• Flights or travel to and from Almería.
• Transportation within Almería.
• Breakfast and dinner.
• Any travel insurances you might want.
• Permission for remote work (if needed).

Working times and presence

• Most of the A-Team staff arrive between 8.30 and 9.30 a.m. and leave the office between 5 and 6 p.m.
• Our onsite team is hybrid presence, so some people work from home a few days per week. However, you’ll find that many colleagues enjoy working from the office every day.
• If you want to reach someone, you can find their contact info here.

Breaks

• Usually we try to have lunch together around 13.30h. Depending on the amount of people in the office, we may have multiple lunch shifts, and there is no official lunch hour.
• Some people bring lunch with them, others get or order something to eat from a nearby bar.
• There are basic kitchen amenities in the office: coffee, water and some light snacks, a refrigerator and microwaves for common use.
• If you choose to go out, keep in mind typical kitchen hours at restaurants are 13h-16h for lunch.
• There are plenty of restaurants within a few minutes’ walk!.

Climate

• Almería is one of the cities with the most hours of sunshine in Spain and in May or October you can expect average temperatures of a pleasant 21 degrees.
• The sun can be quite strong even in the off season, especially between 10-3pm — it’s wise to have sunscreen if you plan to spend the day outdoors.
• The province Almería is one of the driest regions in Europe, therefore a subtropical desert climate prevails.

People

• Currently Almería city has close to 200.000 inhabitants
• Through the university "Universidad de Almería", the city is mixed with many young international people.
• Almería has strong fishing and agriculture industries.
  • Specializing in greenhouse vegetables like tomato, cucumber, peppers and zucchini, Almeria is one of the primary growing zones of European produce.
  • More than one trillion kilograms of tomatoes are exported annually.
  • The plastic-lined structures found around the province are economic greenhouses, with meticulous irrigation systems.

History

• Already in prehistory the first people settled in the bay of Almería
• The Romans named Almería Portus Magnus and coordinated their Mediterranean trade connections from here.
• Almería was very desirable not only because of its favorable location, but also because of its high deposits of gold, silver and copper.