Serve, Set, and Smash with Spike ball!

With all the buzz, my first step into Perficient was on March 27, 2023. Where am I? Is this an office? How come people are so comfortable? Can a workplace still feel like being at home? I could see that satisfaction on everybody’s faces. People here have forgotten the term colleagues and have become a family.

As a newcomer, I feared being accepted into their team, but Perficient embraced me happily. Every day from then on was a new learning experience. While I was taking baby steps, my team always provided support. Days passed with growing excitement to learn, and I could witness the growth in me. I learned that “Development is not all about learning but also about unlearning.”

While getting accustomed to my new team and role, we had a visitor from one of Perficient’s offices in the U.S. – Doug Powell, Key Account Manager at a large financial services firm. Learning of his professional background, I was prepared to formally meet him but to my surprise, he was so friendly and so cheerful. I was totally awestruck by his attitude. Soon after meeting him, Gayathri Hariharan surprised me with a bizarre box. I was completely clueless, and the box seemed strange except for the one title printed over it “SPIKE BALL.”

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With just a little knowledge of sports, this game was completely foreign to me. I may be a non-sports person but was eager to unbox the mystery crate.

THE UNCRATING BEGINS 

After a small Google search, the crate was unlatched. Everybody’s inquisitive eyes were on the box. There was a piece of dismantled trampoline and three balls. Whoopee!!!! I was so excited to jump on the trampoline but wait, that’s not how it works. If people weren’t around, I would have unleashed the kid in me and tried jumping on it. With the help of my friends, I started putting together the trampoline. We had a new sport to learn. It’s a mash-up of handball and volleyball. Doug happily explained spike ball and that spiked our enthusiasm. Then the real game began with a few of our colleagues.

Work it! Slap it! Spike it! Hurrahhhh!!!

Who won?

Perficient won.

As I said in the beginning, we are a family. Whoever wins, it’s a Perficient victory.

Thanks to Doug Powell for introducing us to a new sport.