Well, after talking to the store trainer (and agony aunt) its turns out that the manager in question is a misanthrope who is in the process of driving four of his colleagues out of the business. His curmudgeonly phases aren't him being a bit off, they are actually his true character showing ( Read more... )

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Well, I've just lived up to my new boss's distrust of my capabilities. The one thing that wasn't on the 'Urgent To Do' list that she left me yesterday I didn't do! I forgot to bag up the colleague feedback forms and leave them at the kiosk. If the courier has been, we could get a score of zero, which would make my life not worth living ( Read more... )

A months worth of whinges behind the cut...

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Well, I'm not finished in the lab yet, but there's hope for next week.

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Well, I've had the interview. It seemed to go well, but I don't know if that was 'cos it was fairly relaxed. I've never had a formal interview before, so bits of it were a bit intimidating, even though it was chilled ( Read more... )

First official rejection letter, must get those other CV's sent off.

And, if all follows the little timetable I worked out this afternoon, I should actually be finished by next wednesday ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of becoming an accountant/financial services bod, and I thought it may be easier to understand what they do/what it is like from talking to a person rather than reading webpages. So, if anyone knows a person of that persuasion that would be willing to have a chat with me, please let me know :o)

Only 16 working day left in the lab! I have to get 3 sets of analyses on 6 sets of results, and anything after that is a bonus. If I pull my socks up I may be finishing in a fortnight ( Read more... )