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The workday went okay at home. No computer problems. Yay.
I do need to learn how to communicate with my coworkers when I am remote. They are not used to dealing with someone remote so when I ask questions they hesitate to respond. I think it's because English isn't their first language so they don't like to put anything in writing. Maybe I ( Read more... )
There are monthly reports that the bookkeeper is supposed to do...That's me. The reports are all spread sheets and you pull the data to enter from many many statements and reports. I have a set of crappy notes that the boss paid someone $500 to write, but they are are just scraps of info...like what you would write down just as a footnote...not training a newbie. Ian example is a tax report where I go to 7 different monthly statements to pull data, but I can't figure out what statement provides what detail because there are 12 of them and each is 15 pages long so I spend time hunting for things instead of being told what goes where. The boss has flown through some of the reports when she is in but wants to go FAST because she wants to leave...so she is not teaching me anything and does not know how to answer any questions. She also listens to music and sings during this "training" Tomorrow she is back from another vacation ... she has had 5 vacations since February... I want her to sit at my desk and I will pull up reports and she should just talk and tell me... I do not want her typing and just filling in things. She is only in the office once a week so I want her to use Zoom so we can talk 3 times a week when she works from home. I need structure here. Once get understand each report I can pretty much do everything from my house except cut checks... and I don't even know why we still pay bills with checks.
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tell them the info is incomplete and it forces you to guess and play detective
when it could be much simpler if they just were more specific
ask them where and how to find the connections,
what do i know. i'm no accountant.
yes, they need to show you where things are, so you're not left guessing
checks are antiques, some people are still attached to them
for sentimental reasons. they make you feel like you still have control
over the liquid money system
that said, they are evidence that the exchange was a physical transaction
i still want to talk to a bank clerk when i do banking
at least there's somebody else to blame ))
i don't trust computer systems
i'm old school, i guess
instead of crappy notes
you could request they be works of art ))
that would fix 'em
cheers
; )
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