Day 5

I am not feeling very talkative, because the general feeling is that anything I say can and will be used against me and relayed to my employer. I still end up talking with the other people who are being trained, and notice that the company lore lives on even when the employees change.

Finally the training ends.

TrainingGuys: And you, koodiorjatyttö, what is your honest opinion of this training program?
Koodiorjatyttö (aside): It makes me feel so excited and enthusiastic!
Koodiorjatyttö (out loud): It's too early to say, I have nothing to compare it with.

A bit later, with somewhat more privacy:

TrainingGuy1: We didn't call it was our boss. We did not mean anything bad.
Koodiorjatyttö: I understand. (I really do.)
TrainingGuy2: I have no complaints about you today.
Koodiorjatyttö: That's nice.
TrainingGuy1: I's nothing personal, but the consultants are so expensive to us...
Koodiorjatyttö (aside): They are expensive for everyone, but that's what you get for kicking most of your own people out.
TrainingGuy2: I hope there are no hard feelings. (upon seeing my facial expression) Oh, what am I saying, of course there are hard feelings. But we did not mean it that way, you understand...

I do in fact understand and believe that they did not mean anything bad. I hope they also understand that this was not the best moment to ask for my honest opinion on their training program, or indeed anything else.