Permanent Link: https://blogs.babson.edu/undergraduate/2019/07/25/building-company-culture/
As an intern, I found myself sometimes so engulfed in my work and daily tasks that I would barely take the time to look up and notice my surroundings. I would miss the small talk by the water machine or the people chatting in the break room. As a small, newly opened branch in Tokyo,…
As an intern working in one of the APAC branches, there were many instances where I had to communicate and collaborate across branches. Working through time differences and multiple schedules, I quickly realized how hard it could be to virtually work with others. One thing that I found that was particularly challenging was certain langue…
I know what it is like to be the typical intern, grabbing coffee for guests and making endless amounts of PowerPoint slides. Obviously, any intern has to do some grunt work that probably is not the most enjoying or fulfilling, and even at my current internship, there were instances where I had to do trivial…
The first day of my internship was actually the first day of the company’s new branch in Tokyo. I walked into a completely empty office and was immediately greeted by my boss and my teammates. As a team, the first thing we all did together was build the desks and chairs from IKEA for the…
