I’ve been working at my current company now for almost three months and I’m finally reaching the point where I feel I have a decent grasp on what we do, which makes for a welcome change.\u00a0\u00a0 There is a lot to learn and for the first month I felt quite confused and came home every day feeling completely drained.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m still confused about some things, but from what I gather, things change a lot due to government regulations changing etc, so everyone is lost to some degree.\u00a0 At least I’m not alone!<\/p>\n
I must be doing alright though, because not only have they offered me another 6 month contract but they have even had me help out in training the new girl!\u00a0 Yeah, we have a new girl… it’s nice to not be the new kid anymore and have someone around who is more confused than me!<\/p>\n
If someone had told me two months ago that I’d be training someone the same as one of my co-workers trained me, I would have laughed them out of town!<\/p>\n
Now, it could very well be the blind leading the blind but I hope this means that I actually DO have a good understanding of what is going on and that they have faith in my abilities.<\/p>\n
During my meeting with my manager we discussed a few concerns I had, including the fact that I was brought in to cover maternity leave.\u00a0\u00a0 I wasn’t sure what was going to happen when the other girls returned, was that just going to be it for me?\u00a0\u00a0 I was especially curious since they’d just hired someone else new.<\/p>\n
My boss was pretty clear that they have long term plans for me, and that even if the girls do return from maternity leave there would still be enough work for me to stay as well.\u00a0 She also said that anything can change in 6 months as I’ve learned just from the last few months I’ve been there.\u00a0 A lot of people come and go because it’s a company that is run almost completely by expats.\u00a0\u00a0 People leave to go back to their home countries or to move on with their spouse.\u00a0\u00a0 High turnover…<\/p>\n
She was right though because within two days of our conversation one of the girls on our team resigned.\u00a0 One of the two women off on maternity leave asked for another 6 weeks and the other found out she’s pregnant again!<\/p>\n
So, it looks like this isn’t just a temporary situation and I am a full on working girl again.<\/p>\n
Now I just need to do some research into how things work here in the Netherlands in regards to contracts.\u00a0 Xander is fairly certain that there is a limit of how many temporary contracts a company can give you before they have to make it a permanent situation.\u00a0\u00a0 From what I have heard it’s two, which means that after this 6 months I could possibly get a permanent contract.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m not entirely sure though, I’m sure there must be more to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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