Too Many Variables, Questions Abound
I should be doing work right now, but what else is new, right?
Things have been very busy and I haven't been as productive as I should be in my job. I am not great at the details. I am not spectacular in follow-up mode either. There are things that have been on my plate since oh, January, and still aren't done. But we are soldiering along. It has been a really tough road, between trying to make sure the details of the wedding are moving, as well as trying to at least do the necessary work to keep work moving as well.
As I mentioned in my last post, there is an employee who decided she no longer could/would work with me. This has been disheartening to say the least. On the same token, I am finding that there are a good number of people in the office that are NOT sad to see her go. The worst part in my mind is that we don't really have a replacement for her and my father is going to have to come back to work. He is of an age where he should be enjoying life and retirement, but he won't let the business fall apart. He will be coming to work for May and probably much of the summer, possibly into the fall months. I hope not, for his sake. He thinks that it will be tiring and I agree, but there is not much I can do other than hopefully schedule both staff and his day in such a way that it won't be too overwhelming.
That said, I am thrilled to say that we are getting new help in the summer. This is especially exciting in the fact that we haven't had a new key employee (except for me) in over 4 years. Whether it is the economy driving people to our business or just the stars aligning, I don't even care. I just hope that we can sustain the salaries and keep our clients happy.
In Casper news, he's been jobless for over almost a month now and seems to vary between total freak out mode and devil may care mode. It's very strange for me, because I don't really react to joblessness in either way. He's very nervous about his financial situation, but I think he also feels that in this job market, there's very little more that he could be doing other than sending out a resume here and there and hoping for an interview. He had a very important interview yesterday, but I couldn't read him as to if he felt he aced it or not. I think he may be losing some confidence too. Every day, you hear some version of the same story - US unemployment rates, stock market downturn, blahblahblah. There's so many problems and so many people involved that it's almost unimaginable to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.
That's all my thoughts for the time being - Talk to you again soon, LJers -KP Out.
Things have been very busy and I haven't been as productive as I should be in my job. I am not great at the details. I am not spectacular in follow-up mode either. There are things that have been on my plate since oh, January, and still aren't done. But we are soldiering along. It has been a really tough road, between trying to make sure the details of the wedding are moving, as well as trying to at least do the necessary work to keep work moving as well.
As I mentioned in my last post, there is an employee who decided she no longer could/would work with me. This has been disheartening to say the least. On the same token, I am finding that there are a good number of people in the office that are NOT sad to see her go. The worst part in my mind is that we don't really have a replacement for her and my father is going to have to come back to work. He is of an age where he should be enjoying life and retirement, but he won't let the business fall apart. He will be coming to work for May and probably much of the summer, possibly into the fall months. I hope not, for his sake. He thinks that it will be tiring and I agree, but there is not much I can do other than hopefully schedule both staff and his day in such a way that it won't be too overwhelming.
That said, I am thrilled to say that we are getting new help in the summer. This is especially exciting in the fact that we haven't had a new key employee (except for me) in over 4 years. Whether it is the economy driving people to our business or just the stars aligning, I don't even care. I just hope that we can sustain the salaries and keep our clients happy.
In Casper news, he's been jobless for over almost a month now and seems to vary between total freak out mode and devil may care mode. It's very strange for me, because I don't really react to joblessness in either way. He's very nervous about his financial situation, but I think he also feels that in this job market, there's very little more that he could be doing other than sending out a resume here and there and hoping for an interview. He had a very important interview yesterday, but I couldn't read him as to if he felt he aced it or not. I think he may be losing some confidence too. Every day, you hear some version of the same story - US unemployment rates, stock market downturn, blahblahblah. There's so many problems and so many people involved that it's almost unimaginable to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.
That's all my thoughts for the time being - Talk to you again soon, LJers -KP Out.