Category: Work
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New Adventures in Cubeland
I just started a new job. This is for the same company, just on a new project (my fifth SAP implementation…), and meant another office move. Up to now, every change of project has meant a change of continent (Belgium > Singapore > U.S.A > Belgium > U.S.A) so I was relieved this time to only move to a new building on the same ‘campus’ (as they like to call it, to make you feel like you’re back in college). But what a difference. This new location is more of a change than any of the previous moves. I was previously… Read more
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Dress Code: Indifference
When I left Europe last year, as part of my move-induced personal property purge, I threw out seven or eight suits that had seen better days. A couple of these had worn out years previously, I just couldn’t bear to part with them (hey, these were all Paul Smith, and I was very attached to them). But the others all seemed to wear out around the same time (regardless of how long I’d had them for), and all in the same place (the arse). It took me a while to figure this out, but I think it was caused by… Read more
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Workplace efficiency plumbs new depths
I wouldn’t exactly say I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but I do like routine. I like to get to work at roughly the same time (give or take a couple of minutes) every day, and leave at the same time. I listen to the same radio station in the car, write with the same pen at work, and I like to have my breakfast, dinner, and tea at the same time, every day. One of the side-effects of this is that my – ahem – scatological requirements are also pretty regular. That’s pretty regular. Not dead-on-the-same-time regular. Which is why… Read more