New Job, New stress, New Problems. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / projects

author: Tranan
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 01:34:31 am
content: I got a new work and is going to start first week after the holidays.But in the talks abut my task and responsibility things emerged that made me sleepless.They employed me not fore the needed me now. They employed me so their competition can´t.That is ok with me. I got a good pay. and the contract is singed.And what they want is fore me to give them some plans in the fowling areas.Travel and transport. Energy usage and efficiency in transport and road infra structure.Energy production-cycle. Open fore all my Ideas.Going to be fun. but it is making me nervous.so if you have a good energy idea I am happy to take it.

author: Leadfootin
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 01:42:50 am
content: Note pad, write everything you can down. Tends to stick in the brain better.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 05:15:53 am
content: Simplest thing to improve vehicle efficiency: Check tyre pressures daily. Inflate to the correct pressure for the load, and use low rolling resistance tyres. This will reduce fuel usage.Keep to speed limit, or keep to the most efficient point of the engine power curve if the limit is high, so do 80kph on the freeway.Keep the engine and transmission in good order, and change oil and filters at the recommended intervals with good parts.Do not use the vehicle for short trips when walking is possible, short trips waste fuel in a cold engine.Drive and anticipate traffic flow. Think that there is a raw egg between your foot and the accelerator pedal, and drive such that it will not break. Drive like there is another on the dashboard, and drive and brake such that it does not fall off.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 05:19:07 am
content: Quote from: Tranan on December 22, 2014, 01:34:31 amSolar Roadways and Walkways!

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 06:11:01 am
content: They employ you so their competition can't...? That seems to suggest that your present employer isn't interested in your skills but their competitor is?I'd ask your competition straight up and say "pay me [what you're getting now + 10%] and you got it". Then bring their offer back to your employer as a counter offer. Repeat until you're worth enough.I'm probably responding poorly, but I can't quite make out the tone of your post.Tim

author: Tranan
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 09:16:27 am
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on December 22, 2014, 06:11:01 amI can´t give more than that. I can only speculate.I got 150% pay of expected. And I got a contract on that. And I not one that go off on a contract. I guess that the competitor are building a power-plant and a Power engineer are on Very short supply. And if my employer have a need fore one in the near future he need to employ when supply last.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 09:44:58 am
content: Always consider both the next job and the job after that. Will the next job help you to get the job after that?When writing your CV for the job after that, you must list your responsibilities and achievements. Are "I wrote reports that nobody read" and "I got a big pay rise" going to impress future potential employers?

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 10:23:27 am
content: Quote from: tggzzz on December 22, 2014, 09:44:58 amErr, generally in my experience, there's plenty of that, particularly in medium to large outfits, it used to drive my crazy particularly in project-based work back when I did a proper job. Documentation should not be a box ticking exercise, but unfortunately, particularly the new brand of self-styled "project managers" who've suddenly appeared over the past decade or so who've done a Prince2 course (and generally are of an age to have recently acquired a cycling proficiency badge too) demand it, not that they have a clue what either the business requirements or the technical aspects mean of course. Take fifty pages of boiler plate intro pages, contents, glossary, index and add half a dozen UML diagrams and they wouldn't know any different.Oh, and to add authenticity, put "This Paper Copy Valid Only on Print Date" on the footer of each page despite there being no real document control.Anyway, I could go on, but I'll resist, for now at any rate!

author: Alex30
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 12:00:13 pm
content: Quote from: Howardlong on December 22, 2014, 10:23:27 amHahaha so true of all engineering fields unfortunately!

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 12:42:08 pm
content: Quote from: Howardlong on December 22, 2014, 10:23:27 amAh yes, the "proof by weight" or "escape clause found to be hidden on p63 or p94, as appropriate" techniques. Never seen them, oh no. Never seen a report look more expensive by switching from Times New Roman to Palatino fonts, oh no.But I wouldn't take on a "job" where I thought that would be my only output.

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 01:03:14 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on December 22, 2014, 12:42:08 pmI've produced many many reports where the references included the relevant parts of:-BS3704No-one has ever called me up on it.I once spent seven months in a job where the only useful work I did was to properly format two very large word documents that had been produced and modified by many others. It was soul destroying, never again.

author: Alex30
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 01:47:18 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on December 22, 2014, 01:03:14 pmHahahaha That's gold.

author: Wim_L
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 02:59:35 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on December 22, 2014, 01:03:14 pmWaterproofing, perhaps?QuoteIf that was the useful work, I don't dare ask what the useless bits were.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2014, 05:23:50 pm
content: Thought that standard was familiar...........I did do some paperwork where it basically was google for a similar document then copy and paste into a new one ( so the metadata would be reset) and edit heavily to change names and then a little localisation added and some unused parts were removed. Went from a 30 page document to a 50 page document, as I added pictures on a separate page in each case instead of inline.

author: LaurenceW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2014, 02:45:22 pm
content: HAHA! Ithoughtrang a bell!. If you go to the BS website you will see that is has been "withdrawn" and also that you can now "download a hard copy" GUFFAWNot sure how stressful I'd find simplynotworking for somebody else might be, however. And if you're THAT hot, I am not sure there's much advice that any of us can give the original poster.

author: sparx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2014, 03:11:16 pm
content: The new one is better:http://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030181366"Work in hand"

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2014, 03:43:14 pm
content: Testing them is interesting though....

author: Tranan
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2014, 07:13:40 pm
content: Quote from: LaurenceW on December 23, 2014, 02:45:22 pmI do not know if I am that hot. I got a degree as a Hydraulic design engineer, Automation engineer, and Electric power design engineer. And a got a certification as a documentation specialist. So I know how transfer energy.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2014, 11:29:02 am
content: Quote from: KJDS on December 22, 2014, 01:03:14 pmleave it to the brits to come up with standards for that ..Stiff upper lip mode : fu fuh , my todger falls well within established standards ..The french on the other hand would blow a puff of gauloise smoke in your face and go 'waat iz zis standaaaard ? We does no neeeeed aneee standaaaard, everone kneuws we ae are zeee best leuveurs in zee world ..