Nine2Five

Sydney, Australia

To my relief, I started my new contract last Wednesday. The first day couldn’t have been a fresher breath of air. Some great little touches to make working more of a pleasure than a chore, there’s unlimited soft drinks, fruity & biscuity snacks and on a Friday night or special occasion – the magic fridge loaded with beers, wines and girls fizz. Not to mention a great team atmosphere and an ethos that encourages imaginative ideas.

The building itself is pretty amazing, it won some kind of Green award for it’s innovative design; solar responsive blinds that block rays entering the building at key times of the day, a worm farm on the roof so the buildings organic waste never leaves the area and a funky water cooling system that negates the need for Air Conditioning throughout the entire building; with exception of the IT data room, which itself is show-cased to visitors with glass walls surrounding a series of LED ridden black server racks. The office is in Sydneys 'Rocks' area which sits on the South side of the Harbour bridge, a nice spot with water views and the open top tourist buses humming by every hour or so.

So with a first day ending in a meal out on Darling Harbour with the team, I was comfortable I was going to enjoy my stay here. The week was bettered even more with the copany quarterly party - a warehouse across the street hired out with bands playing while employees drink yet more free drinks!

That evening set the tone for a weekend of ease... a BBQ on Saturday out in the lovely suburbian part of Paddington, another BBQ and beach day at Bronte for Sunday, before an evening session at the Coogee Beach Palace capped off the weekend.