3 January 2007

Back at work and I’m being made feel guilty for having yesterday off. Absolutely no consideration or credit is given for past effort; if you happen to not be around when one, quite possibly trivial, piece of information is requested. It appears I am effectively meant to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks of the year. If my boss wants to work, then I am expected to as well. Modern communications have a lot to answer for, and yes I do appreciate the irony in that statement.

I know I am relatively well paid but the company appears to be trying to extract as much value as possible out of me. On hours worked, I’m no better off than I was six years ago and with the added hardship of expatriate living and not seeing my family as much as I would like, I have to consider is this all worth it? Do I really want to go through the second year of my contract?
On the personal side of things, work has not yet begun on house despite then wanting us in by 1 January when we initially enquired. We agree 16th, but we all know that is ridiculously optimistic