New name, nothing else
Today is the first day of the company's new identity (see last Wednesday's post), although for the moment that is all. Following the last two days, I got the bus before the one I got yesterday i.e. 1400 from town, instead of 1415. Got in therefore almost 30 minutes to spare! Still no seats... everyone is finishing at 1600! After about 10 minutes of looking, finally was told to sit with the email team once more - got a desk quick enough, but had to wait until 1500 to get a chair!
During the evening, turns out they've got another new spreadsheet that we have to fill in... but because I'd been doing emails for the last three weeks, no-one thought to tell me...
The company marked today's changes in a number of different ways. This included a "come in dressed in company colours" day - and by complete coincidence, I had a red top, black skirt ready for today! The company also bought in a large amount of munchies and drinks., and shared it out throughout the day so everyone could benefit (that was well thought out). There were a number of events, including a "rodeo bull" in the canteen area.
Everyone was given a printed copy of an email, which said "Assuming out new name is the first step on this road. In the weeks to come, we will replace our signage, change our email addresses, and legally move towards the new company identity". Sounds a bit like gender reassignment, doesn't it? Bizarrely when I was out on walkabout yesterday (trying to stay awake!), I saw the power substation building at one side of the building, which is still endorsed "BT Call Centre". BT ran the building up to 2001 I think, when it became ClientLogic, and now Sitel.
So for now, the name has changed, but that is all.
During the evening, turns out they've got another new spreadsheet that we have to fill in... but because I'd been doing emails for the last three weeks, no-one thought to tell me...
The company marked today's changes in a number of different ways. This included a "come in dressed in company colours" day - and by complete coincidence, I had a red top, black skirt ready for today! The company also bought in a large amount of munchies and drinks., and shared it out throughout the day so everyone could benefit (that was well thought out). There were a number of events, including a "rodeo bull" in the canteen area.
Everyone was given a printed copy of an email, which said "Assuming out new name is the first step on this road. In the weeks to come, we will replace our signage, change our email addresses, and legally move towards the new company identity". Sounds a bit like gender reassignment, doesn't it? Bizarrely when I was out on walkabout yesterday (trying to stay awake!), I saw the power substation building at one side of the building, which is still endorsed "BT Call Centre". BT ran the building up to 2001 I think, when it became ClientLogic, and now Sitel.
So for now, the name has changed, but that is all.
Labels: transition, work
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