Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Retreat agressively
Today is our staff retreat, oh joy, I can't wait! The good thing is that they feed us. The bad thing is...well, I could list them starting with the dumb little "icebreaker" games we play at the beginning. It's not like we are strangers, most of us know and dislike the others! We have our own sets of alliances and enemies, we need negociation more than ice-breaking.
This should be a good retreat too, with two difference factions, each trying to think of ways to eliminate the other. We have that restructuring thing looming and it's making people nervous. I noticed that my job is specifically mentioned in the agenda so I'd better put on some armor today and some quick wits.
First I need to stop by the office and pick up the wall charts, markers and all the necessary items. That means I will have to pay for parking close enough to carry all of that to the car.
I had a weird dream about trying to get to the retreat, first on a bicycle and then in an old car (that I used to own). I was already two hours late and still had to stop and pick up the supplies.
Even though I drank but one cup of coffee (early in the day) and no cola I woke up at 1:00 and stayed awake several hours. Finally got up and read my new "Fast Company" magazine. The article about "Why We Hate HR" was very good. It reminded me of when I worked for the school district's HR department. We weren't well liked but were the largest department. Just about everyone started off working in there, worked a few years and then bid on jobs in other departments. Before working in that department, I had a naive view of HR work. I thought it would be fun to work with people, to help hire and train workers for the company. Once employed there I thought it was interesting to work with people, but fun would not have been quite the right word! People coming to HR WANT something, a job, justice, a raise, they want something and it makes them really angry to be told (no matter how nicely) "no". And HR people are a lot like those Capital One folks on TV. You know, the ones who say "no" to everything!
After those couple of hours awake, I figured out that I was COLD! The window was open, fans were blowing but it wasn't 80 or 90 degrees outside. After putting a blanket back on my bed, I did manage to sleep a little before the alarm rant at 5:30.
Which Neopet are you?
Which Neopet are you?"
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Of course I have no cemetery tour tonight, sniff. They're all done. Have a great Tuesday!
This should be a good retreat too, with two difference factions, each trying to think of ways to eliminate the other. We have that restructuring thing looming and it's making people nervous. I noticed that my job is specifically mentioned in the agenda so I'd better put on some armor today and some quick wits.
First I need to stop by the office and pick up the wall charts, markers and all the necessary items. That means I will have to pay for parking close enough to carry all of that to the car.
I had a weird dream about trying to get to the retreat, first on a bicycle and then in an old car (that I used to own). I was already two hours late and still had to stop and pick up the supplies.
Even though I drank but one cup of coffee (early in the day) and no cola I woke up at 1:00 and stayed awake several hours. Finally got up and read my new "Fast Company" magazine. The article about "Why We Hate HR" was very good. It reminded me of when I worked for the school district's HR department. We weren't well liked but were the largest department. Just about everyone started off working in there, worked a few years and then bid on jobs in other departments. Before working in that department, I had a naive view of HR work. I thought it would be fun to work with people, to help hire and train workers for the company. Once employed there I thought it was interesting to work with people, but fun would not have been quite the right word! People coming to HR WANT something, a job, justice, a raise, they want something and it makes them really angry to be told (no matter how nicely) "no". And HR people are a lot like those Capital One folks on TV. You know, the ones who say "no" to everything!
After those couple of hours awake, I figured out that I was COLD! The window was open, fans were blowing but it wasn't 80 or 90 degrees outside. After putting a blanket back on my bed, I did manage to sleep a little before the alarm rant at 5:30.
Which Neopet are you?
Which Neopet are you?"
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Of course I have no cemetery tour tonight, sniff. They're all done. Have a great Tuesday!
