My work experience at ATS Company had been very insightful and eye-opening.I worked there after coming to Canada. I chose to work in the shipping department to get a better idea of what a shipping department does and to see if the stereotypes of handling shipping and receiving work being boring was really true. I had been spending a day each with one of the members of the team, learning about what they do in their day-to-day jobs and how they do it, varying from inputting invoices into the system to going through the management process. I have learnt that using Microsoft Excel is crucial towards a career and possibly other careers; however more importantly, I’ve learnt that stereotyping people or places is generally never actually a good reflection or guide towards what something is really like. This work experience has helped me to better understand what working in an office-based environment is like and I now feel more prepared towards, not only work, but choosing a career path that better suits me.