My First Two Days!

This last Thursday and Friday were my first two days on location in Clearwater, FL working at the original Klondike headquarters/manufacturing plant for Unilever!!! I first met my manager, Colleene, who is really nice and friendly, which made things feel more comfortable. After introducing me to some of the other management staff, I met Mark, my buddy & team leader, who seems to know a plethora of information about safety, which was really fun! Largely the morning consisted of setting up my desk, meeting management, and having a brief run-through of the building layout. I went out for lunch to a delicious Mexican restaurant and met more managers, everyone is really friendly! After getting back to work I sat in on a introductory safety presentation for new-hires who were starting on Friday. It was a lot of information, and it was really long, but it was useful to hear everything that I would need to keep in mind while walking through the production floor, and I also learned a few things, like I can't wear bobby pins - a main way I style my hair :( . I really love working here so far, every single person I meet has such a huge smile on their face, the employees feel so proud of making the ice cream! Friday was largely the same as Thursday, working through the new-hire handbook and I met with the HR manager there, Joanne, and talked about my personality profile. I love that the profile correctly identified me as someone who thrives by receiving any type of feedback, with my manager aware of that, I won't have to struggle to know what people think of my work :D . I also got to go on a plant tour and walk around the mixing room, the production floor, the hardening warehouse, and the engine room. It was so cool! I love watching all the machinery making a food product, I'm so happy I have this internship! As for now I'm finally settling into my apartment, I've got everything unpacked, and I'm trying to remember to cook something before I'm starving :) .