Articles tagged with dayjob
Porcupine, Beware
My new line #manager was keen to show her teeth this week. On Wednesday I had a 1-to-1 with her. The language of #domination she used to me, almost a decade her senior, rattled my quills, and I have let her know this the last few days. The head of my form
Head, Meet Wall
As expected, I found out this afternoon which option Senior Consultant prefers. He'd rather have an extra piece of paper to be recycled than have a letter go out that he hasn't totally agreed with. *Sigh*. And, the answer to the question du jour is 'How
Halo Strangulation Ahoy?
My secretarial colleague came to see me earlier, and informed me that not only was our newest teamie off sick (as a hospital patient, no less) for the forseeable, but our other secretary had phoned in sick this morning. I immediately offered my services, k
Three Out of Five Aint Bad
With apologies to Meatloaf for rearranging his song title: https://youtu.be/k5hWWe-ts2s, that has been my week. On Monday, Tuesday and Friday (today) I was up on Level 4 covering for various absent secretaries. I'm sure the bosses were taking note, becaus
The Magic Roundabout
The Magic Roundabout is, quite obviously to us Brits, a 70s children's TV show. It is also the slang term we use at my workplace to describe people working in different offices at different times of the week, month or year. Rotation is a fact of life wit
Party like it's 1999... over oops out of time
I've been #commenting plenty but not written much here lately. I have to admit I have been concentrating on #dayjob work and my #blog these past few days. Dayjob work is presently busy, but for a change, not with an audit. The external auditors fed back
And Breathe
It's been a bit all out this week so far. With Mr C and the guys arriving home late on Sunday night, I was late to bed and later in to #work on Monday too. #Dayjob is busy as ever and the #study day I'm administrating is taking on its own life now. Just
Gimme A Break Already, Life!!!
This weekend sees the new #computer system rollout at work. So my audit-based #dayjob has decreed that next weekend should be the accreditation #deadline. All of my line managers are hopping mad about this, unless they have decided that half term week is
