Buckeye Blog

After 51 days off of work, today I resumed my Deloitte career…at the Cleveland office!  Even though I was about to experience my first day in a new office, I felt a certain amount of familiarity as I went to work this morning.  Maybe it was the sight of the Cleveland Stadiums, the Public Square Monument, or Tower City, but I felt like I had been down this road before.  And knowing how welcoming Clevelanders are, I didn’t have any reason to be nervous about today.

The first order of business when I arrived at the Key Tower (Cleveland’s tallest building and DT’s home) was to…order Starbucks haha.  There’s one on the ground floor which I’m sure I will frequent quite often.  I then met the HR/scheduler, who is much nicer than I thought schedulers were allowed to be haha (San Jose people will get what I’m talking about), and she took me to my desk on the 32^nd floor.  I was pleasantly surprised to see that I’m right next to a window with a great view of Downtown Cleveland!  My favorite view is the one from the office kitchen though, as you can see Cleveland Browns Stadium, the Rock Hall, and Lake Erie (above) almost right up close.  :) 

I then proceeded to decorate my desk with my OSU memorabilia.  :)  It’s not yet decorated as elaborately as the desks of some of the other sports fans in the office, but I’m sure I’ll be able to catch up soon!  I’m also fortunate to be sitting right next to someone who was in my graduating class at OSU.  That was a pleasant surprise.  And speaking of surprises, it turns out this office has a “Fun Committee” that brought an air hockey table, a Wii, free ice cream, and a massage chair to the office lounge.  But even that can’t compare to the promise of occasional free Indians baseball tickets! (the Indians are Deloitte’s client).  I also learned that Indians games are shown on the TV in the lounge area, meaning the days of me having to listen discretely on headphones are now over! 

The rest of the day I was mainly doing administrative work—that is, when I wasn’t marveling at the office’s amenities or taking pictures of the view out the window when no one was looking haha.  This role has the potential to be better than my last role for Deloitte.  And I feel like I’m fulfilling a certain destiny to be working in Downtown Cleveland.  Now all I need is to find the work interesting.  We shall see in the coming weeks…

More pictures:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=136485&l=2b7d0&id=705640598

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