Thursday, 17 August 2023

This time tomorrow, I'll be back with my boys

Greetings from my rather lovely onsite managerial 'super-suite' caravan somewhere on the Devon coast. It has been quite the week and I am glad I am traveling back tomorrow. It's been nowhere near as bad as I was anticipating, and actually I'm not entirely sure why it was necessary to be here at all, as the rest of the senior staff seemed to have everything under control despite Gavin's worries, but I suppose he felt better knowing he had sent me, and I suppose they have benefitted from having an outside eye looking in.
I have to admit as well that there has been an unexpectedly nice benefit to me personally. Because I was sent in as a troubleshooter, with Gavin praising my work at my usual site, I was instantly given respect from staff and thanked for riding in on my white horse (or plane) to help them. When I started at the site in Suffolk, I was the new guy from another industry who had to learn as he went along; here I'm seen as an experienced hand who has already proved himself and is worth listening to, and that's been really nice.
Maybe I SHOULD move here!

RC 17-8-23

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