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« Reply #30 on: March 25, 2009, 02:16:45 pm » |
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You can't make this stuff up!!
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gee4
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« Reply #31 on: March 25, 2009, 02:18:36 pm » |
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Update Wed 25 March...
Yes apparently we are moving next week to another building where production takes place. That means we are prohibited from eating and drinking at our desks and must take all breaks in the canteen. I am also told no food is allowed in the building so bringing my lunch in every day is a no-no and the company are obliged to provide us with a locker.
I am just so sick of the whole thing and annoyed that we had to find this out from someone who knows little of the matter himself. I mean how can a company of 500 people be expected to take a half hour lunch which includes queuing in the canteen along with everyone else?
I am in two minds whether to contact the employment agency who placed me here in order to find something else.
PS. Did... I am hoping I will awake from some terrible nightmare and find I have won the lottery!
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« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2009, 05:58:20 pm » |
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I spoke to my boss today about next week's move as he has been out of the office a bit this week and we never got the chance to speak about it. He informs me that it is not 100% confirmed as he and the other managers are not happy about where they are going. He has also told me that either myself or my co-worker will move but probably not both of us. So for the moment one may have to reman to support the others that still reside in the building. That means not only shall I be on my own with my boss and 2 or 3 other managers, but I shall have to take all breaks on my own as no food is allowed at our desks or indeed that particular building...  |
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« Reply #33 on: March 27, 2009, 07:53:34 pm » |
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That might give you the chance to meet new people and find someone that will be helpful, friendly, nice, etc. so you will have someone to speak with at lunch and breaks! Look at the bright side (easy to say ...)
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« Reply #34 on: March 28, 2009, 01:49:49 am » |
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Yeh, think of it as an adventure and an opportunity to meet some new people. Might not be so bad.
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gee4
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« Reply #35 on: March 29, 2009, 12:14:04 pm » |
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Well given the females are already very clicky I can live without them. It suited me to have lunch at my desk but I'm sure as heck not sitting in the canteen on my own. It's the worst place I think I have ever worked.
I know I will draw the short straw this week and move with my boss and other managers - it's just my luck!
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« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2009, 01:39:52 am » |
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Think positive. Hopefully it will all turn out in your favor, especially if the others are so clicky where you are now. An adventure awaits........  |
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gee4
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« Reply #37 on: March 30, 2009, 09:31:14 am » |
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It's the females who are clicky in the building that I am going to that is the problem......where I am now is fine as I can eat at my desk and don't have to rely on others for breaks.
It seems every 6 months my life is destined to change and not stay the same for any length of time - very unsettling.
If the agency who placed me here had been allowed on site to vet the company, I probably wouldn't have had all this uncertainty and would have had a better insight as regards the set up and environment.
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gee4
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« Reply #38 on: March 30, 2009, 01:03:05 pm » |
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We had a briefing on our move this morning although bossies were not happy that some of their teams, who have deliverables and deadlines, may be disrupted and moved again.
An inventory of what myself and my co-worker need to take with us eg. fax machine, printers, scanners, stationery cupboards etc has yet to be carried out, but it seems we all move on Friday.
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« Reply #39 on: April 01, 2009, 02:02:30 pm » |
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...and they call it April Fool's Day! Not sure any of you are still reading this, it's like my daily blog. Anyway still scheduled to pack up and move on Friday but no exact location determined as yet. Most of us have lost the plot now and don't really care. I am just trying to stay sane...  |
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« Reply #40 on: April 01, 2009, 02:13:18 pm » |
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Gee
I am still reading - only partly because we both know that, bosses being bosses, they will give you half an hour to sort everything out, pack it all up and get moving! (LOL at the futility of it all!)
Keeping my fingers crossed!
Jess
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« Reply #41 on: April 01, 2009, 02:19:50 pm » |
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Well we are supposed to get crates on Friday to pack stuff from our desks and general files we need access to at the last minute. Other boxes we have been given are for documents to go into secure storage as well as bins for general and confidential waste.
I can't do anything for my boss eg. pack or discard, as I haven't a clue if it's confidential or waste - so he's on his own with that and has probably decided already that he will bin a lot of stuff.
I just wish it was all over. I've already gone through this in my last job (ironic that it was Apr 07) and moved house in the past year!
A large crate of wine might be needed at the weekend. I might even put a bet on the National!
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« Reply #42 on: April 01, 2009, 11:20:20 pm » |
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Gee - one thing we can always depend on in life is CHANGE:) Keep smiling. It's an adventure.
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gee4
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« Reply #43 on: April 02, 2009, 08:06:44 am » |
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I know but I've hit that age Peaches where I just want things to settle down - been through enough in the past couple of years in my personal life so I need some kind of calm. Work is a means of survival for me at the minute and nothing else.
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« Reply #44 on: April 02, 2009, 02:28:49 pm » |
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I'm definitely still reading this one. I really feel for you and cannot believe how badly organised all this moving is. And they expect to run a grown-up company this way? P-ups & breweries spring to mind.
Keep sane and keep smiling, Gee - hopefully light at the end of the tunnel. But I can quite understand how much you want things to settle down. You've been on such a roller coaster these last couple of years - and no-one can sustain that much tension and / or uncertaintly without it having some kind of effect.
We'll all, I'm sure, be looking forward to your "blog" on Monday to let us know how it all went - and if you're still standing! They say that what doeesn't kill you makes you stronger but sometimes I know that I'd rather they just shoot me now and get it over and done with. I've had the same kind of situation in previous positions and know that I am simply blessed to work where I do now, and with the boss I currently have - she's a sweetheart!
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