Narinder Dhanda

When did you join Matrix?
April 2007

Job title:
Office Manager

What does your job involve?
I look after the office and work on reception. My role includes meeting & greeting clients, booking meeting rooms and couriers, ordering stationery and dealing with all suppliers. I also provide staff with general admin assistance, run errands for directors, answer customer calls and take messages.

What do you most enjoy about your job?
I enjoy meeting new people that come into the office and having the responsibility for looking after the office and staff. I try my best to make sure the office runs smoothly as possible and if we have any problems I try my best to solve them as quickly as possible.

What is the most challenging aspect of it?
Sometimes it can be a very busy day juggling numerous incoming calls as well as clients coming into the office where I have to offer drinks. Working on general admin duties and also working on a backlog of Goneaways that need doing for clients.

Describe yourself in 3 words:
Sarcastic, loyal, gullible

What's the best journey you've taken?
Aged 17, we went on backpacking trip to the Himalayan mountains in India where we visited various temples. The whole trip took 10 days and was very exhausting but very exciting at the same time. Having not prepared or got fit before this journey I was struggling halfway up the mountain but obviously couldn’t give up, so I had to get on a donkey for the rest of the journey up the mountain which was more dangerous as the donkey’s feet kept slipping as the rocks were slippery from the rain! We could only stay at the top for 1 hour as there was lack of oxygen. Overall it was the best experience I’ve ever had and the views were breathtaking seeing the clouds way below and I'm so glad I went there... but I probably won’t do it again in the future as it was so scary as people have died and fallen in the past making this long journey!

What uninvented gadget does the world need?
“Super public toilet seat” where it can sense that you are standing next to the toilet seat. The toilet lid rises itself and will close and flush itself once you have finished leaving no unpleasant surprises for the next person. It will also have a powerful smelling system built inside the toilet so after you have been for a no.2 it will leave the bathroom smelling fresh and clean for the next person no matter how bad the smell !!

Favourite Quotation:
“Frankly my dear, I dont give a damn”
(Gone with the Wind – 1939)