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Airbnb love!!
Jul. 26th, 2012 07:43 pmSo I haven't updated until now because my days have been so full and we've had a lot of homework things to do in the evenings. We didn't get our laptops until yesterday, so we've been a little behind in some things. There's loads of things to learn, not just policies and procedures, but all sorts of stuff that we can see as site administrators, when to escalate issues on to particular departments-- and we started answering real people's questions yesterday! Very, very exciting. And tiring. They're also a very social bunch, which is great in many ways, though since I know I'll be working at least one weekend day for the next several months, I'm protective of my non-work time that I can spend with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evannichols. I'm absolutely in love with Airbnb's corporate culture. Love, love, LOVE. They work really hard, but also have a lot of fun doing what they do. One of our trainers yesterday had on a t-shirt that stated: Get Shit Done. ♥ Of course I'd love for all of you to look over the site, and if you're traveling anytime soon, think about staying with a family or individual rather than a hotel! That is the beauty of the concept and ever-morphing reality of Airbnb. You can get a real sense of the feel of the company by the website. Am I one of the three oldest hires? Why, yes, I am! But I really don't mind. I am a bit envious of some of the young ones and their already-adapted-abilities to chat and send funny pictures and know online verbiage and this and that all at once. For them, doing that and keeping an eye on their fancy phones seems second nature. I've just never been much into chatting, nor the interpolating of moving gifs, and while I'm up on the terminology for the fandoms I've been involved in, other stuff is new. I do think I'm one of the only people there whose phone is really just a phone. :P
Wowza! A really great week. Next week will doubtless be even more intense, though I'll let all of that go over the weekend while I'm with Evan. Or I'll try not to spend more than an hour or so each day doing quizzes and such, because it's my weekend and those are incredibly precious, especially as of now.
evannichols. I'm absolutely in love with Airbnb's corporate culture. Love, love, LOVE. They work really hard, but also have a lot of fun doing what they do. One of our trainers yesterday had on a t-shirt that stated: Get Shit Done. ♥ Of course I'd love for all of you to look over the site, and if you're traveling anytime soon, think about staying with a family or individual rather than a hotel! That is the beauty of the concept and ever-morphing reality of Airbnb. You can get a real sense of the feel of the company by the website. Am I one of the three oldest hires? Why, yes, I am! But I really don't mind. I am a bit envious of some of the young ones and their already-adapted-abilities to chat and send funny pictures and know online verbiage and this and that all at once. For them, doing that and keeping an eye on their fancy phones seems second nature. I've just never been much into chatting, nor the interpolating of moving gifs, and while I'm up on the terminology for the fandoms I've been involved in, other stuff is new. I do think I'm one of the only people there whose phone is really just a phone. :PWowza! A really great week. Next week will doubtless be even more intense, though I'll let all of that go over the weekend while I'm with Evan. Or I'll try not to spend more than an hour or so each day doing quizzes and such, because it's my weekend and those are incredibly precious, especially as of now.