Day 717 - Office Visit
After about two years of a dry spell, with a tiny trickle of availability, I was able to hire three new people and move another from another team, which brings the year to five new people so far, and it's just starting to be March!
The first two started back in January, one new to the company, one moved from another team. the other four started Monday. Plus we got a transitional temporary person (part of a leadership program) last month, too! Today a bunch of the new and old people met in the office, for one of the larger gatherings so far!
I had freed my calendar of some Zoom meetings, and even got to have some planned one-on-one time in person, like it used to be!
I missed out on lunch, as the team went for pho. I had made a plan to meet someone nearby to collect some equipment, as they had transitioned off my team recently (in that same leadership program). We also trekked out of the office about an hour later than "planned," so there wasn't time for a quick stop by the "snack" place on the way home.
Traffic was much better than last week, so the drive home wasn't bad, even as I dropped off my carpool charge before collecting the kids.
Next week our annual reviews are to be delivered. I'm going to avail myself to anyone wanting to meet in person on Friday instead of Thursday.
Everyone's healthy.