Me, condensed

When I started my current job, the first couple of weeks were similar to most other places. HR induction, reams of information, sources, names, services, all thrown at me in the first few days, you know the drill. They also had set up some introductory meetings with people around the business. Not necessarily anyone I’d be working with directly, just a few people who took 30 mins out of their day to give me an overview of what they did and how they viewed the company. It was an excellent way to get a sense of the culture and attitudes from the workplace, always an issue when working in a largely remote role (I’m only in office about once a month). One of the people kicked off our chat by saying he was going to show me a PowerPoint slide. Ummmm, okay? I thought. Social workplaces The slide he showed me was a combination of a snapshot of his CV, as well as some photos and a brief blurb about what his interests were. He said it was something he’d picked up at a previous company and found…