Senior Manager, Financial Crime Advisory & Oversight | Expert in Risk Controls & Policy Frameworks ICA AML Diploma | Paralegal
Having 3 kids at primary school, I can’t say I particularly miss the ‘9-5’ in an office; scraping the car on a freezing Scottish winter (or summer 😉) morning; the feeling of needing to be seen to progress; or watching colleagues stay later than others and feeling like leaving on time to pick up the kids from the childminder could potentially hinder my career. Fast forward a few years, a pandemic, a house-move, and re-joining what I previously knew as Clydesdale Bank. Being trusted to work from home and flex my day around the other things in my life means I can both have a career and be there for those moments that are important to me e.g. the school run; going to the kids assemblies; or putting on my second career hat as a taxi driver and taking them to and from their never ending clubs - I swear they have a better social life than I do!!! So… the thought of going into an office - whether new or old - has never really filled me excitement until a few days back when I attanded the grand opening of our brand-new head office in Glasgow. It really was the first time I have went into an office and felt inspired and truly proud to work for an organisation. 3 floors of carefully planned space (all done with ESG at the forefront of everything); collaboration areas; meeting rooms (which don’t resemble interrogation rooms!); a fantastic cafe; and of course a pool-table and a rooftop running track (maybe one day 😉)!!! Well done to everybody involved - truly a remarkable achievement and something we should all be massively proud of! Definitely somewhere I’ll be visiting more often to get a break from working next to the Barbie Dreamhouse and the million teddies in my home ‘office’ 😂
Make sure you don't take your shoes off and slide across the wooden floors Chris S.
Barbie dream house! I used to love seeing that reminded me of when my girls were young!! Hope your well, new place looks amazing.
Great post Chris. Time doesn’t half fly!
Good post mate. Totally agree on flexibility. Ps new office looks great 👍🏻
Board Member Penumbra
6moI think we always flexed when you were in my team Chris. Maybe we were ahead of our time?