bronwen in portland
Bronwen, our finance director, is just back from a visit to our head office in Portland, Oregon. Here’s her report from the mothership:
Earlier this month I went on a visit to our head office in Portland to meet the people I have been dealing with for the past 1 ½ years. Here’s a pic of Kim (left), me (middle) and Lori who are my main contacts.
I had a fabulous time and it was about 35degrees each day so it almost felt like a summer holiday (well especially the weekend trip I added on to Seattle!). I timed my trip well as on Thursday for lunch they had a bbq for all staff on the rooftop decking. That’s Chris and Lori about to tuck into their lunch.
The offices were amazing and I was very impressed with the basketball court and gym complete with a gym timetable.
They even have Pilates classes from 11 to 12 on a Friday which Sev who works with me was rather jealous of!
They have a giant beaver in the recption area.
I also loved that people can bring their dogs into work….although I’m told there are the occasional loudspeaker calls for a swift clean up required.
Other highlights were a trip to the Nike employee store where I went a bit wild on the shopping and out to a lookout over Portland. That’s me on the left again and Desiree from our New York office who was also visiting.
What a gorgeous place to visit and what a lovely bunch of people!
