Friday, April 23, 2010
We loose another developer today.
While all the retained team go off and have sandwiches and coffee (!) with accenture; myself, one of the contractors and our soon to be gone developer went to the pub.
As you can imagine, the conversation was not a pleasant one about the current situation and ranged from deluded death threats to the person who instigated this whole process and sorry for the poor chumps left running the systems. The only conclusion that we have is that in future employment, it doesn’t matter if you are helpful or go the extra mile, because that doesn’t count with either ITV or Accenture. I know the staff they’ve left behind and I think they’re going to have a ‘challenging’ time ahead.
On an evermore depressing note, the neighbour has put forward objections to the extension. This has send LSW into a depression. I’m trying to keep her sprits up by pointing out alternatives but when she gets her head like this, it’s too much effort to get her out of it.
The business has stalled for the moment, as I await all the bureaucracy to catch up. OVI, will not allow me to sign on as a developer until I have a VAT Number. The VAT Number will take a month (!) to process but for that I still waiting on my Business Bank Account. It’s very frustrating. I was under the impression that everything was going to be ready for yesterday but not much luck their.
It’s the Wee Man’s 3rd Birthday this weekend but this weekend we’ve also got Little Miss’ Ballet Show. So we’ve officially moved the Wee Man’s Birthday back a day. The grand parents are really looking forward to Little Miss’s stage time, but she’s got three shows to do. I hope she’s not exhausted by the end of it.
At Least it keeps LSW’s mind off the Extensions and mine of the Job Situation.
As you can imagine, the conversation was not a pleasant one about the current situation and ranged from deluded death threats to the person who instigated this whole process and sorry for the poor chumps left running the systems. The only conclusion that we have is that in future employment, it doesn’t matter if you are helpful or go the extra mile, because that doesn’t count with either ITV or Accenture. I know the staff they’ve left behind and I think they’re going to have a ‘challenging’ time ahead.
On an evermore depressing note, the neighbour has put forward objections to the extension. This has send LSW into a depression. I’m trying to keep her sprits up by pointing out alternatives but when she gets her head like this, it’s too much effort to get her out of it.
The business has stalled for the moment, as I await all the bureaucracy to catch up. OVI, will not allow me to sign on as a developer until I have a VAT Number. The VAT Number will take a month (!) to process but for that I still waiting on my Business Bank Account. It’s very frustrating. I was under the impression that everything was going to be ready for yesterday but not much luck their.
It’s the Wee Man’s 3rd Birthday this weekend but this weekend we’ve also got Little Miss’ Ballet Show. So we’ve officially moved the Wee Man’s Birthday back a day. The grand parents are really looking forward to Little Miss’s stage time, but she’s got three shows to do. I hope she’s not exhausted by the end of it.
At Least it keeps LSW’s mind off the Extensions and mine of the Job Situation.
