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74/365 # At ease
Today I started my dry run at being team leader at work - my boss is on leave for two weeks so from today it's up to me to make sure things run smoothly in her absence. Not easy for me, I'm the world's least decisive person . . . or am I? Ha ha. And not so good at delegating work or managing staff. All the above are reasons why I took the job on - I want to get better at my job and make sure that when staff are being laid off I'm as indispensable as I can possibly be and have as many skills as I can learn in eighteen months.
I should probably explain: my boss is being seconded to a special project for a year and a half to implement a new personnel/payroll system, so I'm covering for her while she's away. Once the project is completed there will be job losses. At the moment it's being controlled by using temporary staff instead of appointing to permanent posts, so hopefully by the time the job losses have to happen it'll be mitigated by the fact that a lot of posts are temporarily filled. But it's never nice to have the threat of job losses hanging over you, and there's so much uncertainty at the moment.
I've mentioned all this before, and I'm getting away from the point which is that I'm actually quietly pleased at how things went today. Granted nothing traumatic happened but the problems that were brought to us were dealt with and I think things are under control so I'm marking today as a good day. We're a very inexperienced bunch too, my boss has fourteen years of payroll experience, between the rest of us we have about two years worth! So we're on a steep learning curve. At least work's interesting every day though eh?
I hope that's reflected in my 365 today, alright it's very dark but you can see that l'il grin on my face right? That's meant to show that I'm quietly pleased with myself and happy with how things are going. Even though it's only one day ha ha! Give it a week and this'll be a very different shot!
The textures are present again because . . . well, it was boring without 'em! And it makes it look a bit like an abstract painting.
I haven't sone this for a while so . . .
Today's music:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dreams by The Smashing Pumpkins
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Standout track: Manic Depression by The Jimi Hendrix Experience - the sound of a great band jamming for all they're worth - listen to the solo: the fuzzy guitar, the drums sound like . . . awww, I dunno, something awesome and you just don't get bands like it anymore. You certainly wouldn't get away with recording anything that stripped back and raw if you wanted to make a successful album these days. Pure brilliance.
74/365 # At ease
Today I started my dry run at being team leader at work - my boss is on leave for two weeks so from today it's up to me to make sure things run smoothly in her absence. Not easy for me, I'm the world's least decisive person . . . or am I? Ha ha. And not so good at delegating work or managing staff. All the above are reasons why I took the job on - I want to get better at my job and make sure that when staff are being laid off I'm as indispensable as I can possibly be and have as many skills as I can learn in eighteen months.
I should probably explain: my boss is being seconded to a special project for a year and a half to implement a new personnel/payroll system, so I'm covering for her while she's away. Once the project is completed there will be job losses. At the moment it's being controlled by using temporary staff instead of appointing to permanent posts, so hopefully by the time the job losses have to happen it'll be mitigated by the fact that a lot of posts are temporarily filled. But it's never nice to have the threat of job losses hanging over you, and there's so much uncertainty at the moment.
I've mentioned all this before, and I'm getting away from the point which is that I'm actually quietly pleased at how things went today. Granted nothing traumatic happened but the problems that were brought to us were dealt with and I think things are under control so I'm marking today as a good day. We're a very inexperienced bunch too, my boss has fourteen years of payroll experience, between the rest of us we have about two years worth! So we're on a steep learning curve. At least work's interesting every day though eh?
I hope that's reflected in my 365 today, alright it's very dark but you can see that l'il grin on my face right? That's meant to show that I'm quietly pleased with myself and happy with how things are going. Even though it's only one day ha ha! Give it a week and this'll be a very different shot!
The textures are present again because . . . well, it was boring without 'em! And it makes it look a bit like an abstract painting.
I haven't sone this for a while so . . .
Today's music:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dreams by The Smashing Pumpkins
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Standout track: Manic Depression by The Jimi Hendrix Experience - the sound of a great band jamming for all they're worth - listen to the solo: the fuzzy guitar, the drums sound like . . . awww, I dunno, something awesome and you just don't get bands like it anymore. You certainly wouldn't get away with recording anything that stripped back and raw if you wanted to make a successful album these days. Pure brilliance.