As far as population size goes, Sofia is tops in Bulgaria. Of the 1.2+ million that live and thrive in Sofia, four are proudly part of the PEER 1 Hosting family.
Where exactly is Bulgaria? Before we opened shop there last year I could only point in Europe’s direction, but now I know that Bulgaria is a country situated in South-Eastern Europe, bordering Romania, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. Summers are hot and dry, and winters are cold and wet – often with heavy snowfall. Weather permitting, residents and tourists get to splash about in the Black Sea! I have also heard from a couple of sources that there are harmless wild dogs roaming the streets. However, no one seems to want to talk about the über threatening Bulgarian nyan cats.
Depending on where you live, our newest office may seem like a world away, but members of the Bulgarian monitoring team stay linked to their PEERs in Canada, the US and the UK by actively participating in wellness challenges, engaging in employee forums and tuning in to company-wide webcasts. The integration of the monitoring team into the PEER 1 Hosting family is exactly why I love working here – Our company gives opportunity for so many different cultures to thrive. Each office has a unique personality; every department has its quirks and every single PEER brings something to the table.
I learn from the people I work with everyday, and everyday I see the people around me learning from one another. Take Kevin Lee, for example, who manages the monitoring team in Bulgaria all the way from Atlanta, GA. When Kevin visits Sofia, the team takes him hiking up Mount Vitosha, teaching him about the city’s history while taking in its stunning views, and 
then helping him expand his beer-drinking horizons over Bulgaria’s native beer, ариана.
Seeing how well this medley of PEERs work together always gets me excited about what’s next. We’re already a global company and yet each day we expand our horizons a little bit more. For this reason, my inner-geographer has been stirred up. How incredible would it be to travel to one of our other PEER 1 Hosting locations? Sofia fits the bill – the city is chock-full of parks to get lost in, sociable alfresco bars, fascinating museums and gorgeous old churches set beside modern architecture. I’m crossing my fingers that I’ll get to jet off before too long as part of our employee exchange program, which sends staff members to visit an office in a different city and often even a different country.
Maybe I could teach them a thing or two about how to drink a maple latte, knock someone’s teeth out with a hockey puck and use the word “eh” an unnatural number of times in a sentence?
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