Soon I've been working one month on my new job. It feels hard to come back from maternity leaves and studies to the job world. Especially since I'm currently in an environment that is more of a building place, where walls are built, wires hanging from the roof and there isn't even a microwave oven. But the worst challenge currently is to enjoy working together with people at the office. Most people are really nice, including the bosses, and I've even found really sweet people to "fika" with. But nowadays I feel really uncomfortable by people who are striving after some kind of position agains some imaginative "others", are shallow and slippery. Well, I know I am a social and emotional person who takes things to heart. But I'm also driven and interested in doing fun things at work. But I don't see it as a contradiction to be whole hearted and honest and still being able to being promoted to "higher positions" through doing a good job.

But I realise that I won't be able to do very much more than a good job as my priorities of natural reasons currently is on the (small childrens) family, before the career. To come über early in the morning to work or to stay extra late is not realistic. My job requires a few travels during the year and these days are going to be extra long anyways. But tell that to the French people who don't hesitate to book a meeting at 16 on a Friday afternoon, while Swedes typically start to go home at this hour. It's going to be interesting to see what the expectations on us will be from the head office in Paris and to what extent we in Sweden will be able to influence our job situation.

Knitting wise I'm mostly dreaming of future projects. What about the super gorgeous Norah Gaughan scarf on the picture above together with my Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Aran? My travel knitting, the Candle Flame shawl, is growing slowly. I'm still on my first skein but the shawl will definitely need one more.
4 comments:
Det sociala spelet är alltid intressant att beskåda.
Din Candle flame är jättefin! Den blir onekligen lite annorlunda med tre maskor emellan.
Eller hur, det gäller att ligga över sånt.
Jo, den här Candle Fläme känns lite annorlunda. Lågorna blir så små så helhetsintrycket blir kanske annat än de Candle Flame man ser ute på nätet. Hur som helst är den underbart gosig och mjuk och lätt som en fjäder och det gillar jag!
Jo, det är hårt "där ute" - ask me, din väninna till karriärmamma ;-) Men å andra sidan är jag väldigt mycket med mina barn också. Det går, det gäller bara att hålla ut den första tiden! Och om det inte ger sig så vet du var jag finns!
Stora Kramar
Kim
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ps. Klara hälsar att hon lagt upp lite spännande material på sin blogg som du kan kika på! ds
Ja, om det är någon som har strävat på med karriär och barn så är det ju du! Du är en förebild!
Såg förresten på hemnet att du funderar på att flytta. Hoppas vi kommer närmare varandra den här gången. Saknar dig syrran!
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