Overtime

For the first time since I started to work, I am working overtime. It is not so common here, but it is ordered by managers from time to time… Except last saturday when I wanted to do everything but working, I must say I am not really affected by that. Of course, I don’t have so much free time these particular weeks, but after all I get extra money, and soon it will be over. And by working overtime, I feel much more involved in the critical deadlines. It feels to good to have some pressure sometimes… More generally, I should say that I enjoy more and more my work. It took me a few months to get used to the tools and the environnement, but now I feel confident enough to take responsabilities and initiatives. Finding a good balance between being involved at work and get enough free time to do something else than sleeping, I guess that is the real challenge for a starting career !

I like the freedom that is given to IT employees here in Sweden. The notion of “flex-time” seems to be the same in most of the companies: appart from the so-called core hours where you have to be at the office (monday to friday, 09 to 15), each employee is free to schedule its 39,15 working-hours a week as he feels like. So I know what to expect for the spring and the summer: I will work longer on rainy days, and leave as early as possible on warm ones