Best song ever!
And how apt... Hütz was a refugee in Italy, of the kind so disliked by Mr Berlusconi and his lot, and he's come back to bite them in the arse :)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes...
Well, my first week on the job, or rather, on induction. I turned up on Monday, at the place I was told I'd be all week for training, to be told there was no training that day. It was scheduled for the following day but my name did not appear on any list.
That's when I started hyperventilating. I must have looked it too, as the lady in the office offered me a cup of tea. She advised me to go home since I wasn't training. I left the place and went for a walk - there was no way I could come home in that state. I mean, I don't mind a one-day cock-up, but not being on any lists at all? Hello? I left a job to come here!
As I was walking around Acton trying to calm down, my phone rang. It was the HR director apologising profusely for messing me up for the day, and assuring me that I *was* on his list for the following day. He told me to make my way to one of the other projects where I'd meet my manager. I found her putting up shower curtains and light bulbs! The project opened last week, so everything is in a mess and needing finishing touches. There were only three people booked in so far, the rest expected for the end of the week, and two of them were out, so it was on the whole a very uneventful day. However, I was very perplexed... I met 5 members of staff beside the manager, all of them psychology graduates and no older than 26. I felt like the odd one out, very old and very uneducated, and unsure what I was doing there.
The following day I went for training. It was quite a big group, with the same demographics as the people at the project. I started wondering why I'd been given the job, I really felt I didn't belong.
The day after I actually mentioned my doubts to one of the trainers. I let out a sigh of relief when he said that academia was way over-rated and not to worry, as he himself had only graduated after several years on the job! Later on in the day he went as far as repeating his thoughts on academia to the whole group, during training. Way to go :)))
Got to admit, that boosted my ego a bit.
The whole training was brilliant. It was held by the directors in turn, so during the week we got to meet all the senior team. It reinforced the impression I had of the company at the interview stage, which helped a lot. I also had some nice conversation with several of my colleagues, who didn't seem bothered by my lack of qualifications.
Tomorrow I'll be starting at my house, and I'm a bit nervous - hopefully all will be fine, once I've settled in!
That's when I started hyperventilating. I must have looked it too, as the lady in the office offered me a cup of tea. She advised me to go home since I wasn't training. I left the place and went for a walk - there was no way I could come home in that state. I mean, I don't mind a one-day cock-up, but not being on any lists at all? Hello? I left a job to come here!
As I was walking around Acton trying to calm down, my phone rang. It was the HR director apologising profusely for messing me up for the day, and assuring me that I *was* on his list for the following day. He told me to make my way to one of the other projects where I'd meet my manager. I found her putting up shower curtains and light bulbs! The project opened last week, so everything is in a mess and needing finishing touches. There were only three people booked in so far, the rest expected for the end of the week, and two of them were out, so it was on the whole a very uneventful day. However, I was very perplexed... I met 5 members of staff beside the manager, all of them psychology graduates and no older than 26. I felt like the odd one out, very old and very uneducated, and unsure what I was doing there.
The following day I went for training. It was quite a big group, with the same demographics as the people at the project. I started wondering why I'd been given the job, I really felt I didn't belong.
The day after I actually mentioned my doubts to one of the trainers. I let out a sigh of relief when he said that academia was way over-rated and not to worry, as he himself had only graduated after several years on the job! Later on in the day he went as far as repeating his thoughts on academia to the whole group, during training. Way to go :)))
Got to admit, that boosted my ego a bit.
The whole training was brilliant. It was held by the directors in turn, so during the week we got to meet all the senior team. It reinforced the impression I had of the company at the interview stage, which helped a lot. I also had some nice conversation with several of my colleagues, who didn't seem bothered by my lack of qualifications.
Tomorrow I'll be starting at my house, and I'm a bit nervous - hopefully all will be fine, once I've settled in!
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