Had a frustrating start to the day today, got half way up the M1 to our offices in Birmingham for a forecasting meeting only to get a call to say that it had been cancelled and I could head back London way.
It was in fact a good omen however because I've managed to get oodles of work done today - including this blog. I started a new role last week on the Tesco Account team, and have spent the recent days trying to get to grips with the projects that I will be taking on, as well as meeting all the people that I will be working with.
Working in National Accounts is a little strange compared with the Marketing department. Firstly, all of the team are home based, so they are dotted around the country, and you only really get to see them at meetings, or when they appear at one of the hot desks in one of our offices. I have been perched at a 'hotdesk' in our Maple Cross office for the last week, so have been able to put faces to most of the people that I have been speaking to on the phone, but you feel a bit more isolated than when the people you work with are within touching distance.
In terms of actual work, the first few weeks of a role are always difficult to explain because most of what you do is try and absorb as much as you can before you go onto your own projects. This might involve going to meetings, reading key reports, or just sitting down for a coffee with one of the team and finding out a little about what they do - my caffeine levels have gone through the roof this week.
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