I went in the office to have a meeting with my boss this morning. I emailed him last week letting him to know that I due to return work 23rd Oct and he asked me to come in to have a meeting with him as part of re-introduction to the team. Apparently there have been lots of change since I left. Lots of new faces and they now have lots of structural workloads from various sources ( good news!). I asked Terry to take half day off to look after Daniel though my boss offered to have meeting at my home if I had difficulty to arrange childcare.
I haven't been back office once since the starting of maternity leave, so it felt very refreshing driving to work on a sunny morning, especially when I chose a scenic route to one junction up motorway instead of my usual motorway exit.
On arrival office I reported to the receptionist (who is a new girl ) that I have a meeting with my boss. She gave me a visitor badge. I know I doesn't need that but just being polite. After a year maternity I found that my memory has gone down hill as I failed to remember lots of people's names when my boss briefed me the new organisational structure, some of the names rang the bell but I failed to link to particular faces. Terrifying, isn't it? The funny thing was i found myself moved up ladder when I was on my maternity. Though I told my boss i just want to work 3 days a week on return, he still seemed to keen on putting me on more responsibilities. He even spent quite a bit time telling me his personal story/advices on childcare choice to try to persuade me not engaging with guilt for going back to work. Apparently his wife went straight back to full time with their first one
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Your boss seems to be very nice and understanding. It's great to have the support of the boss and colleagues when we have young families to worry about.
And congratulations on your promotion!
As for memory... well I must say memory is not the only thing that has gone downhill... hehe.
Yes. my boss is rather nice and flexible. I think being flexible/nice is the modern way of being a good manager (at lease in the industry where I am in), otherwise it's hard for him to retain staff...
Not sure about promotion, i don't mind a pay rise, not sure about the travelling involved. He told me I need to travel up down this country occasionally for my job. I said I don't mind travelling down south, but not scottland though...
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