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Stuff
A lot of stuff has been going on at work lately, a lot of stuff that I really want to write about but just can't seem to put into the proper words. But to put it simply the telecommuting request that I submitted back in January is not being approved. Most likely because I have pushed too hard. I have been told in writing with a letter sent to HR and my personnel file that I can request the telecommuting again in three to six months. Oh, and apparently I wasn't being given the run-around. I'll post all the stuff soon so that you can decide for yourself.
// posted by stacey on 11:42:00 AM // |
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
FYI
My heart rate when I pee is 65.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
March Madness
And I'm not just talking about basketball.
Of course I am happy today that my Huskies took care of business last
night in this upset riddles women's bracket. My props go out to
Marist, Florida St., Bowling Green and Ole Miss. Ole Miss really
showed everyone how to play amazing defense last night.
The non-basketball related March Madness involves flinging fingers and
volatile generalizations (you can read more about those at
http://iamkylesdad.blogspot.com), bad bosses and bad bosses bosses,
diversity training, mucho conferences and teleconferences, one crazy
volunteer and more bad bosses.
I'm still processing all the bad boss stuff, which is why I haven;t
posted much about that yet. I need to be able to post in such a way as
to prevent my ass from being fired.
Oh, I also have a new podcast that I forgot to tell you about (the
post below is for the one the week before but you can still go to the
same place.
Then there is the madness I suffer at the hands of Blogger not working
on my PC at work anymore thus leaving me to post via email.
// posted by stacey on 9:53:00 AM // |
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Saturday, March 10, 2007
New Podcast
Hey, I've got a new podcast up at scoopsthepodcast.com. Check it out.
// posted by stacey on 2:57:00 PM // |
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Creating Pleasant Working Environments
This gem was sent to one of my co-workers from her supervisor. It speaks for itself.
In order for us to use our time at work more efficiently, please follow
the guidelines listed below. Although some of you are already adhering
to these rules, others in the department are not.
1) Limit the frequency and duration of personal phone calls. Some of
you spend way too much time on the phone and receive too many personal
phone calls.
2) Limit internet surfing and personal emails to the lunch break. Also,
you are not allowed to have instant messaging software installed on your
computer. Please note that the IT department monitors the frequency and
duration of your logins.
2) ****** does not allow for a breakfast break (that is, employees are
expected to begin working once they arrive at work). It is acceptable to
spend 15 minutes unwinding at the beginning of the day as you have
coffee, but spending a half hour eating breakfast and reading the
newspaper is considered excessive.
3) Any non-work-related reading (e.g, newspaper, magazines, or novels)
should be limited to the lunch break. The same rule applies to listening
to music, whether you are using headphones or speakers. This is the type
of work that requires your complete attention.
4) Keep cigarette breaks to a minimum.
7) Keep socializing time with coworkers to a minimum. It is fine to
talk with coworkers once in a while, but do not socialize routinely and
repeatedly throughout the day. Keep your visits short.
8) Lunch hour should not last more than 40 minutes. Occasionally,
employees need to take a longer break for personal reasons; if this is
the case, please notify me.
It is not my intention to create an unpleasant environment; however,
the nature of our work requires our full attention, and excessive
distraction has been compromising our ability to meet deadlines and
affecting the quality of our work, which has been apparent during
Quality Checks. I expect your full cooperation in this matter. Any
future problems regarding these ground rules will be addressed with the
individual editor.
Thank you.
// posted by stacey on 12:08:00 PM // |
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
One is the Loneliest
Chrissy has been in that Influencing without Authority seminar that I had to take a while ago.
What I have done today is pretty simple -- finished my work early (just like the good ole days), hung out on Our Chart for a while, finished watching the latest episode of Battlestar Gallactica (I really don't believe Starbuck is dead. I need proof.), and am reading a book.
I have one more hour to go.
Tonight, I'll be posting a couple of new songs on my nearly-orphaned podcast site. I think that is the one thing that has bothered me the most about Cynthia leaving. Doing my job plus splitting Cynthia's job with Chrissy has really left me drained. And yes, I'll continue with the cliche, emotionally and physically. I have been so tired that I just about stopped doing what I enjoy most listening to and talking about music, reading good books and watching great movies.
Spring is around the corner (yup, here comes another cliche) and it is time for a rebirth. There will be a podcast this weekend!
// posted by stacey on 2:32:00 PM // |
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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Super Supervisors
During the next week or so everyone in my company will have to attend a diversity seminar. I can go off in so many directions on this topic. It was initially very hard to decide which one to go on, that I decided to go with the email that HR sent.
There are two types of diversity seminars one for the common folk and one for supervisors. The email from HR had this line, "If you supervise at least one person you must attend the seminar for supervisors."
OK, where to begin with this. Why couldn't they just write all supervisors must attend the supervisor seminar? This got me to thinking, there must be supervisors who don't have anyone to supervise. Sort of super supervisors because that would be great to have all that power and not to have manage a subpordinates balance scorecard or deal with any of their whiney-ness. It would totally make sense for there to be super supervisors at my company because there was that whole new level of managers that was created during the re-org.
I have decided that this will be my new goal -- to become a super supervisor.
// posted by stacey on 9:20:00 PM // |
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