Not so Christmas on Wall Street
Our offices are on Wall Street, and though I have visited many times, I still find the area so awesome (to use an American expression). Wall Street is amazingly narrow, but being there, surrounded by the banks and the New York Stock Exchange, and the smart suited bankers walking fast and purposefully, mingling in with the crowd and all the sightseers, taking photographs, I cannot help feeling a rush of excitement.
As I walk through the lobby of 48 Wall Street, I casually pass my keycard over the security light, allowing me into a great building. On the 11th floor I am welcomed by our Reception staff. The welcome is like a long lost relative has arrived, and it is the same every day (still hating myself for loving all this).
Then to our office, which is filled with a talented and enthusiastic team. No more talented and enthusiastic than staff in our offices in other countries, but they are more outgoing and are very articulate when asked about their work.
During this difficult economic downturn, it is exciting for us that companies are continuing to use our language services more than ever. It is ironic that many of the banks we work for, and they include many of the largest, are more keen in these difficult times to communicate with their stakeholders worldwide. Long may it continue.
I have to say that on leaving the office for the day, I was struck by two young guys who I spoke to and asked what they did before they walked up and down the street carrying billboards, advertising “We Buy Gold”. I was so impressed when the guy said: “The mighty may have fallen, but we ain’t finished yet!”.
As I walk through the lobby of 48 Wall Street, I casually pass my keycard over the security light, allowing me into a great building. On the 11th floor I am welcomed by our Reception staff. The welcome is like a long lost relative has arrived, and it is the same every day (still hating myself for loving all this).
Then to our office, which is filled with a talented and enthusiastic team. No more talented and enthusiastic than staff in our offices in other countries, but they are more outgoing and are very articulate when asked about their work.
During this difficult economic downturn, it is exciting for us that companies are continuing to use our language services more than ever. It is ironic that many of the banks we work for, and they include many of the largest, are more keen in these difficult times to communicate with their stakeholders worldwide. Long may it continue.
I have to say that on leaving the office for the day, I was struck by two young guys who I spoke to and asked what they did before they walked up and down the street carrying billboards, advertising “We Buy Gold”. I was so impressed when the guy said: “The mighty may have fallen, but we ain’t finished yet!”.
