We want to be pampered
Strangely enough, the term ‘wellness’ is not used as the Germans use it here. So we don’t go to a spa to do ‘wellness’, we go to relax, to rest and to be pampered.
Departments in a company
One of my readers asked for a list of departments you would find in a company. Here’s my list. If you think something is missing, I’d love to hear from you.
Accounts / Accounting / Advertising
Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence
Car Pool / Catering Services / Communications / Customer Service
Design and Engineering / Dispatch / Distribution
Engineering / Environmental Affairs / Export / Export Sales Department
Facilitiy Management / Finance / Fire Department
Human Resources (HR)
Import / Information Technology (IT) / Insurance
Legal / Logistics
Mailroom or Mail Services / Maintenance / Management / Manufacturing / Marketing / Media Relations / Medical Services
Mailroom or Mail Services / Maintenance / Management / Manufacturing / Marketing / Media Relations / Medical Services
Occupational Health and Safety / Operations Planning
Packaging / Payroll / Personnel Department / Product Development / Production / Public Relations / Plant Security / Project Management / Purchasing
Quality / Quality Assurance
Receiving / Research and Development (R&D) / Resource Planning
Sales / Shipping / Supply Chain Management (SCM) / Sustainability, Environment and Safety
Technical Support / Training
Warehousing / Waste Management
Make sure you say sorry
Have you ever sent an embarrassing email by sending it to the wrong person or by hitting ‘Reply All’ by mistake? Perhaps the best thing to do is to apologise in person or by phone. But what could you say? The best is just to say how sorry you are and that you hope the other person will be able to forgive you.
On making mistakes
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein
France and the 35-hour workweek
So France is not the land of the 35-hour workweek, long lunches and even longer vacations? Read the BBC article to bust the myth (link to: bbc.com). And you’ll see that the French work longer part-time hours than their peers!
Is this true? ;)
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” Bob Hope
