Workstuff

My new baby

This is my new baby at work, the ThinkPad T61 Model 7664A24. It replaced the T43 you may have seen in my other blog. This baby’s got 2GB of RAM, 250GB HD, a 14.1″ WXGA+ display and three USB ports instead of the usual two on other older T-series laptops.
Of course it’s not really [...]



Double-time

It’s a manager’s nightmare, when a team member leaves just when clients are coming in and bringing more work our way. I for one do not blame people for looking for greener pastures (LGP, as opposed to Looking for Better Management- LBM). But for one to abandon ship just when things are definitely picking up, [...]



Easy come, easy go

Employment screening is indeed one of the basic tasks of a human resources department in any office. However in small companies such as the one I’m employed in, a few unintended shortcuts may have been made in the effort to acquire new personnel. There had been times in the past when we needed people right [...]



Working from home

Real freakish weather we’ve been having here in Manila these days. You get really hot mornings and torrid mid-afternoons and then late in the afternoon comes a sudden downpour. That’s a real recipe for instant headache or fever or it can even be an excuse for crankiness which may lead to one working from home.
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