First Week at Thomson Reuters
May 30, 2010
I finally arrived to Israel on Monday, May 24th. I flew from Detroit, MI to Atlanta, GA and from there to Tel-Aviv, Israel. The flight was not horrible but nonetheless it was still a 12 hour flight.
I started my job at Thomson Reuters the following day while still suffering from desynchronosis which is more commonly known as jet lag; that is by the time I was done with day one, I had not slept for 24 hours which was quite exhausting.
At the workplace, my boss, Yosef Kaplan was sent to Turkey (Mr. Kaplan travels a lot as part of his job at Thomson Reuters) so during this past week I was simply given a task by e-mail that included numerous companies (whether Israeli or International) for which I needed to conduct basic research regarding their financial reporting and analysis methods. The task was not easy as it takes a lot of time in order to find the needed information regarding these companies, but it was really fun and interesting as I was getting to know a lot about the type of companies that Thomson Reuters is conducting business with.
In addition, I must say that the group of people working at the office with me are really fun to work with and have been very helpful in getting me to feel comfortable around the workplace. Other than that, this coming week should be exciting as I will finally get to meet Mr. Kaplan; my mentor for this upcoming internship.
As a side note, other than finally seeing my brother and sister, I did get to see many of my friends, and as a result, I already had the opportunity to spend a whole day at the beach and go out to a fair share of pubs and clubs.
