In Germany, we talk about ‘Brückentage’ or ‘bridge days’. According to Wikipedia, these are the days that are taken off from work to fill the gap between a holiday on Thursday or on Tuesday and the weekend. Ascension Day and Corpus Christi are always on Thursdays and so a lot of people take the Fridays off to have long weekends. We don’t have a name for these days in English. We just talk about having ‘long weekends’ as far as I know.
I do like these tips (link to www.dummies.com) on how to introduce a new employee to your company`culture. Why not help him or her have a good start in their new environment?
My favourite tip is letting the new employee be a shadow before s/he starts doing his/her own job or using other employees as mentors. I personally remember how difficult it was starting a new job even though it is a long time ago!
According to PRDaily.com there are some writing rules you are allowed to break. That’s good news. One of my favourites? “You can use incomplete sentences.” Okay, I know we shouldn’t overdo it, but they can add variety to your writing. Something like this text I read here …
“Danny wanted to forget his troubles. Forget his job. Forget his wife.
No, on second thought, he liked the job.”
Of course, you need to know when you can do it and when you have to be careful! 😉
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Seneca
It’s quite amazing to think that Seneca was a leading figure in the Roman Empire in the first century AD, isn’t it?
