Induction part 2 It was such a strange experience Most of them are college students Some college dropouts People with disabilities Foreign fugitives? I'm guessing? I can't explain why else a European or South African would choose to live in Egypt And work in customer service?! Global South foreigners who don't particularly want to be here Asians who are probably making a lot more money on the Mandarin accounts Other weirdos All the outliers of society, here to be yelled at for decent pay (by Egyptian standards) and medical insurance I liked them :) There are travel accounts, retail, car companies, banks and UPS-- woohoo! The AI woman said we shouldn't talk about it on social media I suppose most of these companies don't want people to know they're outsourcing I think the biggest departments are English, French and Mandarin I should work on my French So many face piercings, so many septum rings And eyebroooow pierciiings And cargo pants? They're dressed like how I dressed when I was in high school I saw bare midriffs and early 2000s Sarah gasped internally I feel like I've time travelled to the past and future simultaneously I'm still fascinated by the tube slide thing which I'll be trying on Monday I was really excited that we get DENTAL Then he said after 6 months and my face fell And I guess I'm still a cartoon because everybody laughed What else... There's a gym and a clinic And office gossip People quid pro quo-ing and sleeping their way up the corporate ladder (maybe I should date at work?) There's a popcorn cart...for the office gossip? A Starbucks stand, I felt like a neanderthal in front of the machine--someone had to walk me through it Small restaurants with okay looking pizza I'm bringing in my lunch, dangerous pizza It looks like I'm basically going to live in the building for the foreseeable future We don't have any holidays and there's a whole tedious process to take paid leaves or sick leaves Very high turnover rate obviously People who survive a year seem to be able to get promoted But there's a lot of sex and bribery apparently It's really cold Satin was a bad choice I'm bringing a jacket and shawl next time Aaand I have 30 days to do all my paperwork which I keep listing Easy-- Criminal report, social insurance printout, birth certificate, graduation certificate Hard-- Labour office permit Kill me now-- Medical insurance form Everybody said the job would make me want to smoke again Everybody smokes or vapes I'll just abuse the pizza And cry near the French guy on the steps |