So today is the last day of my second week at QA Academy and
a lot has happened. I was originally expecting to move into the Heart
Apartments in Media City on my first day, before our 1pm start, but a few days
before the move I was told that my apartment would not be ready in time, and I
would need to spend the first few weeks of training living in the local Travelodge.
Although I originally thought it would be terrible, I quickly came around to
the idea once I realised I would be getting a free breakfast, and a £21 per day
meal allowance to spend on dinner. Even though not having a fridge or a way to
do laundry is a little annoying, I’m really enjoying my hotel life now and am
in no rush for my apartment to be done.
The social aspect of the job is amazing; there hasn’t been
an evening yet where there hasn’t been a group of people heading to the
Dockyard for a cheeky after work pint. I experienced my first ‘Friday social
time’ last week which was mad, but this week it isn’t on because the rest of
the staff are all off to Barcelona for the weekend. But that does mean we get
to finish at 1pm today so happy days. I’m driving down to Cambridge today to
visit a friend from uni so being able to get away a few hours earlier than
usual is perfect!
After the people who had experience in web development were
moved upstairs to start training for a placement, George the new guy was moved
to sit next to me. One morning he managed to fall off his bike (it is unclear
whether he was moving or stationary at the time) which he made far more drama
out of than was necessary, as you will see if you read his blog too. It did
give me a chance to dust off my very advanced first aid skills, although it
turns out putting a plaster on an elbow is not the easiest of tasks, and my
efforts were ridiculed rather than appreciated unfortunately. It did however
put my blister issues into perspective.
My training group are (probably) moving out to the Lowry
next week since the offices will be full but I (probably) won’t be going with
them. I’m not too sure but I think, after a five minute talk with Gareth, that
I’m going to be joining the team heading to the Home Office in London in two weeks’
time, and until then I’ll be getting specialised training upstairs. However,
like most things here, it wasn’t very clear exactly what will happen so I’m
just staying here and seeing how it all turns out. It’ll be sad if I do leave
them, however annoying they can be!
hiya :D
ReplyDeleteAlmost as good as George's blog! Still very good
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