Week 5: Days 4-5

On the fourth day of the workweek, I made Brian’s changes to the Excel sheet. I also conducted an interview with to discuss the Training Procurement process. Matt was the individual I was assigned to meet. His position has similar responsibilities to Shirley, the lady that I interviewed last week, which gives him a role in completing the process. My interview with him filled in a lot of the blanks left unclear after speaking with Shirley. He was friendly, quirky, and I enjoyed his sense of humor. I almost died laughing from his response to a question that I asked him. I asked what he does with the information that he receives from Tarik. His response was, “Double check it because it’s probably all messed up.” His response confirmed my suspicion that Tarik is the cause of many bureaucratic nightmares in the BEA. My conversation with Matt challenged my professionalism by putting me in a situation where I could easily berate another employee behind his back. However, I made the decision not to contribute to interoffice banter. My contributions would have only served to further alienate myself from an employee whom I might need a positive relationship with in the future. After the conclusion of my meeting, I spent the remainder of the day adding Matt’s information to our map. I also devoted the last day of the week to interviews with Gary and Stacy on more details surrounding the Status of Funds map.