work

Today I had a day from hell at work.
I have to admit that I didn't really wanted to start working this morning and have to admit that it didn't got any better. When the first tests started it became apparent that you cannot always delegate work. (The killing the person bit would never be outsourced, I would like to do it myself).
A lot of people are leaving the company this week and if feels weird. It is not like they go on holiday, they go on a permanent holiday. I'm sure that I will still see some people. Only a small percentage of the staff is moving to Sweden and the rest spread out over Europe.

Weird, weird, weird, ....

the fun starts

Yesterday I was dragged into a conference call to discuss my situation. I thought that I was insured in Sweden, but this is wishful thinking. Since I don't have a social security number, I'm a nobody in terms of insurance. Solution: I will fly to Sweden in order to get this arranged.

Yesterday somebody came round by the apartment to estimate how much we will be moving to Sweden. I still don't have a house and therefore couldn't reply if we needed storage or not. If they find me a place to live, then I don't. But on the other hand ........................
Oriflame will not pay for the transportation of the scooter, pfff. I have received the price quote yesterday and 145€ is not exagerated. And now I will have to find out how much it will cost me to put it into circulation in Sweden and what the cost of insurance will be.

The fun starts as you can see

My first week at Oriflame

Today is already my 5th working day at Oriflame. I don't have the feeling that I'm the lost son who found the path to heaven again.
The job content is completely different to what I had done before. I'm looking forward to the new challenge I have undertaken by joining again. I'm at the beginning of a new learning curve, which gives beautiful sparkles to the Oriflame dream. It surprised me that I know so little on the overall process. When you work in a department you only know the touch points with the other departments, but not really everything in dept. Next week I will have to learn all the ins and outs of the DRP process. I will have a continuous head ache. I’ll have to drink alcohol this weekend to free up space in my memory.
I had an SQL training yesterday in a very tiny, warm room. The projector and all the laptops added a few degrees to the average temperature of the room. By the end of the day my few brain cells were boiling and overloaded.
Luckily I still had a game of squash lined up. Danish dynamite made me run and at the end of the game I was completely exhausted. It made my head ache even worse, but what would men be without medication and a good night rest.
Today I'm feeling fine again and ready for some drinks at Place Lux tonight.
Tomorrow my parents are throwing a party for family and friends to celebrate their 60th birthday. I still cannot grasp the fact that they left the fifties behind them. I would like to age like they do. They have rented a venue and after a nice dinner we will be able to stretch our legs on the dance floor. We will have the make sure that we pick our favorite dancing shoes tomorrow evening.

My first day at Oriflame

4 months after closing the Oriflame door behind me, I opened the door again.

I started my day with an all day meeting. I thought I would have forgotten a lot, but some braincells picked up the topics of the day again.

I'm fully booked for the next 2 weeks. I will be working very closely with A. as of next week. A lot of vitamins will be required to completely understand the DRP. I have 3 months to grasp the whole process (which is almost impossible).

Organisation at Oriflame is a weak point at the moment. It's understandable since every week people leave and come. I already have a desk and a PC, the rest will follow.

I'm already on a Swedish contract, I need to look for the public holidays and hope that I will have November 1st off.

I was missing the positive stress in the past month. The feeling already came back during my first day.

Last working day

Friday was my last working day at J&J. I’m glad that this chapter of my life is closed. I called it a day around lunch time and drove together with I. to the apartment at the seaside.
When I looked into my hotmail I saw 2 messages from my new boss K. The first wishing me all the best for my first working day and the second with an overview of my calendar for the next two weeks. How professional!
It feels great and did give a boost to my self esteem knowing that I will be welcome again. I have the impression that I’m coming home although I will be leaving my secure network in Belgium by moving with them to Stockholm.
As promised by K. will I be working on the project that I wanted. With a bit off luck I will have to spent some time in Warsaw. I and myself will be able to visit P and G in their home town.Joining Oriflame gives me warm home coming feeling which I have never had at J&J. I was supposed to have a full agenda (completely overbooked), but ….

Another day at work

My motivation level was quite high this morning. I had a good night sleep and went to bed quite early. Unfortunately, it didn't last the whole day.

Tomorrow evening I'll have to give a badminton lesson. Weird, I'm not even a pro myself. I can hit the shuttle over the net most of the time and it end there.