My internship place is a Finnish related organisation in the city centre of Dublin. It is a small working environment, less than 10 people, with mostly Finnish staff. We do a lot of cooperation with international partners, which I find very interesting.
As the organisation is so small, they really need their interns. This means that I have got a very good image of the tasks that people have at the office, because I have been helping most of them. I feel like I am an important part of the working community as I have got so many responsibilities, and I really feel like my colleagues trust me. I think that is one of the most important factors when you are an intern!
My tasks include customer service in person and on the phone, which in theory means that I transfer phone calls to the right person or guide people to find related information on our website. Big part of my internship is also updating our social media, which means Facebook and Instagram. I actually succested creating an Instagram account for the organisation, and got the honour to create it.
The main part of my internship is coordinating different events that we have. My main responsibility is a two-day cultural event in September, and I am super exited about it! I have booked the venue, contacted the artists and agreed on the workshops with organisations, planned the menu, created invitations and programme poster, sent the invitations etc. It has been so much fun and I have learnt a lot!
In my opinion the working life here is different to what it is in Finland. Of course I have not worked in an office ever before, so I am basing my assumptions on what I have heard and observed.
Here in Ireland people tend to go to work later than in Finland. Most of the people who have flexible working hours go to work around 9 am, earliest. I usually start my days at 8.30 am here, which means that I take the tram at 8 am. I have noticed that there is a severe difference between taking it at 8 am or at 8.30 am. I really enjoy going a little bit earlier than most of the people, probably because I value my personal space on the tram.
Irish people are also a lot more relaxed than Finns when it comes to work life. They have this laid-back mindset that everything will go just fine, even if there is only a few days to organize it all. This is something that makes me very stressed sometimes. On the other hand, I think this is something us Finns could learn from the Irish.
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