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locker_monster- So the company made it official yesterday. My project is moving downtown on November 13. Actually, that's packing day. The moves will happen over the weekend and our first day in the new building will be November 17. That's three weeks to pack up an entire project. Three weeks! Gee, thanks for all of the warning. It would be fine if they were only moving a department, but that's barely enough time for all departments to get their stuff together.
- It's not looking too bad for my side of things. We're done with a lot of our files so most can be archived before we move. What's left shouldn't fill too many bins. It's the other project team that's completely disorganized. They have files everywhere and none of it is filed nicely. I know the other admin is super busy so she doesn't have the time to worry about this stuff, but still. Put the files that belong together in the same area. Don't spread them around. I was helping out this afternoon, to get a jump start on this stuff, and I thought I was making good progress until she pointed out some files that were randomly in boxes and filing cabinets. So I'll be back at it tomorrow if I don't have my own work to do.
- I'm very much reminded of the massive move that happened on my other project five years ago. Actually, it was more than one move. We moved locations three times and each time we had to pack up our files and then put them away again. So while I'm used to stirring up a crap load of dust and being grimy, this isn't something I wanted to go through again. At least this gives everyone an excuse to do a purge and get rid of stuff they may not want or need anymore. That was definitely the best part of packing up. There's something very satisfying about throwing project documents into a shred-it bin.
- And my gosh, my arms hurt from lugging around boxes. I don't remember being this sore five years ago.
- One highlight of this week? Tomorrow, some of the department heads will get a pie in the face. It's for charity, we don't randomly pie people at work because we feel like it, and one of the procurement managers got nominated. So that'll be good for a laugh before the weekend kicks off.
- It's not looking too bad for my side of things. We're done with a lot of our files so most can be archived before we move. What's left shouldn't fill too many bins. It's the other project team that's completely disorganized. They have files everywhere and none of it is filed nicely. I know the other admin is super busy so she doesn't have the time to worry about this stuff, but still. Put the files that belong together in the same area. Don't spread them around. I was helping out this afternoon, to get a jump start on this stuff, and I thought I was making good progress until she pointed out some files that were randomly in boxes and filing cabinets. So I'll be back at it tomorrow if I don't have my own work to do.
- I'm very much reminded of the massive move that happened on my other project five years ago. Actually, it was more than one move. We moved locations three times and each time we had to pack up our files and then put them away again. So while I'm used to stirring up a crap load of dust and being grimy, this isn't something I wanted to go through again. At least this gives everyone an excuse to do a purge and get rid of stuff they may not want or need anymore. That was definitely the best part of packing up. There's something very satisfying about throwing project documents into a shred-it bin.
- And my gosh, my arms hurt from lugging around boxes. I don't remember being this sore five years ago.
- One highlight of this week? Tomorrow, some of the department heads will get a pie in the face. It's for charity, we don't randomly pie people at work because we feel like it, and one of the procurement managers got nominated. So that'll be good for a laugh before the weekend kicks off.
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