Not sure what our technical editor would think of that title, but whoa, hey, totally radical! Carina and Alex are both celebrating 3 years at Orion! Why do we hire so many people in the spring and summer? I don’t know and as long as we have both of these bright minds on our team then I don’t care!
Carina works out of the Berkeley office outside of the current work-from-home situation. That doesn’t mean Carina only works on projects in the Bay Area, she’s also worked on site in our southern CA portfolio as well as some field work in Texas, cool! From early on, Carina’s been able to see the big picture for her projects, long-term goals, remediation strategies, the tough stuff (tough “stough” ?!?!?). What does Carina find unique about working at Orion? I’d say working at Orion is unique because of our great company culture. In particular, I like that everyone at Orion is very open and accessible- I feel like I always have the Orion collective brainpower/experience available to me when working on projects. We agree Carina, the open-door policy is not just words at Orion, we practice what we preach! (unless of course we’re working remotely during a pandemic in which case the open… *thinking emoji* VPN-based-virtual-information channel[? {I give up…}] is always open!)
Similar to Carina, Alex has his hands in projects all over the place even though he sits in Long Beach, from northern and southern CA to the Midwest, say what!?!? Alex is collaborative, thoughtful, accountable, and always finds a way to contribute and add value to the project teams he works on. He shows initiative and has a natural ability to solve problems by finding creative solutions. What has Alex enjoyed the most about his time at Orion? At Orion, I’ve enjoyed numerous opportunities to work on exciting projects and learn new skills with a team of intelligent hardworking people. Also at Orion, I’ve seen numerous seasons of The Bachelor with the same team of people – though that only felt like hard work and didn’t teach me anything. Alex, first off, our lunch time programming is supposed to be internal, way to lift the veil… And second, if you don’t learn anything from The Bachelor then I have to question your dedication to reality television and #thelyfe.
Thank you both for contributing to Orion’s success and our culture. It’s our people that ensure we can do it #ourway.