before coming, we were all told that the working environment in China is very quiet and calm. Maybe this is the case within other companies, but this is far from the method at my job. This could be due to them just moving offices, but it was a very noisy situation, and of course I’d forgotten my iPod.
It was a very strange first day. There’s a housekeeper in the office, who literally at 9 am was washing the floors on her hands and knees. The Internet seems to be as bad there as it is in our dorms. About every 3 hours the Internet would just stop working. Also, in the early morning they were cranking the AC and then in the afternoon when it was 97 outside, they opened the LONE window and had the AC off. Needless to say I fanned until my arm wouldn’t fan anymore.
Overall though I think my internship will be a good experience. Day one I had a conference call with the CEO of the company. That was really welcoming and I really appreciated it. Unlike the other interns, I got a company email and job title of “Art Director.” That’s especially nice, but I feel that mine is also going to be a lot more strenuous than the other’s. For example, I have to be there at 8:30-5:30 no exceptions and no flexibility. (It takes 1.5 hours to get there and then repeated on the way home, so I was hoping to come in a little later than 8:30).
Hopefully this will turn out to be a great experience, and I’ll survive the 85-degree temperature inside, and the Christmas music that we seem to listen to on repeat.
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