So, my first week in my new job is over. My schedule is a bit of a pain at the moment as it involves very early mornings (I have to catch the 6:17am bus in order to get in on time) and consequently I have to go to bed pretty early in the evenings too. This should change once my friend and I move a bit closer to Cambridge. Currently we’re in Sutton and I have to get the X9 to Cambridge and then the Citi 7 to Long Road. I also have the option of getting off the X9 at the Ely Tesco and going in to Cambridge by train, but obviously that is more expensive and so I doubt I’ll do it very often (and of course it’ll be unnecessary after the move).
As far as the actual job is concerned, it’s been pretty decent so far; finally managed to get all the paperwork filled in and handed in to Personnel. Got my P45 from the Jobcentre on Saturday which was a bit unexpected, they are not usually that quick about those sorts of things. The college itself is a nice place and the staff seem like nice people. They have a fairly comprehensive refectory where you can get hot food or sandwiches and snacks (I usually just pick up a sandwich and a packet of crisps for lunch).
It’s half term this week so things should be a bit easier as there are no students and fewer staff than normal, although of course this is the time when we will be trying to sort out all the things that couldn’t be sorted out when the students and teachers were in, such as machines that need reimaging or swapping out and so on.