You know since September last year, I have been working for DoubleClick you see. And we have been located in a business park named East Point here in Dublin. Then after a while, I learned about the proposed deal of Google to purchase the company. So the anti-trust agencies looked into it, US eventually approved, Europe followed a few months later. On March 11 this year, the deal was sealed and DoubleClick become part of the Google Group of companies, becoming their biggest purchase yet.
This ultimately meant for us to become Google employees. Also, ultimately, they would want us to be with them - meaning that we would have to leave this office and be in the Europlex here in Dublin.
You see thing is, that in seven years I have been here I have seen some of the big players in the market. All of them were more or less the same - big office, big canteen, only the people around me changed. Don’t get me wrong - I am in contact with some of them from the old days. Man am I glad to still know these people. But generally, the offices and style and everything was the same. When I came to DoubleClick, it was different. No big office, great people, no canteen, a small great group of people.
Now it’s been almost a year in here. And today is the last day in this office. In this office I got to know great people, got new friends, had great times. Some of the discussions we had over lunch I will never forget, because they were so memorable and just fun =) Last lunch today, last conversations, last everything in the kitchen. Last pool games today. They gonna move the pool table too, but away from us. With that pool table I associate many great memories, many great games I will never forget.
The constellation we had in the office won’t be the same anymore too, they gonna put our friends over in Finance into another building. So we’ll only see them at lunch in the canteen or so.
Everything is coming to an end eventually, nothing lasts forever. But I am thankful to have been in this office with these people, having met all of those and got to know many. I mean I will still be in the same job and all, still see my colleagues and friends. But it’s not like the same office, which kinda makes me sad. But well… on the other hand, like I always say, change is good… things need to be kept in motion.
So on my way to the office I took a few photos of the things I have always seen when walking in. Tonight, I’ll walk out of here for the last time.
The East Point sign
We were in the ground floor, left hand side
The East Point Plaza building.
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