My Life as an Intern: Week ?, New Employee Training

What employee training was like

It has really been a blur. Working overtime, not working overtime, doing projects, not doing anything, doing everything. I think the biggest contributing factor is having people at work to joke around with. Everything passed so quickly, but I'd like to stop for a moment to talk about the Employee Training I relieved on Saturday.

Employee training is at most points, quite the waste of time. Most of the material covered I learned already through making mistakes and asking those around me. However, one point that made everything worth it was learning about how the company really works and is run. I don't know how much the confidentiality agreement I signed allows me to say, but I will not go into too many specifics.

Learning about what the company does, what other departments do, and how everything ties together really helps me to understand what I do. Not only does this lessen the confusion, but it also points me in a direction to work towards. Knowing my place, and where everyone else fits around or , in this case, above me, lets me know what I contribute and how I contribute.

Employee training made me realize that how little I thought I knew about the company, is really minuscule compared to what I learned in an hour of lecture. Things that I know now (if I'm not an intern, I get dental coverage!) make me less blind. Although I am still a blind intern fish frustratingly crashing into walls, at least now I now know the walls are those of a fishbowl.