On the Friday Glide Path
In my last two jobs, Friday was always the crisis day. Usually, it got started by customers and staff types finally getting to their clean up work, finding issues and igniting a cascade of action items on everyone else, usually done in a way to make it all critical for completion prior to COB..which was then extended to first thing Monday morning. Weekend wrecking seemed to be a favorite past time. Three jobs ago I sucked it up. My previous job I and my people would deal with the real customer type crisis and force defer the rest to the next week. It made for some interesting situations.
The Mega Startup that was the last job had a lot of consultant types, adept at the nuances of office politics, sibling style one-upsmanship and nasty ass back stabbing. In that kind of environment, the Friday Follies becomes a favorite, and threatened to ruin many a weekend. My approach there was simple, the first time it happend I pulled the CTO and my boss into a room, confronted them and told them I was too old for that kind of bull crap and to knock it off.
Suprisingly, it worked.
This job had a lot of that for the first few years, again customer driven, but four years and hard work and we have things pretty much under control. Hence, Friday afternoon is the glide day, when Maurice gets to focus on real work as opposed to meetings and flaps.
Wife is off to a Baby shower in Tahoe this weekend. I am getting Daughter tomorrow evening, so most of the day Saturday will be focused on a few projects that I have of my own. That and a long run and some time well spent with the weapons.
I must say I am looking forward to the time spent with me.
Ok, one more observation on relationships, pursuant to yesterday.
We make them a hell of a lot harder than they need to be.
Ya know, wife and I take things pretty much in stride. We face the same things I faced in my previous marriages ( and she in her previous relationships), but we just do not let it get out of hand. Result? Given the same set of issues and challenges (and succeses and fun) we remain happy and in love.
So here is another truth about relationships. They can be hard work, but only as hard as you make them.
Think about it.
Have a great weekend!
The Mega Startup that was the last job had a lot of consultant types, adept at the nuances of office politics, sibling style one-upsmanship and nasty ass back stabbing. In that kind of environment, the Friday Follies becomes a favorite, and threatened to ruin many a weekend. My approach there was simple, the first time it happend I pulled the CTO and my boss into a room, confronted them and told them I was too old for that kind of bull crap and to knock it off.
Suprisingly, it worked.
This job had a lot of that for the first few years, again customer driven, but four years and hard work and we have things pretty much under control. Hence, Friday afternoon is the glide day, when Maurice gets to focus on real work as opposed to meetings and flaps.
Wife is off to a Baby shower in Tahoe this weekend. I am getting Daughter tomorrow evening, so most of the day Saturday will be focused on a few projects that I have of my own. That and a long run and some time well spent with the weapons.
I must say I am looking forward to the time spent with me.
Ok, one more observation on relationships, pursuant to yesterday.
We make them a hell of a lot harder than they need to be.
Ya know, wife and I take things pretty much in stride. We face the same things I faced in my previous marriages ( and she in her previous relationships), but we just do not let it get out of hand. Result? Given the same set of issues and challenges (and succeses and fun) we remain happy and in love.
So here is another truth about relationships. They can be hard work, but only as hard as you make them.
Think about it.
Have a great weekend!
posted by Maurice_Basilius at 1:24 PM
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