Cathrin's commute from the 'north side' to The Loop is a different experience.  The L-Train is packed, and nobody is talking.  Everyone is involved in their own world; a few papers, headphones everywhere, and some sleep.  The trip isn't long, but it is bumpy.  If you hand not hung on, you would have been in somebody's face quickly.

At the security desk, you get a picture ID, a prox card, a sheet with a floor/office number with who you meet next, and simple instructions to not attempt to enter areas you are not authorized to enter.  An escort to the elevator gets you to the 19th floor.  Your met by the Floor Manager and shown to an office.  Your login and password are on the desk in an envelope.

At 9 AM, you have your first team meeting in the conference room on 27.  A teammate goes with you and makes small talk until you enter a large room with multiple screens, a large table and conference hardware.  The room has about 10 people, but it immediately quiets down when Ms. Rousseau (the VP of Public Relations and de facto head of Marketing...and her name is on all the business cards) enters.

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I'll let you take it from here.

The commute doesn't help in improving Cathrins mood. Not that she's in a bad one, but there's certainly some nervousness.

Cathrin uses the time until the meeting to set up everything at her desk, as far as possible.

She enjoys the smalltalk on the way to the meeting room and takes her time to glance around, to get a feel of the people present. When Ms. Rousseau enters her attention turns certainly towards her. Obviously curious.

Approximately five minutes before the meeting, Rei comes walking in. She wears a crisp dark blazer over a white blouse, dark skirt, and pair of black Jimmy Choo pumps with an apparent designer bag hanging from her right shoulder. She takes a seat to the right of the head of the table and takes a notepad and pen from her bag which she sets before her. She then engages in pleasantries with those she is familiar with before the meeting begins. She also notes at least one new face at the gathering.

Cathrin wears a grey blazer over a white blouse, dark grey pants and flat black shoes. Her brown hair is tied back to a ponytail. While she's obviously the new one here, she appears to be relatively relaxed.
There's a notepad and a pen lying on the table in front of her.

The room is full of people and there is a lot of side-talk, until Ms. Rouseau enters.  Then things settle down quickly.

A woman stands up and starts the meeting, "There are copies of the agenda in the middle of the table for those that don't have one.  We have a full meeting today, so please lets get started.  First, I would like to welcome Ms. Cathrin Helmholtz, all the way from Germany, and she is out new music director.  Welcome."

That is followed by applause.

At the announcement, Rei gives a smiling nod along with her applause. She says, "Welcome aboard, Ms. Helmholtz."

She then takes out an iPad and opens up the document with the agenda for the meeting.

Cathrin nods to the woman who introduced her with a smile, extending it to Ms. Rousseau after the applause.
"Thank you. Looking forward to working with you." She makes it sound as if she really means it, not just a phrase, including all people present in the room.

For now quite content with having someone else leading the meeting, she looks down at her notepad, then glances around to see who is next to speak up.

The meeting is far reaching and takes about an hour.  The each item is presented by a different person.  The meeting organizer runs the meeting like a military operation.  The agenda covers;
two news releases for new products (items scheduled for Facebook, various paid content releases in the second tier news outlets, and an announcement for the corporate web site that will be multi-media),
a news release in Quebec on a partnership (French and English),
two magazine marketing programs,
an update on philanthropic programs in West Africa (with information that will be needed for press releases),
and the arrest of a plant working in North Caroline for theft (currently un-addressed as it just happened a day ago).

"I know these items will be new to you Ms. Helmholtz, but we'll need you in all the meetings for the product releases immediately and you should have the information on the meetings and the mock-up materials in your Teams site already.  There has also been a request from HR to start to review the new employee welcome video and training materials as both have some audio.  The training materials are tedious, but short from an audio standpoint.  They have not requested a formal meeting or engaged my PMO office yet."

Quite a lot to take in for the first meeting on the first day. But also really interesting. Cathrin makes some notes during the meeting.

"I'll be there. And take a first look into the training materials." Being a new employee that makes sense, anyway. "Do you want me to talk to HR about the training material or do they have to make a request first?" Not knowing the standard procedures in here, yet, it seems better to ask.

Rei makes note of the arrest in North Carolina to check up on it later.
The rest she will review after the meeting to see if any adjustments or suggestions are needed.

She notes Ms. Helmholtz asking questions. A good sign.

"They have not engaged with the PMO, so we need to wait for the official request.  I'm betting we will assign a PM and your team only to the project, but we'll know more when they get us the level 0 review first.  You are welcome to start your review at any time.  Please keep track of your time as it would go against the project."