I work for one company but I have two offices, so I report to 2 CEOs. Yesterday, one of my bosses announced to us that he has been promoted and will be leaving us sometime next month. I'm thrilled for him, it's an exciting opportunity and he'll be great in his new role, but I'm sad because we are losing a great leader.
There's always that anxiety over who will be next. Will the new person be calm and cool and bring good energy to the building or will they be hyper and easily agitated and set us into a panic?
We shall see...
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Flowers
File Under: Things received at work
This morning when I showed up at Lakeshore, there was an email from our AA at Central telling me that I have received a bouquet of flowers. She put them in my office. She said "how does this happen? I never receive flowers!"
More later, when I know who they are from.
**Update - 12:35 pm**
The flowers were sent by the nurse at Lakeshore who hit my car on Monday. We had a minor meeting of the vehicles in the parking lot as we were leaving work. She backed into me. She literally left one scuff, about an inch long, on my right-front bumper. It will buff out if I even cared. She felt horrible about it when it happened and even the next day she came in to ask if she should call her insurance company. I told her it wasn't necessary. So, she sent flowers. They're GORGEOUS. I'll post a picture later.
I had a hunch they were from her, but you never know.
**Update - 4:50 pm**
Here's a picture of the arrangement:
This morning when I showed up at Lakeshore, there was an email from our AA at Central telling me that I have received a bouquet of flowers. She put them in my office. She said "how does this happen? I never receive flowers!"
More later, when I know who they are from.
**Update - 12:35 pm**
The flowers were sent by the nurse at Lakeshore who hit my car on Monday. We had a minor meeting of the vehicles in the parking lot as we were leaving work. She backed into me. She literally left one scuff, about an inch long, on my right-front bumper. It will buff out if I even cared. She felt horrible about it when it happened and even the next day she came in to ask if she should call her insurance company. I told her it wasn't necessary. So, she sent flowers. They're GORGEOUS. I'll post a picture later.
I had a hunch they were from her, but you never know.
**Update - 4:50 pm**
Here's a picture of the arrangement:
Friday, December 19, 2008
At Work - Part 2
File Under - "Lakeshore"
This is office # 2 at a location we call Lakeshore. It's a block from Lake Michigan. If it weren't for the buildings across the street, we would actually have a view of the lake. But we don't.
My office is much smaller than my "Central" office but very charming. Within a week of moving in, I decorated it. I refer to it as "Paris" since the artwork is all pictures recycled from a calendar with vintage Paris photographs.
Every year for Christmas, the facility holds an office decorating contest. This year I have entered the contest.
To you, I present "Lakeshore!"
My little tree. Does it remind you of the tree at Central? It should, it's the same tree. All of the ornaments are red, green and silver this year.
Standing behind my desk, this is the view - my HR and Payroll filing cabinets. Exciting, huh?
My funky monkey ornament. I bought it last night. He's sitting on top of my lamp. My autographed Belinda Carlisle poster is looking down at monkey.
Again with the pictures. Below the photos is a charming row of penguins that I got for next to nothing at the end of the last Christma season.
Looking towards my desk. The garland on the wall is one I'm really proud of this year. I think it really stands out. The random red balls that you see are suspended from ribbons hanging from the ceiling.
The cabinet with the pictures and penguins and my plants. On the front of the cabinet are my Travelocity "Roaming Gnome" magnets, a gift from Dan.
Just another picture from in front of my desk.
A better look at the garland and my dangling balls. LOL - Okay I didn't need to post another picture but if I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to mention my dangling balls.
I am in a windowless office. At one point, there was an empty offce in Administration and it has a big picture window. I jokingly asked if I could have it and I was being considered for it but instead our Controller got it. Right now I'm glad it's not my office.
Today it was a cold and snowy day in Chicago.
View, looking north:
And looking south: :-(
Thanks for visiting my offices with me. Hope you enjoyed the tour. Please watch your step. :)
This is office # 2 at a location we call Lakeshore. It's a block from Lake Michigan. If it weren't for the buildings across the street, we would actually have a view of the lake. But we don't.
My office is much smaller than my "Central" office but very charming. Within a week of moving in, I decorated it. I refer to it as "Paris" since the artwork is all pictures recycled from a calendar with vintage Paris photographs.
Every year for Christmas, the facility holds an office decorating contest. This year I have entered the contest.
To you, I present "Lakeshore!"
My little tree. Does it remind you of the tree at Central? It should, it's the same tree. All of the ornaments are red, green and silver this year.
Standing behind my desk, this is the view - my HR and Payroll filing cabinets. Exciting, huh?
My funky monkey ornament. I bought it last night. He's sitting on top of my lamp. My autographed Belinda Carlisle poster is looking down at monkey.
Again with the pictures. Below the photos is a charming row of penguins that I got for next to nothing at the end of the last Christma season.
Looking towards my desk. The garland on the wall is one I'm really proud of this year. I think it really stands out. The random red balls that you see are suspended from ribbons hanging from the ceiling.
The cabinet with the pictures and penguins and my plants. On the front of the cabinet are my Travelocity "Roaming Gnome" magnets, a gift from Dan.
Just another picture from in front of my desk.
A better look at the garland and my dangling balls. LOL - Okay I didn't need to post another picture but if I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to mention my dangling balls.
I am in a windowless office. At one point, there was an empty offce in Administration and it has a big picture window. I jokingly asked if I could have it and I was being considered for it but instead our Controller got it. Right now I'm glad it's not my office.
Today it was a cold and snowy day in Chicago.
View, looking north:
And looking south: :-(
Thanks for visiting my offices with me. Hope you enjoyed the tour. Please watch your step. :)
At Work - Part 1
File Under - "Central"
I believe I've mentioned here before that I work out of two offices. I'm a Human Resources/Payroll and Benefits Coordinator for a national hospital chain with four facilities in Chicago. We're one of a few "cluster markets." Because of our size, they've consolidated some positions, mine being one of them. Instead of just doing Payroll and Benefits for one facility as occurs in some markets, I was first given the additional responsibility of HR for one building, and then a termination caused them to rethink the structure and decided to let me be the guinea pig and try out doing what I do for two buildings. Three years later, I guess it worked.
With that said, I thought I would share with you my offices. This would be my office at "Central."
My little tree. Lots of balls on it. No real theme this year, just very colorful.
The view from across my desk. My bulletin board is 80 percent pictures of friends and 20 percent work. Every year I put a garland around it for Christmas. My desk is a mess.
Close-up of the bulletin board. So many friends on there, along with places I've traveled. Oh, and a payroll calendar.
The view from one of my doors. My office has two doors. The one that you see closed opens out into the lobby. I keep that door closed at all times. The door way that I'm standing is in the corridor that is the Adminstrative suite.
The view at my desk, the direction I'm usually facing since I'm at my computer 95 percent of the time.
Next up, my office at "Lakeshore"
I believe I've mentioned here before that I work out of two offices. I'm a Human Resources/Payroll and Benefits Coordinator for a national hospital chain with four facilities in Chicago. We're one of a few "cluster markets." Because of our size, they've consolidated some positions, mine being one of them. Instead of just doing Payroll and Benefits for one facility as occurs in some markets, I was first given the additional responsibility of HR for one building, and then a termination caused them to rethink the structure and decided to let me be the guinea pig and try out doing what I do for two buildings. Three years later, I guess it worked.
With that said, I thought I would share with you my offices. This would be my office at "Central."
My little tree. Lots of balls on it. No real theme this year, just very colorful.
The view from across my desk. My bulletin board is 80 percent pictures of friends and 20 percent work. Every year I put a garland around it for Christmas. My desk is a mess.
Close-up of the bulletin board. So many friends on there, along with places I've traveled. Oh, and a payroll calendar.
The view from one of my doors. My office has two doors. The one that you see closed opens out into the lobby. I keep that door closed at all times. The door way that I'm standing is in the corridor that is the Adminstrative suite.
The view at my desk, the direction I'm usually facing since I'm at my computer 95 percent of the time.
Next up, my office at "Lakeshore"
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Work
File under: Show me the money
For the past two evenings I had to go to work. I do Human Resources and our Affirmative Action plan year is ending and all of the data on our applicants needed to be logged into our tracking program. Normally the logs would be maintained throughout the year. That's now how I roll. I wait until the last two weeks and do a big blitz. Happily, one of my offices is about a 5 minute drive from home so after work each night, I came home, had dinner, then went back to the office to hammer out the data entry.
On the way to work last night, I drove past the new home of my friends Dan and Luis. I glanced over, saw the front door open and saw Luis standing in the foyer wearing only a pair of shorts (which at first glance appeared to be boxer shorts). I backed the car up and was going to yell at him to put some clothes on if he was going to do housework with the door wide open. I was waved in and ended up visiting for about a half hour. For the record, Luis was wearing athletic shorts. I was amazed and happy to see the house so put together considering they moved in 4 short days ago.
I left, went to work and did my thing. While at work, a gigantic thunderstorm rolled through Chicago, tumbling trees and power lines and tearing homes apart in the suburbs. City damage was pretty much limited to toppled trees and loss of electricity for some. By the time I left work last night it was just drizzling and there was some spectacular lightning.
Tonight was another evening at work, but the weather was much more pleasant. After work, I did a Starbucks run and walked around for a little while.
No more late evening at work this week. Can't wait for that paycheck. Yes, I get overtime!
For the past two evenings I had to go to work. I do Human Resources and our Affirmative Action plan year is ending and all of the data on our applicants needed to be logged into our tracking program. Normally the logs would be maintained throughout the year. That's now how I roll. I wait until the last two weeks and do a big blitz. Happily, one of my offices is about a 5 minute drive from home so after work each night, I came home, had dinner, then went back to the office to hammer out the data entry.
On the way to work last night, I drove past the new home of my friends Dan and Luis. I glanced over, saw the front door open and saw Luis standing in the foyer wearing only a pair of shorts (which at first glance appeared to be boxer shorts). I backed the car up and was going to yell at him to put some clothes on if he was going to do housework with the door wide open. I was waved in and ended up visiting for about a half hour. For the record, Luis was wearing athletic shorts. I was amazed and happy to see the house so put together considering they moved in 4 short days ago.
I left, went to work and did my thing. While at work, a gigantic thunderstorm rolled through Chicago, tumbling trees and power lines and tearing homes apart in the suburbs. City damage was pretty much limited to toppled trees and loss of electricity for some. By the time I left work last night it was just drizzling and there was some spectacular lightning.
Tonight was another evening at work, but the weather was much more pleasant. After work, I did a Starbucks run and walked around for a little while.
No more late evening at work this week. Can't wait for that paycheck. Yes, I get overtime!
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