Category: Work

Tuesday 12 September 2006 | Work | Comments (10)

Every year we have an employee survey which just about everyone is encouraged to complete. It measures the working environment, your line management, business management and the entire organisation. It give the management a feel for what the employees are feeling about the company. I'm just filling in this years...

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Thursday 3 August 2006 | Internet : Moans : Work | Comments (2)

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Tuesday 20 June 2006 | Internet : Work : e-learning | Comments (0)

It's interesting that I've been thinking of this topic for some time and realised that it will never properly work in the wide open World of the Internet, for there is no social self-control for people, they can shout, abuse others, scream like a child, and do all the socially...

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Thursday 24 November 2005 | Work | Comments (5)

...but it probably won't because of outdated and ageing IT Management. However, if they thought about what they could do for a moment and decided to do some good in the world, they could have every spare computer running a distributed application which, when your computer is idle, begins calculating...

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Tuesday 20 September 2005 | Work | Comments (3)

I thought that the party on Wednesday night was impressive. Having Mark Webber race the BMW-Williams Formula 1 car around the building was amazing to say the least. Then there was the Queen and the Duke, music, entertainers, loads of food and plenty drink, it was a spectacular night. Just...

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Wednesday 14 September 2005 | Work | Comments (7)

Working where I do is indeed a privileged thing. It's probably no surprise to people who read this site where I work, but I still shall not mention it. Suffice to say it's one of the top five in the world when compared to its competitors, and having just built...

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Thursday 21 July 2005 | Work | Comments (1)

Now I would say that the company I work for is really good to its employees, really it is. It's also in the top five of its class in the World, so it's big and these two points are usually in contention, yet the company really do try and focus...

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Thursday 21 April 2005 | Work | Comments (8)

I'm at a loss in my career. I don't know what to do. I'm stuck, stale and looking for something new to do but I think the direction I've ended up taking has locked me in a path and I'm not so sure I want to be there anymore....

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Friday 17 December 2004 | Work | Comments (0)

It's been a fruitful week at work. Finally the e-learning Supplier Panel has been chosen and announced, and it took more red tape than you'd see in Santa's buracracy department at Xmas time. I've never been involved in a process that has had so much political, red tape or ego...

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Monday 22 November 2004 | Work | Comments (0)

That's just the way it isWork colleagueThat's what one of my work colleagues said to me on my first day back since having two weeks off. Now people might hear that all the time, but in an organisation that prides itself on empowering its employees and in a team where...

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Wednesday 22 September 2004 | Work | Comments (3)

I'm hacked off at work. Severely. I mean I'm sitting here having to work on this huge Standards document, and I really don't have the drive to get it done just now. Why? Well it's one of those days and it's being one of those months. Generally it's the inaction...

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