Day 22 – 3 February 2014 Another month starts and I have a couple more presentations. Meadowfield first and then Seaham which means I have to drive down past Durham and then back across to the East. This doesn’t make sense except that the engineers who work in the schools find it very difficult to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 22
A year of work in progress – day 21
Day 21 – 31 January 2014 Ah well, that’s it over, the longest month of the year. I’ve made it to payday. It seems like a long time as it was 42 days ago that payroll last graced my bank account. I know it shouldn’t make a difference but January is dark and busy and … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 21
A year of work in progress – day 20
Day 20 – 30 January 2014 A whole day in County Hall and so I decided to get the train in. I can only do this if I don’t have to be somewhere else and don’t have to be too early or late. It was a welcome break from the car park on the A1 … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 20
A year of work in progress – day 19
Day 19 – 29 January 2014 It is easier to get from where I live to Seaham through the Tyne Tunnel and I pretend to myself that this makes a welcome change from my normal daily commute. I just get stuck in different places. An accident at Moor Farm roundabout didn’t help. Our offices there … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 19
A year of work in progress – day 18
Day 18 – 28 January 2014When I worked for Spicers, Europe’s largest distributor of office products, I would spend a lot of time in continental Europe and I remember that a French colleague of mine would always struggle with the English phrase ‘every other’. I’m not sure it translated well. I thought of him this … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 18
A year of work in progress – day 17
Day 17 – 27 January 2014 It takes a very wise, brave or stupid person to ask those who work with them for their opinion on how things are. I’m not sure which category I fall into, perhaps all three but we have been working with an organisation called OnBrand Partners for a couple of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 17
A year of work in progress – day 16
Day 16 – 24 January 2014 Apart from the occasional café the shop windows were still dark as I made my way across the old Town Square in Durham. I pulled up the collar of my coat. Even the brisk walk down from the station wasn’t enough to beat back the freezing air that bit … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 16
A year of work in progress – day 13
Day 13 – 20 January 2014 I’m back at Meadowfield this morning, partly to see how they are getting on and partly to have a face to face meeting with Bob (though he didn’t want a mention in the blog, he’s quite happy to have fallen below the Google radar) – a 121 as we … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 13
A year of work in progress – day 10
Day 10 – 15 January 2014 Only our second full week in and already the natural rhythms of work are settling down. The cycle of work – wasn’t that an Elton John song? Wednesday is management day. Every so often I get a whim and rearrange our meetings to try and cover the important things … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 10
A year of work in progress – day 5
Day 5 –8 January 2014 Today was a management meeting today. The Project leaders met in the morning, that is the wider management team and the Senior Management Team met in the afternoon. I was asked to give an opening talk to set the scene for the year ahead. This is an abrdiged version, a … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 5
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 