They like to present it like it's really something for you, rather than something that's beneficial to the company. Like i would ever take this training if i had chosen to be a carpenter, lawyer, brain surgeon,...etc. Another often used comment is that you have to be flexible and it only takes a small amount of your time. Maybe not in this case, but with lots of other things they do that. Only problem is they've got a billion of those small things they want you to do and it all adds up quickly.
Another thing he would like is that there'll be some meetings with collegues where you can talk about testing, exchange ideas and that sorta stuff. I was looking at him like: are you serious? You think i want to work a whole day and then go meet some collegues to talk about...work?!! Unpaid?! All the while i also could be home chilling (or doing some house work as that also doesn't stop)?! You've got to be kidding!
Workload is too early to tell. Had a meeting about one project. There most of the work that is being done by the person that leaves, will be divided over the remaining people of the team, so it would seem that won't give me much extra work. Which is a good thing i think, because if each project would give me loads of extra work i'd run out of time fast.
Tuesday i got a meeting about another project that is going through some changes so we'll see how that works out. The idea is that a couple of other people will be doing most of the actual work. I have to make sure that they are able to do so and make sure the lvl of their work is up to our standards. Will be interesting as i know close to nothing about that application nor about how they're testing it now.
No, i haven't.
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