An Australian living in London and moving to the US. He got exhausted just writing about that. Spends his days cruising the internet while pretending to write important documents that no one will read.
If you can, have a packed first day of meetings, get them all out of the way then. Even if it means the first one is at 8am and the last one is at 8pm. You’ll be fried, but you will be free. And isn’t that what Workations are all about?
And most of the time, a consultant is someone a company hires because they don’t think they can do it in house (90% of the time they can) and want the validity of a trusted independent company. Although how independent you can be when someone is paying you is beyond me.
Any form of rice or pasta dish is always a go. Buy frozen vegetables, some chicken thighs for rice or ground meat for pasta, a cheap bottle of sauce, and you’re golden for at least three nights.
Yeah this has never happened to me when a boss has gone on a business trip. They might email asking about something, but that isn’t any different than if they were in the office.
I’m trying to imagine Grandma rocking shades nodding her head to a deep house remix of here comes the bride with a shot of fireball in one hand a taco in the other…
I was a public servant, working in my department for 7 years and was on what was an extremely good salary. The Government at the time decided it was spending far to much on employee expenses, and cut 40,000 employees. I happened to be one of these people (I was the least experienced person at the time in my team). However, I got a hefty package out of it, and I went on a two month bender with my friend before moving to London. I now do pretty much the same thing here, earn relatively the same, and I can still save half my paycheck. I often think how screwed I would have been without that severance package though.
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If you can, have a packed first day of meetings, get them all out of the way then. Even if it means the first one is at 8am and the last one is at 8pm. You’ll be fried, but you will be free. And isn’t that what Workations are all about?
Woah, slow down there. Women don’t believe in the friend zone. It’s not real.
“Going on dates with friends is like masturbating in public–it feels great but there will be consequences.”. That is beautiful poetry J-Train.
This annoyed me:
All of A sudden. Not all of THE sudden. The second way doesn’t make sense.
And it’s a CROWN Jewel. Not Crowned. Fuck me.
You would think so, but people’s stupidity knows no bounds.
Two words you never want to here while travelling on a train: Signalling Issue.
And most of the time, a consultant is someone a company hires because they don’t think they can do it in house (90% of the time they can) and want the validity of a trusted independent company. Although how independent you can be when someone is paying you is beyond me.
Any form of rice or pasta dish is always a go. Buy frozen vegetables, some chicken thighs for rice or ground meat for pasta, a cheap bottle of sauce, and you’re golden for at least three nights.
Why are you wearing shoes on the beach? Are you Japanese?
Funny. The 5-10K people who show up every Sunday say otherwise….
Yeah this has never happened to me when a boss has gone on a business trip. They might email asking about something, but that isn’t any different than if they were in the office.
You are now on a slippery slope of baby announcements. They don’t stop. Some people even have more than one!
Everyone either knows this person or was this person at some point. I had a friend who was pretty much exactly like this. He is 29….
I’m trying to imagine Grandma rocking shades nodding her head to a deep house remix of here comes the bride with a shot of fireball in one hand a taco in the other…
You don’t do sarcasm do you?
It’s scary to think that there are legitimately recent grads who think like Gil. Brilliant Gannon.
Recognising you’re an asshole and embracing it is so freeing. Just make sure you don’t stray into “cunt” territory. No one likes that person.
I was a public servant, working in my department for 7 years and was on what was an extremely good salary. The Government at the time decided it was spending far to much on employee expenses, and cut 40,000 employees. I happened to be one of these people (I was the least experienced person at the time in my team). However, I got a hefty package out of it, and I went on a two month bender with my friend before moving to London. I now do pretty much the same thing here, earn relatively the same, and I can still save half my paycheck. I often think how screwed I would have been without that severance package though.
What you are saying is you pretty much lived a normal married life? Really, that isn’t a hard experience.
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