Today I woke up early and went for a walk with my mom and my dog. I showered, ate breakfast calmly and left for work at 8:30 am. I arrived at the office at 8:40 am, awake, excited and most importantly eager to learn. I apporached the front desk where a man asked me for my DNI and told me to wait for Eduardo. I waited… waited…. and waited… NOTHING. So I spoke up and I went to another lady sitting in the desk and I asked her to inform Eduardo's secretary, Rubi, that I was here. Luckily I was early and I could wait all the time needed. |
1. I am only 16 years old and in the REAL BUSINESS WORLD (through the eyes of important/ experience people) I am seen as less important (because of no experience) or less professional background. When I got to work and I was early, the assistant in the front desk told me to sit down and wait; he did not bother to do something, considering I was already waiting for 40 minutes, until I asked him for Rubi.
2. People underestimate young people, therefore they gave me SIMPLE work like easy research on the projects. In the beginning I was not getting any attention which I understand since they have tons of work. But then when finally started to push the bar a bit by asking questions not only to Melissa but to the different people who are part of the team and making conversation in lunch I got the opportunity to learn more.
BIG COMPANY =TOO IMPORTANT, TOO BUSY
2. People are nice but they have so much work they don't bother teaching me things or showing me around. When Diego brought me up he introduced me to the team every one was super nice and welcoming, since all the people were lively and young the environment was very positive and fun. However he had to go to a meeting, therefore he left me with Melissa, the ejective de cuentas. I sat for 30 minutes watching her write mails, we talked for short periods since she was so busy figuring out her mail.
1. Have FUN The people have FUN at work -They call each other personalized N I C K N A M E S (chuky, kevin, chap) -They are allowed to EAT while working, they even have a waitress theta brings them food or drinks from the bar -They can listen to music, play, joke around, chat go to Facebook, tumblr -They personalize their working area, their computers have stickers, pictures of whatever they want | 2.Observe for INSPIRATION The people are always looking around for INSPIRATION and also for fostering CREATIVITY. -They have thousands of posters, ads, bottles, logos, cans, caps, calendars and all sorts of things they design or create for promotion of the brand (Cristal). They keep this things not only as an archive but also so that when they get to work they feel INSPIRED and also they get into the atmosphere of the brand. By beign exposed to the products and promotions they create they start to think on more ideas and it also fosters they CREATIVITY as to wise the product they are promoting. -They look into the Facebook page of crystal and watch youtube videos to get in the mood of crystal and begin creating and producing things in that feeling. If they produce things with that feeling of crystal it is more likely that the costumers will feel that same feeling. -They are not only exposed to the brand they are promoting but also to the competition. They have their products around and also in the computer they have files of the different ads their competitors have. This allows them |
-The impact of products in their office and ads they have made on their current work
-The synthetic grass in the office
-Personalized working areas
-Music (relaxed, calm)
-Their current campaign
-Ads they showed me
-Promotion in tv, ads, packaging (process)