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Good luck today OP, hope it's going well!
MN a cleaner is a good idea. I'm not sure how much one would charge here, but if it gets too much we'll look into it I think. How's it going being full time now? Hope you've settled into it ok.
Lol wysiwyg, what horrible timing! The way my two are going at the moment I can imagine DH & I will be swapping sick days for a while!
Thanks lovelies. On the phone to tech assist, such a great way to start.
Lol I'd only consider that a problem if you're still talking to them at 5. The first time I went back my computer wouldn't let me log on and my phone had to be sent to the tech gurus in Adelaide. I spent the day on the phone switching between my manager's assistant and tech assist. Took a week to get everything working properly!
Fabulous effort Teeki!!!! :) Hope I can get sorted a bit quicker than that ;)
25 mins and counting. They've bounced me from tech assist to people assist now back to tech.
People returning from extended leave isn't a huge thing is it??
And of course I can't use my desk phone as I can't log in to it so I'm tying up someone else's phone. Fortunately he's in a meeting... For now.
And I've only had one coffee. :wall:
From what I gather, returning from extended leave isn't as common as you'd think, they're better at setting up someone brand new than someone coming back. Hope you get it all fixed soon!
It's basically like I'm new again. Except my LM didn't know that and hasn't requested a LAN ID. So, no access. Hmm. Going to make working from home later in the week a bit difficult.
So, I'm home. Survived. It was crap.
I didn't have my access sorted so I did nothing all day. Might sound good but it just sucked. I was so bored. All I could think of was the three pieces of me that I left at home. I didn't know where they were or what they were doing and i got a bit upset. I've not felt like that at work before.
I need to get onto a good project, with some good people, or this is going to be terrible. Unlike the other two times when I've been back to work, I don't have a finite end date so I'm think I'm going to struggle.
DH asked how did I go? Was it good? I said no it was awful. He looked a bit shocked. "Didn't you enjoy any of it?" So I told him I enjoyed the train trip in and out and my lunch break. Not too much of an exaggeration. Sigh.
There is nothing worse than boredom OP, and is bound to leave you with too much time to think about home.
Can you think of an end date? E.g. we want to travel round Oz at somepoint for a year, so although I don't know when that is going to be - I have that idea as something to look forward to, not just thinking about a lot of working years ahead of me.
I think it takes 4 weeks to really get into things in all new jobs (or returns) - I had to have today off due to bad ankle and having to get it x-rayed - so I have only worked 8 days so far - and I know I don't feel settled yet - although I am enjoying it.
Do you know when you are likely to get onto a project? I also sympathies there as in your line of work (similar to what I have done in the past) the time between projects can be made to feel like 'wasted' time (even though in reality it isn't) and when you don't feel any value in what you are doing then it is hardest to reconcile with being at work as you know you are adding 'value' at home.
Oh dear ...
Yes, on my first day, there was nothing ready ... no desk set up, no computer ... by mid morning I had a file and a secretary and a dictaphone, by the end of the day I had a phone and a computer!
I hope tomorrow is better :D
Are you doing Mon Tues Wed?
Wysiwyg you have a point, it can definitely take time to settle in. How's the ankle by the way?
I was just so frustrated - I literally couldn't do anything. Couldn't even use the phone. And my line manager wasn't there half the day, so I couldn't even ask him for stuff to read.
The potential project is the other issue. It's based up the other end of the city, top of Collins, which is good, but its in Tech operations, which is not where my strengths lie. I am not excited about it, at all. I could start there as soon as I have my access sorted.
So the people need to be wonderful and nice and engaging or I am going to struggle even more.
Edit: P, I should normally be working Thu Fri in the office, Mon Tue from home, as two half days. But I needed to go into the office to get my access sorted before I can work remotely.
I missed those last couple, sorry.
I'm so sorry you've had such a crap day. It must really hurt, physically hurt getting back into full time work if it's not where you actually want to be, or who you want to be with.
I'm sure it will get better. I hope whatever your favourite parts of your work you loved the best are what fill your days from here on, and that the working from home goes super well too.
Big fat hugs, love
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Thanks. I'm sure it will get better. It has to!!! Nice to be able to vent it all out though.
I'll go back tomorrow and chat with my manager and get some stuff to read.
And I surely will get access. Somehow.
Ah, sucks doesn't it OP - You just want to get into it (cos lets be honest its a nice distraction rather than worrying about how the LO are faring)
It took me a good couple of weeks to settle in this time, and knowing I'd had my last bubba and had no more extended leave planned made it harder. It does get easier though babe. Hope the following few work days are more productive.
Hope you also got some awesome cuddles after work
That sucks OP, hope they get you all set up soon so you can get into.it.
Im on night duty this roster... they gave me 4 in a row, which because of my commute im stay in the quarters for it. But that means im going to be away from Spock for 3 days =( im freaking out...
No access still. Ah well. Manager said something about "we will do that on Thursday" and I said "ah I can't get in on Thursday, I don't have care for my kids". So it looks like I'll have a day off, of sorts, as I don't have access, let alone remote access to work from home.
At least working from home (or not working from home as the case may be) I can get stuff done and spend time with the kids, unlike right now.
Anyway.
TT, that sounds tough. Any chance you can swap or request a different shift or something?
OP - that really sucks! It's bad enough when you need to be at work away from your kids when you actually have something to be doing at work, let alone just sitting around all day!
TT - I feel for you, 3 days away would be really tough! How long is the commute?
I'm on the countdown to starting my new job, 5 work days left to go here, I start my new job on the 1st July! Starting to get really nervous about it all now, hope I'm not making a bad decision, but the flexibility this new place is offering I will find no where else.
That sucks OP, and is what most annoys me about employers and part time, the main reason they are not so keen often is because they can't be bothered to get organised and think they can just do whenever, all it takes is a little more planning, but they expect all the flexibility to come from you.
Access in big companies is often shocking, my last contract was a big consultancy and it took them 5 weeks to get me my own laptop, and when there was an email issue a week to resolve it!! Yet when things don't happen they always mention the part-time aspect never the fact their processes and response times are shocking.
OP that's very crappy! Such a waste of your time being there, at least if you're at work with plenty to do it goes quickly and you have less time to think of home. Big big hugs to get through today, not too much longer til you can go home and cuddle your kiddies.
TT that sounds pretty awful! Is there any way you can swap with someone? Big hugs to you too.
Jaycee your new job sounds great, I'm sure you'll smash it! Hope your last days where you are go quickly :)
Wysiwyg I get what you mean about flexibility and access. I used to work Fridays at home and it was easily my worst work day. We can't just hook up any printer to the laptop, it won't let you install it. I don't have a fax and won't buy one plus pay for a phone line just for one day's work. And then the mobile modem they gave me was so useless I used our home internet, but even that barely worked on the work computer - I once took 45 minutes to write and send an email because it had attachments. Anywho, all these issues were put down to me wanting to work from home, rather than trying to find a solution. So now I won't bother working from home again.
So I got access finally, then logged in and got all these errors. Couldn't start email program, plus an annoying error that kept popping up and wouldn't go away. Back on the phone. Laptop needs to be rebuilt and will be done in the next "2-3 business days"!!!!!!
I literally feel like doing this :wall: :wall: :wall:
Aaaah I do have a fracture in my ankle, I thought was all fine but went to docs to get DD ear check and expecting report to say no issues and I have a fracture through the calcaneum!! So a camwalker fitted tomorrow after work, I have to go in, have only just started my contract is only three months so need to do something. It doesn't hurt - so no point staying home. They said 4-6 weeks in the camwalker - it had better be 4 we are off on holiday in 4.5 - surely the fact I am in no pain will mean I am a quick healer?? We have spent more on medical expenses in past two weeks than all year if you don't count hearing aids and is worst timing as haven't had any pay since beginning of May.
Oh wysiwyg that's no good :( Fx it heals quickly. Is work being understanding?
Yes work are understanding, but I only get paid for the hours I work, so I can't afford to not work full hours and because is so early in contract that is so short is just awkward.
Hope it heals quick for you wysiwyg :)
Well of the two jobs I have applied for, looks like I will get an interview for both. Touched base with the manager of my first preference role yesterday and somehow managed to tip my coffee into her tissue box. Great impression!! Anyway she was good about it and we had a laugh, good ice breaker I guess. I left a new box of tissues on her desk this morning hahaha She told me to prepare for interview so just waiting on when it is.
The other I have an interview for Friday Morning so have been preparing tonight (between trying to get children to sleep and having a massive fight with DH - sigh!!!!)
I plan to ace the interviews, pick which role I want and turn this crap storm aka my life around in the coming weeks! Wish me luck!
Lol at the coffee in the tissue box MN, definitely a funny ice-breaker! Good luck with both interviews, I'm sure you'll ace both and get to pick which you'd prefer :)
My first job - had to go to a two day assessment center - the first day I walked into the conference room went to sit down at my designated spot and it was a spinny chair as I went to sit on it - it span round and I ended up flat on my back on the floor - there was only the HR guy there no other candidates there thankfully - but it was still pretty embarrassing! I got the job though. I think it actually works in your favor something like that :-)
Jaycee ~ my commute is 110km. (Takes about 1hr 20mins) so too far to do it comfortably when on nights.
Its crazy to say im scared ****less... its going to be a struggle doing nights as it is, but to.be away from the family will.be worse.
Im also worried about bf...Spock still has 2-3 a day. I might go post in bf thread
110km - far out TT thats intense!
So job interview #1 went really well. I feel like I gave it everything and was well prepared etc. If I dont get it, it wont be from stuffing up the interview, it will be because someone else is the better candidate. Should hear early week if I have it. Job interview #2 is tuesday morning. Will be prepping again tomorrow night !!
Good luck for the interview today MN
TT40 - hope the night roster goes/has gone ok? Did you see my post in the BF thread.
Work is going ok, but I am so fed up with my foot/camwalker boot - it seems to be getting worse in a different area to before and is all hot - I wonder if is chilblains?? It feels like it did when I got it badly sunburnt once - might have to go to doctors tonight to get it checked out again - is over a week since I did it and the original swelling is all gone - but it was less painful last week than this week.
Interview is tomorrow now as interviewers daughter is sick, just as well as I'm home with DD today who is sick too
What a bugger with the foot, what's the remedy for chill blains?
Ok looks like I'm heading back in here :( applied for a pt job in my industry thinking it would already be filled and they called me for interview. I'm so scared I don't know I'm ready to go back yet :(
Good luck MN!
You poor thing Wysiwig, hope you have improvement ASAP.
TT40, how did it go?
And good luck BD, I can't see your ticker, how old is your little one? Is this when you were planning to go back? (Not that it makes it any easier!)
I still have 6 months or so of Mat leave to go, but I'm still hanging around on here, as I find it a good way of helping me prepare to go back, hope you gals don't mind!
She is 3.5 months. Wasn't planning in going back till 6 months but pt roles in my industry don't come oh often.
Doc wants me to have ultrasound to rule out clot and take AB's to make sure no infection - wasn't expecting that thought would just say chillblains or is normal. Ho hum more money down toilet on medical stuff and lost work hours, and my folding bike well and truly on hold.
BD - I tend to adopt a what will be will be attitude, if you are meant to be working part time you will get the job, if not you won't, I would reassess if you are ready once have been for interview, good part time jobs can be hard to get so I would see how it seems at the interview, you might go and it not be for you at all.
How did the interview go yesterday MN?
Pretty good, I feel the first one went better though. Yesterday was casual though so it was a bit of a change of pace. I got the meeting rooms mixed up and was a few minutes late - doh! The interview was changed and a new invite wasn't sent to me so when I looked up the room booking in our system I read the room and floor numbers around the wrong way.
I have a presentation to deliver tomorrow for the first one though. This is the final stage. I have something which I think is pretty awesome to present so I feel good. Should have outcomes of both sometime next week. Funnily after going through the interview processes my preference for the roles has changed.
Wow, lots to catch up on :)
MN isn't it interesting how something that seems one way on paper can seem totally different when it's presented another way? And a huge part of it for me is the people - the project I'm on sounds kind of crap but if the team are friendly, nice, will have a chat about weekend plans and other niceties, then it makes it all bearable.
All the best with the presentation - good that it's something you are excited about :)
Wysiwyg you just can't catch a break with this foot hey?? Really hoping its not a clot or something else complicated. You've got travel plans coming up don't you? Hope it isn't going to jeopardise anything??
TT, how did your time away from Spock go? Must have been rough :(
BD, sorry you're faced with this decision sooner than you'd have liked. Which industry are you in? I'm in the same boat in my industry (same industry that wysiwyg is in) - part time positions aren't that easy to come by. It sucks that we can't all do what we want to do... Decisions like this are difficult.
Sahbear of course not :) I was doing a bit of stalking and reading too, when I was working out what we were doing.
Afm, well after my crappy days last week, I had my two half days at home Thu/Fri, then started my normal working week, which will be two half days Mon/Tue at home, then in the office today and tomorrow. Except due to my technical fails, I was unable to actually work from home, so I basically carried on my life as normal. And then I got paid for it. :happydance:
Anyway, so that makes it better. The pay, I mean. And then I got in today and my computer had been fixed and I was actually able to start doing stuff. I've got a meeting tomorrow with my new project manager to discuss my role and hopefully start working on actual deliverables.
As I said above, I really hope the team is nice. You know, the kind of people who will actually say good morning when you arrive and ask what you've got planned for the weekend. I need that kind of social interaction otherwise I get really down at work and it'll just make it all unbearable. So, we will see.
Good luck with the presentation today MN.
Yes OP we are going up to Litchfield NP in NT mid to end of July camping with my folks, I will still be able to go, but might not be able to do as much walking as I might have. There aren't any clots, and I do think the antibiotics seem to be doing something - an infection with no wound is not normal though so that does have me slightly worried.
Hope your meeting with your PM goes well, and you score a good team.
Hi all.
OP I'm in insurance industry.
The interview was good. It was advertised as 3 half days but I told him on the phone a week earlier that I was chasing full days or wasn't worth it. At the interview he offered me 2 full days to start with which suits me fine. He Said the job was mine. Just waiting on a call this week to tell me what the money will be then I will make a decision. Seems like a great family orientated business so could work well.
Now to battle the 'do I try and express for daycare or do I just send formula and bf the rest of the week' condundrum.
Also not sure if I should do 2 days straight or work tues and thurs.
What do you all do/think?
I would work Tues Thurs, I do Mon, Wed, Thur and Wed my least fav day because is only day where I have work again the next day. I think if you are not planning on expressing then I think having the gap day would probably work better supply wise - if expressing then I don't think makes too much difference.:
Also if there is any sickness issues - is easier if you have a day between because more of a chance will be well again by time is next work day IYKWIM.
Yes good point wysiwyg