It usually only takes me about 30 minutes!!
I spend about 15 minutes looking through the office manual. I try to memorize things like how fast or how slow I can do certain tasks. Basically, what the office will let me get away with, being new there and all. Then I take about 5 minutes at my seat. Looking around and seeing how things are, and where all the important stuff is. Communication stuff. The stuff that keeps the office working. How to control the climate. Stuff like that.
After that I’ll get out the office steps of operation handbook, and run through all of them in my head for about 5 minutes, looking for/at what it is they’re talking about. Then I’ll run back through them again for 5 more minutes, doing whatever it is they’re talking about with hopes that the office gets going correctly and operates like it’s supposed to.
After that, I figure it’s time to do what I’m being paid for. I call those in charge, and ask if I can take my office somewhere else. And guess what! They usually let me!
But I guess that’s just me.
Personally/Seriously- I think Mark covered it pretty good. Ref. Post 9.
