The first day in the big big job. Nervous as I have ever been but I didn't need to be. It was great! Meeting loads of different people all with very professional job titles, things like head of quality assurance and legal operations manager (no offence but what do these actually mean). The day itself consisted of a lot of networking; I don't think I have ever shook as many hands in a 24hr period in my entire life! I personally really enjoyed this, everyone was so passionate about what they do, and they all had a goal of helping improve the railway for everyone. There were also some talks and meetings with exec members, ex saltire scholars and line managers. Each one was more fascinating than the latter. I noticed that everyone who did a talk wanted to see a culture shift within the company, post-COVID. They all talked about the mission of getting Network Rail back to the levels it was at before the pandemic, which I found really powerful. I want to be a part of this change!
