And the race begins...

I can't imagine anybody from work would ever read what I post on my blog/facebook; just to be safe, I've always operated under the assumption that one day, some one could stumble across it and be offended by what they see. With that in mind, it appears a significant portion of my life will be spent doing work, so here's some preliminary thoughts after three whole days of work and before I get shipped out for Samsung training designed to "acquire loyalty towards Samsung".

I work in the Foreign Legal Department of Samsung Electronics, which means I will get to see a large number of business contracts for the various Samsung Electronics affiliates throughout the world. There are a lot of affiliates (they told me what they are at one of the earlier training sessions...I think there's 14 or 15?) and a lot of Samsung offices, which means a lot of contracts to review and revise. There are about 13 (or so) new attorneys, almost all of them Korean-American and all of them more or less fluent in English with varying degrees of Korean ability. Nobody has their own office except the President that heads our department as well as the IP and Telecommunications legal groups.

The more interesting part of work has to be the building; I'm in the tallest of 3 Samsung buildings, perched on the 38th floor out of 42. There are two others that are not quite as high, but I've been told there are nearly 10,000 Samsung employees in those three buildings. The building basement has a handful of restaurants, a Coffee Bean, Coldstone, Family Mart (think 7-11), health clinic, a bank, a Samsung investment branch, a pharmacy and a cafeteria that offers up 6-8 lunch choices everyday for 2-3 bucks. I don't really know what's in the other two buildings, but I've been told there is a gym and a childcare center. It is definitely an impressive set up, all designed with the idea that nobody should ever really have to leave the building.

What will it all mean as far as work goes? I have no idea. Everybody seems to be nice, but anytime you gather a group of lawyers, you can't expect everyone to sing kumbayah and play nice ALL the time. In any case, I should go pack for my 10 day training trip; I've been promised early morning calisthenics and repeated renditions of the Samsung song.