Learning to Talk the Talk

This week I will not be going in to the office. Myself and three colleagues are instead going to spend the week learning new skills. Specifically, we will be learning about BizTalk. We may end up not actually using BizTalk in the business, but we will be using something similar, so the principles will apply. But that's not the only reason they've sent us on a course. After everything that's happened they are trying to demonstrate that they are still willing to invest in our team. It's a message that they are not planning on getting rid of us. Not for the time being, at least. And if they change their minds about that, it certainly won't hurt to have BizTalk on our CVs!

I'm looking forward to it. For one thing, I quite enjoy sitting in a classroom learning something. Being paid to do it is a sweet deal. It's nice to get a week away from work. Plus, the hours are short and there's lunch thrown in.

The only problem is that there is a Night of Heavy Drinking planned for Thursday. It's a big work-sponsored one, including quite a lot of money behind the bar at the start of the night. It's a leaving do for three managers who have left in the light of recent events (including the one who was at the top of the local food chain). So the goal is clear. We have to learn as much BizTalk as we can in four days, so that it won't matter how rough we feel on the fifth!

tags: work  going out