Internship post 6: Friday, 21 2011

8. What are social interactions like in your workplace? Do people spend a lot of time socializing? Are people isolated, doing their own things? Lots of collaboration on work projects? Not much collaboration? How does the social dynamic impact or reflect the organization's work?

The social interactions in my workplace don't seem like anything extravagant. There is the early morning conversation around some coffee and after that it's just a few scattered casual conversations. For the most part it stays pretty isolated, but around twice a week (always at least once) everyone gets together to collaborate on up coming projects. I can't really say that the workplace is very social but it is not isolated either, it seems to have that perfect balance (at least to me) of people talking when we need to and work the rest of the time. The only exception is when anyone is out in the field, in which case it is more social. I think this speaks to how much gets done, tons gets done, people move trees, deliver tons of plant material a day (tons is not an exaggeration).