This week started late - after a weekend spent travelling through the flooded roads between London and Birmingham and a late night game of American Football on Sunday (returning to Birmingham at 1am) I needed Monday morning off.
The week began by planning how I was going to put together the HR budget for 2008. Trying to predict the future is never easy; however it is particularly difficult with the changes that the business is currently going through.
This took up a large portion of Monday and Tuesday, which were also interspersed with those ad-hoc requests that we all love! Deciding on commodity codes for duty purposes is always a particular favourite.
Wednesday brought together the double whammy of both IT and VAT. A fun filled afternoon was had reviewing the progress to date and ensuring that actions were agreed for the reports completion.
Thursday brought another trip along the M40 - this time there was no waiting around in traffic jams and crawling through standing water. This time I was in one of the London offices presenting my plan for the budget process to the HR Director. After his agreement the majority of the afternoon was spent with the relevant HR managers bottoming out the detail for 2008.
Today is also results day for those taking CIMA (thankfully I finished my exams in March) and therefore we have a lot of tension in the office. Hopefully we will be able to celebrate a good set of results with a few drinks on the town this evening. Figures crossed!
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