Friday, 27 February 2009

Working in New York

As an entrepreneur who is still learning new things daily, I can truly say I fell down before. Why so? Because I do not know everything about business and life altogether. Some entrepreneurs who run their own business have day jobs. Others are quite successful enough at it to stay home or do as they please, without answering to the man who employs others on the "day job" note. While doodling, I came up with an idea to write about some of the companies I would work for if I had to go back full time to working a day job. I specifically chose these companies because I felt they would keep me in a business mindset to help me rebound into the entrepreneurial mindset and perhaps learn something more from them in addition.
Bloomberg is a great place to work, because they provide excellent financial information to the general public and investors abroad. I've been to the Bloomberg tower on Lexington Avenue in New York City and I must say its pretty huge! Working at Bloomberg has significant advantages besides great pay. They also offer great employee benefits, stock options, and I must emphasize "free food". Yes, every employee that works at the Bloomberg tower in New York City eats free food everyday. Bloomberg also has a wonderful work environment, pleasant people to work with, and the atmosphere there is not quite as intense, compared to other companies who make employees feel stressed about coming to work. It's a business relaxed media environment, where they make you feel more than comfortable in being productive, while establishing great relationships with fellow employees.
Another great place I feel is best to work at is Google. I admire the founders of the company for never giving up on their dream of creating the highly popular search engine. Why do I feel Google is one of the best places to work? It's a terrific workplace to meet future like minded entrepreneurs, connect with the greatest minds in the information technology field, eat eleven free gourmet meals prepared fresh for you while you wait, free fitness center, laundry, stock options, profit sharing and so much more. How bout they even let you come to work in your pajamas and bring your pets with you to work! How exciting is that? We all imagine a work environment where employees are free to do as they please, while being productive on the same token. This way, it'll feel like you're not working, while you truly are putting in work on your job!
I had to talk about one last company before I close out. From my day job experience, HSBC Banking services was a positive place for me while I worked there. While it is a mildly intensified business environment where deadlines and specific quotas have to be met, they also teach you about financial services. The financial knowledge they pass onto you is valuable in terms of putting in into action for your ventures as an entrepreneur. I feel in order to be a successful person at running your own business, you must first work someone in the beginning. While HSBC doesn't offer free food and additional perks like some other companies, they do pass on free knowledge about how to save money, invest money, offshore banking services and help you to become a better employee in serving their financial customers.
In a nutshell, the best places to work in order to build yourself up towards running your own business are those companies that make you feel like you're literally not doing work. No one should get up in the morning feeling adverse about working. Take working as a joy, because there is always hidden opportunity for everyone to benefit from in the long run!

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