Office Relocation
yay... we are now in the new office.... the company will be here for at least the next 3 years.
This whole office relocation exercise taught me the following:
1. never leave the search till the last minute. We (means I)started searching for a space since last September. only managed to find a suitable place (location, size, $$$ budget) just a few days before CNY.
2. never leave the layout drawings to a contractor whom you have no idea how good it is though he has done work for your office previously and your boss thinks highly of him in the beginning.
3. never have too many cooks / heads doing the same thing. so many versions of the layout flying around interoffice, intercountry. there's so many changes even till the day before yesterday.
4. at the same time, always have a project manager... someone who will plan things and have the last say. never assume the boss will take the role coz he may end up being away in the office during the most crucial time and in the end, a situation in point 3 above would occur.
5. always have a good rapport with the landlord, contractors rather than trying to confuse them and/or picking up a fight for every single little details.
6. be grateful having air conditioning and lift that works in the office. Climbing up 4 storeys each time is terrible, more so when you have to do a few trips per day. Having no air conditioning in the middle of a concrete jungle ain't something for the weaklings. i have to endure with my heat rash and have ice cream EVERY single day. Thank goodness my climb offset the fat accumulated from the ice cream. After awhile, i could no longer afford my Magnum Classics / Almond and have to settle for the ice cream potong.
7. to finally get your peace & quiet at the new office. Currently i'm on a different section from the rest. There is only my boss & I on our section. I miss teasing my colleagues while working but i'm even more glad that the printer is no longer beside me blaring out it's screech whenever they (the accounts side) wanted to print out the accounts on the dot matrix type of printer nor do i have to put up with my loud noisy colleague who shouts regularly to the phone.
7 lessons ain't that bad eh?
This whole office relocation exercise taught me the following:
1. never leave the search till the last minute. We (means I)started searching for a space since last September. only managed to find a suitable place (location, size, $$$ budget) just a few days before CNY.
2. never leave the layout drawings to a contractor whom you have no idea how good it is though he has done work for your office previously and your boss thinks highly of him in the beginning.
3. never have too many cooks / heads doing the same thing. so many versions of the layout flying around interoffice, intercountry. there's so many changes even till the day before yesterday.
4. at the same time, always have a project manager... someone who will plan things and have the last say. never assume the boss will take the role coz he may end up being away in the office during the most crucial time and in the end, a situation in point 3 above would occur.
5. always have a good rapport with the landlord, contractors rather than trying to confuse them and/or picking up a fight for every single little details.
6. be grateful having air conditioning and lift that works in the office. Climbing up 4 storeys each time is terrible, more so when you have to do a few trips per day. Having no air conditioning in the middle of a concrete jungle ain't something for the weaklings. i have to endure with my heat rash and have ice cream EVERY single day. Thank goodness my climb offset the fat accumulated from the ice cream. After awhile, i could no longer afford my Magnum Classics / Almond and have to settle for the ice cream potong.
7. to finally get your peace & quiet at the new office. Currently i'm on a different section from the rest. There is only my boss & I on our section. I miss teasing my colleagues while working but i'm even more glad that the printer is no longer beside me blaring out it's screech whenever they (the accounts side) wanted to print out the accounts on the dot matrix type of printer nor do i have to put up with my loud noisy colleague who shouts regularly to the phone.
7 lessons ain't that bad eh?
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