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Normally I do not like airport hotels very much, I prefer to be somewhere in downtown, but due to my delayed flight last night it was convenient. I could just walk through the terminal and straight into the Hotel. Today is a layover day before I join the Zaandam tomorrow. Yesterday I mentioned that exciting things were coming to Holland America and the first one is being worked on right at this moment.* We are getting a new Head office.* With the creation of the HAL group there were a lot of rumors flying around: Will we merge with Princess and move to Santa Clarita, will Princess merge with us and move to Seattle? Then there was a vague plan to have a new office closer to the airport, which for many who work in the office would have been easier as it would have avoided the horrible rush hour traffic into the center of the city. None of it happened as suddenly we were advised that the company had bought the whole block right behind our current building. The current building 300 Elliott Avenue west is not owned by HAL but we lease several floors. 1, 2 and 4. The 3rd floor is taken up by several medical company’s including one which makes (or sells) wheelchairs and other gadgets. Some of their products we see every day on our ships.* But if you lease a building you are stuck with what the lessor allows in the building as far as layout and operation is concerned. If you build from scratch then you can do whatever you want to do with the lay out and that should result in the company philosophy being embedded in that building. So I am really looking forward to what the final result will be. I am not an office person and only visit once or twice a year but for those who spend their lives there it is important stuff. Promotion goes from a cubicle to an inner office, then to an outer office and after that the size of the window and/or the […]
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Normally I do not like airport hotels very much, I prefer to be somewhere in downtown, but due to my delayed flight last night it was convenient. I could just walk through the terminal and straight into the Hotel. Today is a layover day before I join the Zaandam tomorrow. Yesterday I mentioned that exciting things were coming to Holland America and the first one is being worked on right at this moment.* We are getting a new Head office.* With the creation of the HAL group there were a lot of rumors flying around: Will we merge with Princess and move to Santa Clarita, will Princess merge with us and move to Seattle? Then there was a vague plan to have a new office closer to the airport, which for many who work in the office would have been easier as it would have avoided the horrible rush hour traffic into the center of the city. None of it happened as suddenly we were advised that the company had bought the whole block right behind our current building. The current building 300 Elliott Avenue west is not owned by HAL but we lease several floors. 1, 2 and 4. The 3rd floor is taken up by several medical company’s including one which makes (or sells) wheelchairs and other gadgets. Some of their products we see every day on our ships.* But if you lease a building you are stuck with what the lessor allows in the building as far as layout and operation is concerned. If you build from scratch then you can do whatever you want to do with the lay out and that should result in the company philosophy being embedded in that building. So I am really looking forward to what the final result will be. I am not an office person and only visit once or twice a year but for those who spend their lives there it is important stuff. Promotion goes from a cubicle to an inner office, then to an outer office and after that the size of the window and/or the […]
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