Early impression of work culture:

Walking into the office campus and to the office it did not seem any different than any other office in the US. In fact my office space is larger and has more privacy than I had in the US. The “SIR” culture does not exist, atleast at my workplace which is a welcome change. Mostly everyone I dealt with so far has been very professional and courteous.

Few things that stand out though –
-The elevator is always full to the brim and if there is another centimeter of space you can bet that the guy/gal will squeeze in.
-The office supplies reside with a receptionist who resides in a remote corner, so to get a pen it’s a journey. Then you have to make an entry into a journal with the details of what you recieved.
-The cups for water/coffee are 1/4th size of what we are used to.
-The security guard at the door just makes an attempt to look at the ID, if I were to show him and expired ID or a colleagues ID he would have no clue.
-A few people in the cafeteria still indulge into eating with their hands, especially rice and curry. I am not sure why but it does bother me a lot when this is done outside of home.
-Conference rooms are in a very short supply.