no tidy desks here thanks…I’m Wendy

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 28, 2014 and filed under blogjunelife

Today’s post is inspired by @SonjaBarfoed’s Cubicle Zoo which was inspired by Peter Green’s the personal touch . I’ll start by saying that I’m a little bit suspicious of people who have really tidy desks. It just doesn’t seem quite right. Or maybe that’s justifying my complete inability to work from a spotless, tidy desk. Whatever it […]

Take your daughter to work (experience) day

Posted by Wendy Davis on June 5, 2014 and filed under blogjunedays of the weeklifeliving in the regionsstudy

I’m moving ever closer to the pointy end of my LIS Masters and I have yet to do any of my work placement. Until this year it would have meant taking some of my precious month of annual leave and going somewhere in a block. This year it’s more difficult to take a block of […]

Leaving a toxic workplace and surviving to tell the tale

Posted by Wendy Davis on April 9, 2014 and filed under lifeliving in the regions

Regular readers of the blog will be aware that last October I took a voluntary separation from my workplace. While many great things happened for me while I was there over a period of ten years, the decision to leave was in part dictated by the ongoing toxicity in much of my work environment. What […]