My department is in a transition. Another word for cutting in the expense rate by working lean and especially cutting in the number of employees, colleagues.
So in the few last weeks the pressure was really on. There was a kind of doom or an ostrich like scenario among people. Some people just faced the facts: It will come like it is. Other people seemed to be powerful: nothing will happen to me.
I felt all of it. In fact I was scary. But when I face the facts I know there is a social plan, a livebuoy. But still I felt not really sure.
On Monday we had a mail of the transition manager. He excused himself for the fact that he couldn't keep the agreement making clear the position of all the 235 employees.
At the end of the week a letter with our position in the transition would be send.
That means that Saturday the letter would be delivered by the postman.
Have a good weekend!
The weekend was not really bad. A lot of cycling (Tour the France) was on television. The weather was fine. But I didn't cycle for myself. That mountain experience and the orthodontist made me sick. I could cycle for almost ten days after the mountain when I catched a cold. The brace doesn't feel good. Eating is difficult. Maybe I don't get enough Vitamin C.
The transition might have some consequences for my team. One girl has to move to another department because her work is 50% or more what will be done somewhere else in this municipality.
Now she lives close to her work and that fits her, because she has 3 little children. She can be home in a moment. Now she will have to go to work at the other side of the city.
This all will be implemented in early 2013.
The whole transition will only be effective on the first of January 2015 and will gradually be implemented.
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
AlpeduZes
Life goes so fast nowadays.
There are happening a lot of things around me.
- a new house is being built
- I am training for the bicycle ride on mount Alpe d'huez in France to earn money in the effort to beat cancer.
- I am working in a bad atmosphere.
- in national politics there is happening much. We don't have a mayority cabinet, even with support of a third party. It stranded on the financial reforms to keep the deficit below 3% of our national budget. Talks about those reforms lasted 7 weeks. No information was given.
When it stranded 5 other parties who were neglected made a compromise to come to a quick agreement to save the country and to avoid a EU penalty of 1.5 billion Euro.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday
Yesterday seemed to be the Blue Monday of 2011. I heard it on my work.
A colleague said it to our teamleader.... when I heard the 2 words I told them that every Monday is a blue one to me.
Monday 17 January I had a great WC meeting. We discussed questions we have for the Management Team concerning the reorganisation and the meeting with the director. In fact the reorganization is fantastic for personel, everything will be heavenly arranged if it goes as it should go.
120 employees worked on the plan. That is almost 20% of the total population of my department. Here management has a pro because they created a huge supporting area. That is the basis of every reorganisation, at least it should be. But from business life I know that 60 to 85% of mergers don't succeed. Why should reorganizations in a department of a Municipality be very different?
From my point of view as an employee I welcome the reorganization. Everything will be difficult but it opens many windows of opportunities.
For example the posibility to grow personally. The organisation has come to an halt because growth is blocked.
I was at the office till 5.30 pm. If I don't have a positive work attitude ..... Do I invest in growth?
A colleague said it to our teamleader.... when I heard the 2 words I told them that every Monday is a blue one to me.
Monday 17 January I had a great WC meeting. We discussed questions we have for the Management Team concerning the reorganisation and the meeting with the director. In fact the reorganization is fantastic for personel, everything will be heavenly arranged if it goes as it should go.
120 employees worked on the plan. That is almost 20% of the total population of my department. Here management has a pro because they created a huge supporting area. That is the basis of every reorganisation, at least it should be. But from business life I know that 60 to 85% of mergers don't succeed. Why should reorganizations in a department of a Municipality be very different?
From my point of view as an employee I welcome the reorganization. Everything will be difficult but it opens many windows of opportunities.
For example the posibility to grow personally. The organisation has come to an halt because growth is blocked.
I was at the office till 5.30 pm. If I don't have a positive work attitude ..... Do I invest in growth?
Friday, January 14, 2011
lot
My day was okay. I had a lot of work to do.
At 8.30 am I was at the office. We had a rush-hour because of the accounting figures we had to deliver. And as always is the fact in the late hours something has to be adjusted.
After that I could return to my normal work and made some progress with that.
I made some calls with colleagues, read and wrote a few emails to the Works Council. C'est inderdit pour moi But the work was interesting.
Next Monday we have a meeting with the WC. We'll shake things up hopefully.
At 8.30 am I was at the office. We had a rush-hour because of the accounting figures we had to deliver. And as always is the fact in the late hours something has to be adjusted.
After that I could return to my normal work and made some progress with that.
I made some calls with colleagues, read and wrote a few emails to the Works Council. C'est inderdit pour moi But the work was interesting.
Next Monday we have a meeting with the WC. We'll shake things up hopefully.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Informing
I have an opinion about informing people.
If you inform people about something that's going to change some one's personal situation you do it personally.
Management must think that it wasn't the case for them.
Thursday/Friday we all could read the Organisational plan on the Intranet. Including the plans which have huge effect on some people... to put it bluntly, your present job will be no longer there in the new organisation.
Then the employer should tell what their obligations are. He has a lot of them.
But it wasn't that way. It was just a message on the intranet.
I wrote 2 emails to the Works Council colleagues. I telephoned with 1 colleague whose job is in the danger zone. On my department I spoke with a colleague who visited the gathering about the plans. He is positive and sees chances for the present employees.
I must admit that.
If I was real cynical, I should say it's a survival of the fittest, natural selection. A Darwinian, sociological and psychological experiment.
If you inform people about something that's going to change some one's personal situation you do it personally.
Management must think that it wasn't the case for them.
Thursday/Friday we all could read the Organisational plan on the Intranet. Including the plans which have huge effect on some people... to put it bluntly, your present job will be no longer there in the new organisation.
Then the employer should tell what their obligations are. He has a lot of them.
But it wasn't that way. It was just a message on the intranet.
I wrote 2 emails to the Works Council colleagues. I telephoned with 1 colleague whose job is in the danger zone. On my department I spoke with a colleague who visited the gathering about the plans. He is positive and sees chances for the present employees.
I must admit that.
If I was real cynical, I should say it's a survival of the fittest, natural selection. A Darwinian, sociological and psychological experiment.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
aura
In week 47 my employer organised the-week-of-mobility.
It was organised because of the changes in the organisation in the next months, years. The employees have to make up their mind whether they feel comfortable to work for the municipality or to work in another setting. The employee should listen to the authenticity of himself. For the organisation it's the right person on the right spot.
In that way it's ironic that a manager who quit his job temporarily to rethink his position is back in his job apparently.
This week I had my aura read. I must laugh about that. Everything she said could have been true for anybody else. After the reading I told her some things of my life and said that anything which would be read would apply on me. Even if it was specific. She didn't give me a colour which is what they do. I don't have an aura colour. What does that mean?
I did a workshop about Neuro Linguistic programming, which was very interesting. Makes me think why we don't have team building.
It reminds me of the course I had about feeling and attitude.
I also had a test what profession fits me best... Guess I'm a business entrepreneur, that dress-code suits me. I'm kidding if I believe that. Some aspects are okay. I do try to be independent. I really feel myself independent. If I am now is another question.
Finally I spoke a member of management (they had a role as speed-coach)
She advised me to listen to myself and think out of the box. Maybe I am an independent thinker who should not be in the public sector.
They wanna get rid of me. It's a conspiracy against me.
It was organised because of the changes in the organisation in the next months, years. The employees have to make up their mind whether they feel comfortable to work for the municipality or to work in another setting. The employee should listen to the authenticity of himself. For the organisation it's the right person on the right spot.
In that way it's ironic that a manager who quit his job temporarily to rethink his position is back in his job apparently.
This week I had my aura read. I must laugh about that. Everything she said could have been true for anybody else. After the reading I told her some things of my life and said that anything which would be read would apply on me. Even if it was specific. She didn't give me a colour which is what they do. I don't have an aura colour. What does that mean?
I did a workshop about Neuro Linguistic programming, which was very interesting. Makes me think why we don't have team building.
It reminds me of the course I had about feeling and attitude.
I also had a test what profession fits me best... Guess I'm a business entrepreneur, that dress-code suits me. I'm kidding if I believe that. Some aspects are okay. I do try to be independent. I really feel myself independent. If I am now is another question.
Finally I spoke a member of management (they had a role as speed-coach)
She advised me to listen to myself and think out of the box. Maybe I am an independent thinker who should not be in the public sector.
They wanna get rid of me. It's a conspiracy against me.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Municipality
Alright, I have a short break. Three weeks ago I claimed this week as a free week. Hear what I say -claim-! At my work we don't ask if we can take a week off. No, we write it down on a white board and inform direct colleagues. We didn't discuss it. That's how it can be too. More responsibility for the employees!
I wrote a note about efficiency and effectiveness.
It translated from Dutch to English with wordlingo and adjusted it.
Also I wrote a reaction on a memorandum of Management. We got some questions.
In March we got elections for the Council. I'm not candidate for election. My latest reaction could be the last.
For now I'll aim at my career. There is more I can achieve. Thanks to the Council.
I wrote a note about efficiency and effectiveness.
It translated from Dutch to English with wordlingo and adjusted it.
Future development
My opinion is that the municipality should behave internally organisationally more like a company. There where critical company processes come in, heavier control mechanisms should be used.
Responsibilities must be placed lower in the organisation. Decisions which are for a service important, must be taken by the responsible Executive Board.
For non-service critical decisions authorisation can be given at a lower organisational level. There must be a function separation were always the authorisation of 2 officials is needed to authorise a decision.
The problem of independent consultants and customer managers is that not all decisions are reviewed. Control takes place afterwards. The question is if there a one on one control. If there is a random control, possibly decisions are (dis)approved wrongfully.
This is an assessment of to what extent something can go wrong in order to carry out the activities more rapidly. The task of the municipality can be that we must work more efficiently and more effectively. This must be preceded by a number of questions:
- how do we define effectiveness and efficiency?
- where in the municipality lies the emphasis on efficiency?
- where in the municipality lies the emphasis on effectiveness?
- how is the proportion of these terms?
Also I wrote a reaction on a memorandum of Management. We got some questions.
In March we got elections for the Council. I'm not candidate for election. My latest reaction could be the last.
For now I'll aim at my career. There is more I can achieve. Thanks to the Council.
Saturday, November 06, 2010
reading
The book Freedom of Johnathan Franzen got my attention because I saw an interview with the writer on Dutch television. So last week I bought it. Maybe I learn some more things about the philosophy of life.
Some weeks ago I was at a party of someone who I gave Savater's In praise of profanity
Bruna.nl describes this book on it's site:
"In a playful but insistent way Savater in this book provides an anatomy of religion as a delusion: it is the fear of death that man makes one yearn for eternal life. Doubt God means recognizing that our existence is finite. Savater Thus, the key questions of human existence: what is truth and what are we afraid of? Why is a good life on earth preferable to an infinite afterlife? In his reflections about this Savater used as inspiration the work of great thinkers on the relationship between man and God, as Spinoza, Hegel, Bertrand Russell and Hannah Arendt, but just as easily Mark Twain and Richard Feynman. Savater also sheds light on the role of religion in today's world of postmodern 'something-ism' to political Islam and Christianity to neo-conservative fundamentalist credulity.
The conclusion is clear: what man needs is not faith in God but believe in the ever perfect, rarely heavenly, but always infinite possibilities of man himself."
The bold text refers to the famous Dutch writer Harry Mulisch who once said that though everybody will die, it's not 100 % certain he will die. So that moment, Mulisch said, he is immortal because it isn't certain he will die too. Mulisch died last week on October 30 2010. He wasn't immortal.
I saw the emotional farewell ceremony on live television and it was like a Shakespeare play.
This weekend I have much to do.
It's work related; Works council.
I have some critics about the Management on every level.
I spoke E. about her work and she told me a sad story how her work as a ******* has been used. Openness is a great thing to pursue. More communication should make people happier. Now they have the feeling to be excluded. I don't know what the usual practice is, but shouldn't external ****** with ****** parties be the exclusive work for the *******?
E. also told that incentives are blocked by different levels of management. She doesn't feel comfortable to work for the municipality. Everybody works for his own benefit and keeps information for himself. This makes the organisation vulnerable.
Another interesting thing is the reorganisation of the department and the Service as a whole.
The department I talk about has 3 quality-workers who criticise the work of counselors, while another department which doesn't work efficient and effective makes a reorganisation necessary.
It is a political decision to have the reorganisation. I ask myself if the public servants have nothing to say on how it will be done. Probably an expensive consultation office will judge the progress and adjust when it's necessary.
Of course I know that the first report triggered the reform but after that a political decision was made to change the organisation to a front and back-office organisation.
E's department has it already and it works (with a lot of changes for all the people). Integration with other departments makes it hard again for many people. (Some almost had a breakdown because of the previous change.)
In a last month's meeting with the director I brought the communication up for discussion. I only said that there is no openness in the organisation. I immediately felt that red alert from star-trek "shields up." The face of the director came in the defense mode.
I can understand in some way her reaction because the director tries to be open, but it's not her it's the organisation as a whole. The way we work, it's a kind of hierarchic.
I talked about it with another colleague and he argued that the government needs more hierarchy than businesses because it's the public cause with public money. That's true but the civil service has to have more
entrepreneurship. This the secretary of the former Major said to some people in a discussion I attended.
At least we should take that concept into consideration.
It means more responsibility with the employees. Therefore the educational level of the employees should be increased. I told about it before.
In fact the educational level increased in the last 5 years. Problem is that the responibility in the jobs doesn't. So people get annoyed and stressed.
Some weeks ago I was at a party of someone who I gave Savater's In praise of profanity
Bruna.nl describes this book on it's site:
"In a playful but insistent way Savater in this book provides an anatomy of religion as a delusion: it is the fear of death that man makes one yearn for eternal life. Doubt God means recognizing that our existence is finite. Savater Thus, the key questions of human existence: what is truth and what are we afraid of? Why is a good life on earth preferable to an infinite afterlife? In his reflections about this Savater used as inspiration the work of great thinkers on the relationship between man and God, as Spinoza, Hegel, Bertrand Russell and Hannah Arendt, but just as easily Mark Twain and Richard Feynman. Savater also sheds light on the role of religion in today's world of postmodern 'something-ism' to political Islam and Christianity to neo-conservative fundamentalist credulity.
The conclusion is clear: what man needs is not faith in God but believe in the ever perfect, rarely heavenly, but always infinite possibilities of man himself."
The bold text refers to the famous Dutch writer Harry Mulisch who once said that though everybody will die, it's not 100 % certain he will die. So that moment, Mulisch said, he is immortal because it isn't certain he will die too. Mulisch died last week on October 30 2010. He wasn't immortal.
I saw the emotional farewell ceremony on live television and it was like a Shakespeare play.
This weekend I have much to do.
It's work related; Works council.
I have some critics about the Management on every level.
I spoke E. about her work and she told me a sad story how her work as a ******* has been used. Openness is a great thing to pursue. More communication should make people happier. Now they have the feeling to be excluded. I don't know what the usual practice is, but shouldn't external ****** with ****** parties be the exclusive work for the *******?
E. also told that incentives are blocked by different levels of management. She doesn't feel comfortable to work for the municipality. Everybody works for his own benefit and keeps information for himself. This makes the organisation vulnerable.
Another interesting thing is the reorganisation of the department and the Service as a whole.
The department I talk about has 3 quality-workers who criticise the work of counselors, while another department which doesn't work efficient and effective makes a reorganisation necessary.
It is a political decision to have the reorganisation. I ask myself if the public servants have nothing to say on how it will be done. Probably an expensive consultation office will judge the progress and adjust when it's necessary.
Of course I know that the first report triggered the reform but after that a political decision was made to change the organisation to a front and back-office organisation.
E's department has it already and it works (with a lot of changes for all the people). Integration with other departments makes it hard again for many people. (Some almost had a breakdown because of the previous change.)
In a last month's meeting with the director I brought the communication up for discussion. I only said that there is no openness in the organisation. I immediately felt that red alert from star-trek "shields up." The face of the director came in the defense mode.
I can understand in some way her reaction because the director tries to be open, but it's not her it's the organisation as a whole. The way we work, it's a kind of hierarchic.
I talked about it with another colleague and he argued that the government needs more hierarchy than businesses because it's the public cause with public money. That's true but the civil service has to have more
entrepreneurship. This the secretary of the former Major said to some people in a discussion I attended.
At least we should take that concept into consideration.
It means more responsibility with the employees. Therefore the educational level of the employees should be increased. I told about it before.
In fact the educational level increased in the last 5 years. Problem is that the responibility in the jobs doesn't. So people get annoyed and stressed.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
flowers
Some days are just perfect because at the end of the day it all seems to be so advantageous.
My day was good because it started slow (like slow food you got to take time to prepare the food). I had an appointment with my mental trainer/ coach or whatever you call him, in the morning. We had a good talk about assholes in life (traffic, work, daily life) because of the book I read, talked about 2 incidents and how I reacted on it. I try to use the theory I called the 4 G's theory. (REBT of A. Ellis) in these cases more or less and it works.
It's not that I practice the theory intentionally. When I think of the situation afterwards or discuss it than I conclude that there is a REBT in it.
I told about E. whom I fell in love with and about wanting to work on another department, doing different things. I'm working under my level for years now. That's another story. In the next weeks I got to find out what the ideal job for me looks like. After that I can arrange a conversation with my team-leader about more inciting work.
After this session I cycled back to work and felt better than a week ago. Again 21 kilometers, now without difficulty.
At work it was silent.Only 5 colleagues. And after 3 pm there were 3 of us.
Fantastic. No disturbance, no unnecessary incentives.
Yesterday 29 years back Mr Joe Black didn´t get me. Great how life in 29 years evolves. So I´m happy that here I am so far. It could have been worse!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Update
An update of what's happening. It's going fast right now.
Last week I was working in one building on a good spot between people I know a few years. (some 8 years!) Now I am on another department doing my job between other people. I don't really have to work with them to do my work, but as it is like it is you might be opportunistic and use the situation to improve the organization.
My co-worker who'll be transferred with me is ill momentarily which gives a little bit pressure on me because some work has to be postponed.
The other thing is the Works Council. It's going great. My colleagues and I wrote a advice in concept for the Council members to criticise. This week it will be offered as a advice to the Management Team. (they don't know but I wrote it in one evening watching a football game)
The new workplace is in another building and breaths a different more business like atmosphere.
Still I/we have a lot to do to work as effective as we could work in the past. But the way to my previous department is longer and there are some obstacles which make it not easy to work.
Last week I was working in one building on a good spot between people I know a few years. (some 8 years!) Now I am on another department doing my job between other people. I don't really have to work with them to do my work, but as it is like it is you might be opportunistic and use the situation to improve the organization.
My co-worker who'll be transferred with me is ill momentarily which gives a little bit pressure on me because some work has to be postponed.
The other thing is the Works Council. It's going great. My colleagues and I wrote a advice in concept for the Council members to criticise. This week it will be offered as a advice to the Management Team. (they don't know but I wrote it in one evening watching a football game)
The new workplace is in another building and breaths a different more business like atmosphere.
Still I/we have a lot to do to work as effective as we could work in the past. But the way to my previous department is longer and there are some obstacles which make it not easy to work.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
work
Some specific persons irritate me at work. They are not real, they play a role and irritate me because they interfere with my work. When such a person asks me a question about something concerning my work, I can react a bit annoyed.
It's time that my colleague and I go to another department. Tomorrow I might be informed with more details.
Tomorrow I can expect a report to the works council. It's about a reorganization which is past and about the coming reorg. of the 2 of us. As I am member my boss thinks I should know it first to answer questions about the report.
Of course my boss's goal is make me defending her resolution's. I cannot see how the counsil will allow her and the director to make a statement afterwards about the reorg. This is denial of the counsil and that counsil has to make steps to avoid minimizing it's role. Will be continued.
It's time that my colleague and I go to another department. Tomorrow I might be informed with more details.
Tomorrow I can expect a report to the works council. It's about a reorganization which is past and about the coming reorg. of the 2 of us. As I am member my boss thinks I should know it first to answer questions about the report.
Of course my boss's goal is make me defending her resolution's. I cannot see how the counsil will allow her and the director to make a statement afterwards about the reorg. This is denial of the counsil and that counsil has to make steps to avoid minimizing it's role. Will be continued.
Friday, January 15, 2010
change
The last weeks I didn't feel very comfortable. I am a bit worried about what's going to happen. In December I visited the dentist for an ordinary check. Everything was OK but an appointment was made with a orthodontist. As a consequence of that appointment I now have to make a digital scan of my head. After that the Orthodontist will discuss the options.
I didn't feel very comfortable. So I decided to buy me a laptop. After 6 years it's time to chance things. I hope this gives me more opportunities than with my old PC. I didn't even have DVD/rom on it anymore. Several years ago it stopped.
I also face a change at work. Management thinks that my colleague and I should integrate in the finance-department. It's time for it. Not really different work, but in a more professional setting.
I didn't feel very comfortable. So I decided to buy me a laptop. After 6 years it's time to chance things. I hope this gives me more opportunities than with my old PC. I didn't even have DVD/rom on it anymore. Several years ago it stopped.
I also face a change at work. Management thinks that my colleague and I should integrate in the finance-department. It's time for it. Not really different work, but in a more professional setting.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
just some thoughts
I had a discussion with my boss about my complaint. I told her almost exactly what's in the previous post. She said that she shares the problem and wants me to monitor and do what's necessary to keep progress.
This month I started more frequently to cycle. Not only short distances of 30 kilometer, I increased the distance to 96 km occasionally.
Last night daylight saving time is valid again. We got an hour extra at the end of the day. The nightingales-season (some people who ride together some kilometers) has started last Wednesday. Next Wednesday I'll be there to for some 60k after 6 pm and of course after work.
This month I started more frequently to cycle. Not only short distances of 30 kilometer, I increased the distance to 96 km occasionally.
Last night daylight saving time is valid again. We got an hour extra at the end of the day. The nightingales-season (some people who ride together some kilometers) has started last Wednesday. Next Wednesday I'll be there to for some 60k after 6 pm and of course after work.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
work
I'm a bit down because of the spirit at work. We promise time and time again that we'll pay our debts automatically. Some preferred creditors only have to email their invoice in a CSV-format. We will use the CSV as input for our data-system. After some checks and with a datarun we finally pay the invoice on a client basis. Just as we do manually till this moment. Today I learned that the March invoices will also have to be paid manually. It's insane. I got no words for it -and I got to do it-.
My boss asked me lately if I have a schedule what I do daily. I told her that I start the day paying invoices and finish the day. Of course there are some things I have to do in between but they all have to do with paying those invoices.
She asked me to write down my complaints about the whole situation. Well, this might be the first incentive.
My boss asked me lately if I have a schedule what I do daily. I told her that I start the day paying invoices and finish the day. Of course there are some things I have to do in between but they all have to do with paying those invoices.
She asked me to write down my complaints about the whole situation. Well, this might be the first incentive.
Monday, January 26, 2009
work
Last Friday I had a scheduled discussion with my boss about the results I'll meet coming year; I had a quick look at it and I did realize that it was on my account and depended on coorporation with other collegeas, more or less specified, if I 'll meet the goals. Sunday I overlooked it once and I read about goals which are no up to date anymore. I went to bed and slept well till Monday morning.
When I woke up I had a positif feeling but strangly when I went downstairs to get my bike I suddenly had an awkward feeling that it would be a problematic day.
I didn't pay really attention to it. It became obvious at work at 9am I had planned a short consultation with my co worker. But it became a long one. We discussed both results and the goals we've to meet. Only at 12pm we were ready. Oh my, it's much time we spend but we made some changes in our interest.
I didn't feel comfortable with the situation knowing that I still got so much work to do.
I wrote some alterations/suggestions down and sent an email to my boss.
Tomorrow at 10 am I've another meeting so I stop writing in order to be sharp tomorrow.
When I woke up I had a positif feeling but strangly when I went downstairs to get my bike I suddenly had an awkward feeling that it would be a problematic day.
I didn't pay really attention to it. It became obvious at work at 9am I had planned a short consultation with my co worker. But it became a long one. We discussed both results and the goals we've to meet. Only at 12pm we were ready. Oh my, it's much time we spend but we made some changes in our interest.
I didn't feel comfortable with the situation knowing that I still got so much work to do.
I wrote some alterations/suggestions down and sent an email to my boss.
Tomorrow at 10 am I've another meeting so I stop writing in order to be sharp tomorrow.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Back to work
After a holiday since December 25 today was the first day of being back in office.
This is the time for new resolutions. I have at least one: I have to start cooking earlier. I'm fed up eating at 8:30/9:00 pm.
Another thing I got to bear in mind is fail-ability and reflexivity, after reading books of Soros.
At work it's business as usual that means a lot of work to do. Tomorrow morning my co-worker and I have an evaluation of estimated costs in the future.
Tonight will be cold -10C to -15C. That's the cold we need to be able to organize a Dutch championship speedskating on natural ice over 100 kilometer. Probably it will be held on Thursday January 8. Tomorrow, maximum temperature -5C
It's crisis :(, but we can skate and that's good for the attitude of the Dutch.
This is the time for new resolutions. I have at least one: I have to start cooking earlier. I'm fed up eating at 8:30/9:00 pm.
Another thing I got to bear in mind is fail-ability and reflexivity, after reading books of Soros.
At work it's business as usual that means a lot of work to do. Tomorrow morning my co-worker and I have an evaluation of estimated costs in the future.
Tonight will be cold -10C to -15C. That's the cold we need to be able to organize a Dutch championship speedskating on natural ice over 100 kilometer. Probably it will be held on Thursday January 8. Tomorrow, maximum temperature -5C
It's crisis :(, but we can skate and that's good for the attitude of the Dutch.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Everything in perspective
Thanks Ocean, maybe my blog is in the essence a way to put thoughts in perspective. In my native language we say wie schrijft die blijft. It is a saying originally from business administration meaning that it's necessary for the continuity of an organisation to keep the books in a proper way.
At present the expression is used also to say that a writer remains (well)known after death. Of course it's used in relative sense, but it's absolutely true. If one does his work properly he can stay.
Last week I had my RGW and it was worse than the previous one in December 2006. My team leader and I have a different opinion on how to deal with work that has to be done. I can do better maybe.
I'll change some things but what can't be changed, can't.
Yesterday I've had a time trial at the end of the season of the Sunday club-cycling.
The result wasn't good at all. I rode as a sack potatoes on a bicycle. I couldn't make the real speed which is needed on a small distance of 10.4 kilometer. Maybe my season was too long? More people complaint that they had no power. Well, now we'll have a long period to recover.
And of course there is the financial crisis. In fact, months before the real crunch of the stockmarkets in the world France was warned by their economists.
I photographed in June '08 one bilboard in Avignon announcing a debate about the financial crisis and the impact on the real economy.
Did I have a feeling on that moment that things would go this way? No. I didn't.
It's time for a change!
Ocean, Sarah, Caren and all the others, our generation has to do things different!!We got to think out of the box, think local and act global. We got to learn from eachother more.
Friday, August 08, 2008
being sick
Since I wrote last post I catched the summer flu. A lot of people are sick, catched the summerflu the doctor told me. Symptoms: fever, headache, a sore throat, painful muscles and so on.
So this week nothing happened. I was just hanging around in my bedroom. I slept for hours and the afternoon was over before I knew it. When the evening came with a low sun shining in my kitchen-window I was out of energy. I even didn't have
the energy to use the Internet since today.
I actually called the doctor. Today he told me it's a summer flu. On the Internet in read that rating non-fresh vegetables can cause it. I think that the food of last Saturday wasn't okay.
This afternoon I got a call from a man who said being the doctor dealing with absences through illnesses who wants to know what's wrong and how I feel, if I were consulting my private doctor and so on. I couldn't hear very clear because my ears were affected too. He asked me some questions and and me when I expect myself being ready for work...Next Monday I told him.
Then he said "It's good to hear that Jan. Hans here.." Then I knew it was a joke.
But a nasty one. No person should be a person he isn't. I couldn't see Hans, I couldn't hear as good as I should. This hurts the reliability of Hans and of anybody else who's on the telephone. I expected a telephone call from someone concerning my absence through illness.
So this week nothing happened. I was just hanging around in my bedroom. I slept for hours and the afternoon was over before I knew it. When the evening came with a low sun shining in my kitchen-window I was out of energy. I even didn't have
the energy to use the Internet since today.
I actually called the doctor. Today he told me it's a summer flu. On the Internet in read that rating non-fresh vegetables can cause it. I think that the food of last Saturday wasn't okay.
This afternoon I got a call from a man who said being the doctor dealing with absences through illnesses who wants to know what's wrong and how I feel, if I were consulting my private doctor and so on. I couldn't hear very clear because my ears were affected too. He asked me some questions and and me when I expect myself being ready for work...Next Monday I told him.
Then he said "It's good to hear that Jan. Hans here.." Then I knew it was a joke.
But a nasty one. No person should be a person he isn't. I couldn't see Hans, I couldn't hear as good as I should. This hurts the reliability of Hans and of anybody else who's on the telephone. I expected a telephone call from someone concerning my absence through illness.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
work
In the last weeks I had to accept that my vacation is over. It was very difficult for various reasons. The main reason was the time between arrival and going back to work. It was only 2 days. As I need some kind of structure in my life it was hard work to overcome that change. But at work they had changed the whole department a week before I returned. The majority of the employees work in 3 different teams. The 3 teams have their own room.
For finance, which isn't part of any team, was no room left so my colleague and I were placed in the room of the team which had some free space. It was the noisiest place I've ever been.
My colleague has spent a week on our new workplace and wasn't happy with it at all. He told our department manager about his problem with the new spot. It didn't help. My co-worker felt that our manager didn't listen seriously.
A week later I returned and heard about his complaint, the problem, frustration and the problem between 2 other colleagues who planned the removal. (one can be weak if one stands alone). Wednesday, 3 day's after returning, I told my colleague that I got to talk with our manager about the spot where we ought to work. Thursday I sat somewhere else and Friday too. Our manager came to me and I told my story why I moved to another place. It had to do with all those incentives of constant loud voices, my weakness to process those incentives and of course my medical background.
Monday I had an appointment with our company´s medical officer. And he told the same I wanted. I had his support! Luckily on Tuesday our manager came with an option to move to a quieter place in another team´s room. Last week we moved our bureau´s and worked on an improvised workplace. But it´s so much better. Hopefully next week everything will be installed.
It were stressful weeks after a superb holiday.
For finance, which isn't part of any team, was no room left so my colleague and I were placed in the room of the team which had some free space. It was the noisiest place I've ever been.
My colleague has spent a week on our new workplace and wasn't happy with it at all. He told our department manager about his problem with the new spot. It didn't help. My co-worker felt that our manager didn't listen seriously.
A week later I returned and heard about his complaint, the problem, frustration and the problem between 2 other colleagues who planned the removal. (one can be weak if one stands alone). Wednesday, 3 day's after returning, I told my colleague that I got to talk with our manager about the spot where we ought to work. Thursday I sat somewhere else and Friday too. Our manager came to me and I told my story why I moved to another place. It had to do with all those incentives of constant loud voices, my weakness to process those incentives and of course my medical background.
Monday I had an appointment with our company´s medical officer. And he told the same I wanted. I had his support! Luckily on Tuesday our manager came with an option to move to a quieter place in another team´s room. Last week we moved our bureau´s and worked on an improvised workplace. But it´s so much better. Hopefully next week everything will be installed.
It were stressful weeks after a superb holiday.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Feeling good
After last Sunday (cycling 3.5 hours in rain and cold) I've had a low interest in cycling. But today I cleaned my bike and went of for a 2 hours ride with my club.. It made me feel okay.
I hope to stay okay because at work the next months lots will change.
My direct colleague and I will probably have one or more other colleagues in the room. The 3 present other roommates are so called quality workers and will circulate over the department in order to secure the quality of the work of the counselors.
My work remains the same, prepare payments and control the work-flow. I got a new instruction.... make thing simpler (In fact it is the slogan of Philips)
I hope to stay okay because at work the next months lots will change.
My direct colleague and I will probably have one or more other colleagues in the room. The 3 present other roommates are so called quality workers and will circulate over the department in order to secure the quality of the work of the counselors.
My work remains the same, prepare payments and control the work-flow. I got a new instruction.... make thing simpler (In fact it is the slogan of Philips)
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