Tag: work
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Performance improvement plan
I was greeted this morning for my 1-on-1 with Matt buy being presented with a 90-day performance improvement plan. Considering that I was already questioning if I was in the right line of work and the complete lack of trust that I have in Matt, my immediate thought was that I should plan to have…
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Expanded quarantine
News came this afternoon that the schools will be closed at least until the beginning of May. That will be six full weeks of online school. Hopefully Savannah will get a few weeks back in school with friends but with another five weeks together as a family we might be able to enact some much…
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Social distancing
Yesterday WTW determined that the infrastructure teams should work from home full time until further notice in order to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus. Today President Trump declared a national emergency for this pandemic and then later in the afternoon the governor ordered that all K-12 schools close for at least two weeks. The…
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Mounting frustrations
In the midst of a glimmer of good news Moroni is thrown back to reality with another unexpected setback as the city of Nephihah falls to the Lamanites. I know that feeling of taking hit after hit and how it hurts more when coming in the heels of finish feeling like something was starting to…
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Drastic measures
A day that started with a terrible idea ended with one that was outlandish enough that it might work. This morning before I left for work Laura again suggested that we should divide the family into two households. I’m not certain if she intended for divorce or simply a separation. She imagined that two smaller…
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Changes abound
When I got to work today I learned almost immediately that Sean Ellicott is taking a different position which means if may decided to blame anything on PMs I’ll be his scapegoat. I also heard that Jared Tritch is being demoted. Just more turmoil and the possibility of losing another good engineer. With almost everyone…
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Paid vacation
I concluded today that anyone who employs me should pay me to take a short vacation every 3 to 6 months based on my productivity today. In my excitement for this trip I had ample energy to deal with everything that came my way and to reach out and proactively do things that wouldn’t even…
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Cleaning and movies
We are trying a new tradition of cleaning the whole house every evening followed by a movie before bed. This is the second night so we still have links to work out but it is hopefully a way to encourage daily work and consistent tidiness while drawing the kids toward the family.
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Momentum
I’ve had two very energizing days at work but I realize that it will take focus to keep that energy up and ensure that it brings tangible results. Here at home there is a new feeling as the girls can start to focus on important but pedestrian things like homework and housework.