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Gatlinburg
Josefina is 23 years old, she studies Speech Therapy and tells us about her experience as a participant in the Work & Travel USA program.
Name: Josefina A.
Age: 23 years
Occupation: Student of Lic. In Speech therapy
Destination: Ober, Gatlinburg
Company and position where you work: Orange Hospitality Group at Ober Gatlinburg, Food service.
-We would like to know how you are and how you feel, as a participant in the Work & Travel USA program
Good! Very happy with the experience, and I really want to be there!
It was a very good experience, and I learned a lot.
-What is the experience for you?
I learned to work as a team, because I had never had a formal job and I could learn from that too!
-Is the work as you imagined it?
I did not imagine much what the job was like and the first days it cost me a little to adapt, but you get used to it and have fun later.
-How is the work environment? How is the relationship with other coworkers?
It is very good, you end up making friends from everywhere hahaha
-What are the best things about your job? And the worst?
The best is that you are with friends and you have a lot of fun all the time, and the worst are the moments of pressure when there are many clients to serve but you get ahead as a team.
-What do you do on your days off?
When there was snow, we did skiing or snowboarding, we also had a shopping nearby, and there were free games in the center so we also went a lot.
-Were you able to see other places?
I met Atlanta, with my sister and two other friends. It was very cute!
-What surprised you the most?
I didn't think I was going to have such a good time, it was very good and I really miss being there.
-Any anecdote that you take as a souvenir?
Once we went to Mc Donalds, and we were attended by a lady who was half bad, we asked her for mayonnaise and she did not understand us, and after asking her many times she told us that it was said differently than how we were pronouncing it, it was very strange hahaha
-What would you recommend to someone who wants to follow in your footsteps?
I would say that the first days is a little more difficult because you don't know anyone, but you learn and enjoy getting to know the place.
Also that they enjoy knowing the things alone because later the friends appear!
All this information is very useful for us and for the boys who want to travel with the program for the next seasons, so we really appreciate your collaboration.
Age: 23 years
Occupation: Student of Lic. In Speech therapy
Destination: Ober, Gatlinburg
Company and position where you work: Orange Hospitality Group at Ober Gatlinburg, Food service.
-We would like to know how you are and how you feel, as a participant in the Work & Travel USA program
Good! Very happy with the experience, and I really want to be there!
It was a very good experience, and I learned a lot.
-What is the experience for you?
I learned to work as a team, because I had never had a formal job and I could learn from that too!
-Is the work as you imagined it?
I did not imagine much what the job was like and the first days it cost me a little to adapt, but you get used to it and have fun later.
-How is the work environment? How is the relationship with other coworkers?
It is very good, you end up making friends from everywhere hahaha
-What are the best things about your job? And the worst?
The best is that you are with friends and you have a lot of fun all the time, and the worst are the moments of pressure when there are many clients to serve but you get ahead as a team.
-What do you do on your days off?
When there was snow, we did skiing or snowboarding, we also had a shopping nearby, and there were free games in the center so we also went a lot.
-Were you able to see other places?
I met Atlanta, with my sister and two other friends. It was very cute!
-What surprised you the most?
I didn't think I was going to have such a good time, it was very good and I really miss being there.
-Any anecdote that you take as a souvenir?
Once we went to Mc Donalds, and we were attended by a lady who was half bad, we asked her for mayonnaise and she did not understand us, and after asking her many times she told us that it was said differently than how we were pronouncing it, it was very strange hahaha
-What would you recommend to someone who wants to follow in your footsteps?
I would say that the first days is a little more difficult because you don't know anyone, but you learn and enjoy getting to know the place.
Also that they enjoy knowing the things alone because later the friends appear!
All this information is very useful for us and for the boys who want to travel with the program for the next seasons, so we really appreciate your collaboration.
