Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Objects in future may appear more difficult than originally perceived…

I was told the new person was “bright,” a “quick learner,” an “enthusiastic employee.”
She may be enthusiastic, but I certainly didn’t see that side of her.  Instead, something that should have taken a few minutes to explain and complete took almost an hour.  I got the feeling that “quick learner” to the hiring manager meant something completely different than it does to me.  I have the distinct feeling this turnover is going to take a lot longer than originally planned.
Along with having issues with the overall theory of the work, the basic abilities to use the tools seem to be missing. (I.e. she was unaware you could copy and paste things from one email to another.  I’m not kidding.  We had to send 9 almost identical emails and when I told her to just open 9 new messages and copy the basic message she was in awe that it could even be done.)
I figured running through the process with me once would be enough.  Now I am not so sure she will get it.  In reality it isn’t my problem, after this month she will be on her own.  Still, wow, it’s hard to believe that something like copy and pasting from one message to another is beyond her.  Ack.  So, instead of just a few hours of meetings for turn over - I have scheduled out entire days.  I have the feeling it will all be used. 

In other news, I am feeling much better this morning.  I have the feeling I will crash this afternoon, but I am okay with that.  I need to get some work done this morning.  After that I can go home and sleep some more.