This Business and Moment...

[Steeps]

Starting a business with a family member...yey or ney...that is the question.

Depends on the arrangements and what the plan is. I've worked with some family and it's been great, worked with others and I've been let down. If you're a forgive and forget relationship then by all means go for it but if there's a risk of gossip and grudges then I'd hold off.

 

[BF-Bert]

Starting a business with a family member...yey or ney...that is the question.

It very much depends what each brings to the company, if the skills they have compliment the business then no reason why it shouldn't work.

 

[Mark M]

Starting a business with a family member...yey or ney...that is the question.

100% no unless you have the final say on everything and even then I wouldnt do it personally! Never do business with friends and family unless its at total arms length!

 

[Dis86]

Ah you gents have just highlighted the conflict I have!

 

[Lopéz]

Got a heavy month coming up.

Week 1 - BAT (including the weekend)
Week 2 - Running end user training followed by smoke testing after deployment (assuming BAT is largely a pass - another weekend)
Week 3 - Being trained in Amsterdam (and staying the weekend again)
Week 4 - Running super user & administrator training (no weekend, yay!)
Week 5 - Engagement sessions with people from Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden

After that, who knows - might be based in Denmark, might be based in Portugal, might be based in Switzerland, or more likely a mixture of all 3 for the next 3 months.

 

[Phate]

Beers if you come to Lisbon

 

[Maccy]

Just had a job offer through from the place I thought I hadn't got! Turns out they had a change of heart and were having doubts with the guy they initially offered it too!

 

[Phate]

Congratulations

...assuming you're going to accept?

My first week started off a bit slow but the pace is on now and I'm feeling incredibly charged from the productivity. Feel like I'm on fire

I haven't felt like this about work in months!

 

[Maccy]

Yup I've accepted subject to the contract etc

Glad things are working out for you too mate

 

[Lopéz]

Beers if you come to Lisbon

We've got 2 sites in Lisbon - 1 at the airport, 1 near the sea, not far from the bridge I think, so I'll almost certainly be there for a couple of weeks over the coming few months.

 

[Phate]

We've got 2 sites in Lisbon - 1 at the airport, 1 near the sea, not far from the bridge I think, so I'll almost certainly be there for a couple of weeks over the coming few months.

Great, I'm always around for a beer. I work close to the airport, kind of.

 

[Phate]

Yup I've accepted subject to the contract etc

Glad things are working out for you too mate

Congratulations, when do you begin?

Thanks mate, it's genuinely a brilliant place to work.

 

[Maccy]

Congratulations, when do you begin?

Thanks mate, it's genuinely a brilliant place to work.

Depends when I hand my notice in, contract came through yesterday afternoon though, hopefully around 10th April.

 

[Phate]

So I survived the first week. Without going into much detail...the atmosphere is excellent. My team is fun and friendly. The energy and motivation in the place is absolutely buzzing.

The biggest difference I've noticed. At the airline I would be counting the minutes until 5pm/whenever I finish, I'd run out the door then get home and practically fall asleep on the sofa by 7pm where I was so mentally exhausted from "dealing" with all the crap.

Here, I work past hometime without realising then when I do leave, I have so much energy.

Amazing how much of a difference it is

 

[Rids]

Aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh.

If I make it through the day without either smashing something and storming out, or being fired for swearing its going to be a miracle.

I'm an accountant, due to some recent government legislation there is a lot of upheaval in the insurance industry and we are being forced to revisit a lot of the numbers we calculated for the Dec 2016 year end. Unfortunately our systems are not capable of making the changes we need, so its having to be done by hand in Excel, and involves co-ordinating actions for 4 various departments, with ultimate responsibility falling to me to ensure the figures are correct. None of the departments are being particularly helpful, in some cases due to lack of effort but mostly due to lack of ability.

Even once they have done their bits, I'm going to have to pull things together and the amount of manual adjustments and the complexity of these adjustments is mounting to a level where I'm at the very edge of my ability. There are just so many moving parts I need to keep track of, I've drawn out a map of interactions and it looks like the most complex spaghetti diagram you have ever seen. My boss, who is trying to be helpful keeps saying that I "just" need to do this, and "just" need to do that. If he says just one more time I just might snap.

At the moment I'm sitting here looking at it thinking that I don't even know where to begin, usually I'd look for a quick win, get a couple of things in line and others will start to fall into place, but there is nothing here that can be done quickly, they're all tasks taking at least half a day and it will be nearly impossible for me to prove the numbers out.

 

[blairw]

Admit it Phate, the main reason you are loving the new job so much is that I am only an IM away!

 

[Phate]

Admit it Phate, the main reason you are loving the new job so much is that I am only an IM away!

That goes under the "Perks of the job" column

 

[sports_brah]

Aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh.

If I make it through the day without either smashing something and storming out, or being fired for swearing its going to be a miracle.

I'm an accountant, due to some recent government legislation there is a lot of upheaval in the insurance industry and we are being forced to revisit a lot of the numbers we calculated for the Dec 2016 year end. Unfortunately our systems are not capable of making the changes we need, so its having to be done by hand in Excel, and involves co-ordinating actions for 4 various departments, with ultimate responsibility falling to me to ensure the figures are correct. None of the departments are being particularly helpful, in some cases due to lack of effort but mostly due to lack of ability.

Even once they have done their bits, I'm going to have to pull things together and the amount of manual adjustments and the complexity of these adjustments is mounting to a level where I'm at the very edge of my ability. There are just so many moving parts I need to keep track of, I've drawn out a map of interactions and it looks like the most complex spaghetti diagram you have ever seen. My boss, who is trying to be helpful keeps saying that I "just" need to do this, and "just" need to do that. If he says just one more time I just might snap.

At the moment I'm sitting here looking at it thinking that I don't even know where to begin, usually I'd look for a quick win, get a couple of things in line and others will start to fall into place, but there is nothing here that can be done quickly, they're all tasks taking at least half a day and it will be nearly impossible for me to prove the numbers out.

If this is a compliance measure, then surely this shouldn't be down to you, or if you do have to do the end work, surely it should be documented? Sounds like a potential disaster for both you and the company...

Flag it up, have a meeting to discuss the potential risks to the business and then work with senior management to get a framework in place to resolve and which can be tested out. Means that you can stand behind the work done, the business is covered with due dil, and you get some good exposure when you deliver....

 

[OspreyO]

Aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh.

If I make it through the day without either smashing something and storming out, or being fired for swearing its going to be a miracle.

I'm an accountant, due to some recent government legislation there is a lot of upheaval in the insurance industry and we are being forced to revisit a lot of the numbers we calculated for the Dec 2016 year end. Unfortunately our systems are not capable of making the changes we need, so its having to be done by hand in Excel, and involves co-ordinating actions for 4 various departments, with ultimate responsibility falling to me to ensure the figures are correct. None of the departments are being particularly helpful, in some cases due to lack of effort but mostly due to lack of ability.

Even once they have done their bits, I'm going to have to pull things together and the amount of manual adjustments and the complexity of these adjustments is mounting to a level where I'm at the very edge of my ability. There are just so many moving parts I need to keep track of, I've drawn out a map of interactions and it looks like the most complex spaghetti diagram you have ever seen. My boss, who is trying to be helpful keeps saying that I "just" need to do this, and "just" need to do that. If he says just one more time I just might snap.

At the moment I'm sitting here looking at it thinking that I don't even know where to begin, usually I'd look for a quick win, get a couple of things in line and others will start to fall into place, but there is nothing here that can be done quickly, they're all tasks taking at least half a day and it will be nearly impossible for me to prove the numbers out.

Sounds like something that could be automated in Excel using VBA. But by a programmer not a "power user". You might consider hiring a specialist VBA to put something in place as a stopgap.

 

[randomshenans]

Man I've been flat out, just back from Austin and need to try and catch up with everything. It's so hard to keep all these plates spinning. Especially with my back ****** like it is. Painkillers I'm on space me out which is a mission to focus!

Hope new job is going well Phate?