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Order only: The new job
Apr. 6th, 2012 07:26 pmIt's still a 'temporary' assignment, but I don't get the impression that Rosier is planning on sacking me any time soon. A good sign, I think.
I've been doing my best to make myself useful, if not indispensable. He's had to scramble, of course, to try to bring himself up to speed, not to mention to learn what he needs to learn about the various department personnel, and he appreciates what tidbits of water cooler gossip I can provide. I overheard him mention to Selwyn that he rather enjoys my sense of humour: 'sardonic,' he called it. Lots of closed door meetings (with Helpmann this week; no idea what that's about), but I hope as he gets to know me better, he'll be a bit more open about meeting agenda.
I was worried that what with me switching departments, it would limit my usefulness to the Order, but it's not turning out to be as much a problem as I feared. First of all, my former department coworkers still like to meet me for lunch, and they're as gossipy as ever. Secondly, a lot of the surreptitious 'back door' spells I have set for duplicating key communications still seem to be working, despite my change in status.
My team of analysts have had to switch the manner of the delivery of some of their reports. But otherwise, I think I have fingers on almost as many threads as I did when I was with Communications.
That's about it for now. (Oh, except I've barely seen Ginny, Mum. She's been getting in about midnight each night and crashing into bed immediately. And she's out the door at 6:00 am the next morning.)
I've been doing my best to make myself useful, if not indispensable. He's had to scramble, of course, to try to bring himself up to speed, not to mention to learn what he needs to learn about the various department personnel, and he appreciates what tidbits of water cooler gossip I can provide. I overheard him mention to Selwyn that he rather enjoys my sense of humour: 'sardonic,' he called it. Lots of closed door meetings (with Helpmann this week; no idea what that's about), but I hope as he gets to know me better, he'll be a bit more open about meeting agenda.
I was worried that what with me switching departments, it would limit my usefulness to the Order, but it's not turning out to be as much a problem as I feared. First of all, my former department coworkers still like to meet me for lunch, and they're as gossipy as ever. Secondly, a lot of the surreptitious 'back door' spells I have set for duplicating key communications still seem to be working, despite my change in status.
My team of analysts have had to switch the manner of the delivery of some of their reports. But otherwise, I think I have fingers on almost as many threads as I did when I was with Communications.
That's about it for now. (Oh, except I've barely seen Ginny, Mum. She's been getting in about midnight each night and crashing into bed immediately. And she's out the door at 6:00 am the next morning.)
