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January 8 - 14, 2007 :: CAS Orientation Midway Post

Glass_ge_logo Hi-Diddly-Dee, A Corporate Life For Me!
On Jan 8, I re-entered the working world as an active employee at GE.  After officially crossing over to the world of GE, Corporate, I drove down to Stamford, CT to begin a two-week training / orientation session.  I'd be meeting the 70 other folks that were also joining the Corporate Audit Staff...my new "family" for the next few years.



Classes, classes, classes...
Most of the week was spent in class, learning how to be successful young GE auditors.  We did team building sessions, finance training, and a myriad of other classes to get us acclimated with our new careers.



Thurs Night, Downtown Stamford...
On Thurs night, we got out of the hotel for some good times with our new group of friends.  Four hotel shuttles later, our group pulled up outside of Tiernan's Pub.  We met up with other area auditors, some of which I had worked with during my pilot, before moving on to the next place.  We went to two other places that night and essentially closed down the town (although the bars close early on Thurs nights at 1a).  It felt great to get out and be free of the hotel for a while!



Sat Night, Auditor's Night Out...070113andreamattalesreenasbcstamfordct
On Sat we got out of class just before noon.  Three of my new buddies and I went out for lunch, which actually turned out to be a whole day of socializing, eating, and drinking :)  In the picture on the right is Andrea, myself, Ales, and Reena.  We headed out at 1p to start the "ANO" experience and didn't head back to the hotel until around 10:30p.  We had another drink there and called it a night.  Not too bad for a rainy Sat afternoon / evening / night!



Ready for another week...
Here we are now to Sun.  Contrary to its name, we definitely did not have much sun on Sunday.  However, it did make for a relaxing day, which is good because the next 10 days will be action packed as we move from orientation to our Audit Staff Conference in Chicago!  I'll try to post another note after all of that madness!  I'm sure there will be stories and pictures to share. 



Cheers for now,



M@

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