Learning

Learning, always learning.

Today I learnt some more about:

• confusing people - tell your report to do something they have been specifically told to wait on by a stakeholder
• demotivating people - threaten them with furloughs and even instant dismissal if they don't do new and really complicated things even though they have a lot to do anyway
  
• stressing people - get the person whom you told to do something (that they have been told not to do) to do something else at the last minute, then to go back to what they are doing, all this without allowing overtime
• defocusing people - when your programme is going badly, and you have an immoveable dropdead date with massive corporate risk, get all the people who can get you out of the hole to do timesheets and create detailed, practically fictional plans running over 18 months.

Am not impressed with this disorganisation.

Taleo

... or to give them their proper name "fucking Taleo" (I heard this from someone else).

I am rather hoping that if anyone ever manages to complete a Taleo based application they automatically get the job.

Today I actually managed this and am now smugly sitting back waiting for the offer.

That sinking feeling

Apart from the furlough and then the massive descope my boss is acting like he is a bit stressed.

Which is reasonable but not pleasant.

I talked to another colleague about it and he agreed.

I want out.

Descope

The programme on which I work likes to descope things. Big things.

Originally I was working on five big things.

This was descoped to two big things.

And today it was reduced to one big thing.

Mind you it is big thing I am working on right now but it is not boding well.

re.vu

Via Lifehacker I found the site re.vu.

I even created an account so that it gave me an easy to spell URL with my initials along the lines of re.vu/easytospellurl rather than use my full name which would look like re.vu/difficulttospellurl.

Not sure how useful it will be though. Some Lifehacker commenters mentioned that most recruiters prefer c.v.s in Word so they can put it into the databases.

Udate the blog, must update the blog

Today I found and applied for a permanent job in Munich.

Found on Toytown.

Networking

Yesterday one of my contacts on Xing.com, whom I only met a couple of times, sent me a message asking if I was available for work.

I replied positively.

This afternoon an agency contacted me as a result - he had relayed my details to him.

Unfurloughed

Since Monday I have been back at work.

Let's see how I did during the furlough:

1. Fix girlfriend's hard disk which suffered a major crash. - Had to be repaired by someone who knew what they are doing. Anyway, she now has a Macbook Pro. Am envious,
   
2. Look for jobs. - Looked, applied, was contacted by at least one agency and today had an interview as a result.
   
3. Improve German (I am supposed to be almost fluent, not almost incoherent) - Have done a little bit more than before
   
4. Run during the day, I'm already at 8km, heck maybe even go swimming - Now up to 10Km although no controlled drowning swimming.
   
5. Update this blog - whaddya think you are reading?
   
6. Do some private appointments (dentist etc) - done
   
7. Learn some new recipes - well, read some new recipes
   
8. Meet up for lunch with friends (like sushi on Thursday) - raw fish was eaten.