Weeks #22 to #24: Time flies, we still have so much to do. For DAC6, we have introduced an interim process just in time and selected in parallel a tool that has been configured and trained over the last few weeks and will soon go live. Many thanks, Olaf Scholz.
Der Drop ist gelutscht
Ich weiß gar nicht mehr, wie viele Jahre ich zufriedener Dropbox-Kunde war. Der einst geniale Dienst, der den Austausch großer Dateien per E-Mail oder USB-Sticks unnötig macht und die damit verbundenen Probleme lösen sollte. Eine lange Zeit gelöst hat.
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Week #15 and #16: The new normal. What is it, the new normal? The last two weeks, we were supposed to be regular BackToTheOffice. I haven’t been there every day, but most. Some colleagues are there every day, some are still working from home. Especially those with young children.
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Week #14: Because of the Corona virus pandemic, I survived the fourteenth week of working from home. One day off due to child #1 18th birthday and one day in the office to sign at least 35 documents. So only the last three days in the last week, where I was working from home officially. From next week on we are supposed to be regular BackToTheOffice.

As long as the colleagues do not belong or live with someone in the risk group, or have to look after their children, or there is not enough distance where they work. The firm was and is very generous here: Health is paramount.
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Week #12 and #13: These two weeks felt like one: Two public holidays, two sick days, one holiday. Being sick with a cough feels weird in the present circumstances. My doctor told me she hasn’t tested positive for COVID yet. The restrictions a.k.a. lockdown obviously worked well.
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Don’t let the water run while washing your hands. It is a total waste and you wash your hands more properly.
My children can cook really well. They really like it. But they will never learn how to do the dishes without moaning.
Secretaries can work from home. Associates can work from home. Busines Professionals can work from home. Not that I ever doubted it, but now we have the proof.
For video-conferencing 9+1 participants is the maximum number for coffee talks and 4+1 is the maximum number for real work.
Germans will never learn how to queue properly.
To be continued.
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Week #6: I survived the sixth week of working from home because of the Corona virus pandemic. The work volume and intensity remain high. It seems to me that we communicate much more than if we were not working from home. To the list of communication tools this week we add the good old GoToMeeting, BlueJeans (InterCall) and StarLeaf (never heard of before). If my kids were smaller they would think I was a phone/video operator.
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Week #5: I survived the fifth week of working from home because of the corona-virus pandemic. Working? Well, first were the Easter holidays, then I had the rest of the week off at home. As planned we did a culinary tour of Italy, with Prosecco, Vitello Tonato, Pizza, Carpaccio, Spaghetti, Seafood Salad, Gnocchi, Lugana, grilled Scampi, Gorgonzola, Espresso, Limoncello and many other delicacies.
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Week #4: I survived the fourth week of working from home due to the corona-virus pandemic. But it was never so close. Queuing Wednesday evening in front of the supermarket, waiting with 1.5 m distance to the others willing to buy. I didn’t move, but he drove hard into me with his shopping trolley. Germans will never learn how to queue properly.
