Hi all, got back from holiday on Tuesday morning when hubby came down with a dreadful cold which stopped him going back to work until Thursday and which he has now very kindly passed onto me. We were supposed to be going out with N&G tonight but have had to put it back a week.

Now my rant. The reason for my starting this blog was to get negatives out of my system and after going through counselling I came to find it a valuable tool to rid myself of negative feelings.

Anyway I just feel so angry about work at the moment. Went back on Wednesday and our Office Manager has made changes in the office layout to accommodate extra staff which has made it a bit of a rubbish place to sit in 7 1/2 hours a day. Did we get a say in the changes - NO. Our Trust has to achieve targets and keeping people happy isn't in the frame of things is just a matter of getting the work done.

Getting the work done is another reason for my rant. Our team has been going through staff changes since I started wth the team namely cos management want fast results and they think getting temps in will solve the problem. Of course, this isn't the case and we just end up picking up the pieces all the time. When I got back to work I found we'd yet again got agency staff in to support our team which we wouldn't have needed if the bosses hadn't recruited a clerk who is absolutely pants, has no office experience at all and to be honest doesn't seem to have a light in her head. Instead of supporting us she's bringing the team down, she's on a contract till next March and apparently we've just got to get on with things till then.

P has got two more weeks in our team and then she's off to pastures new. The only saving grace is I've got an interview in the same trust on the 13th and fingers crossed it'll be my way out of sheer madness. To be honest I love the work in our team and most of the people in it but it gets very tiring battling against the tide especially as other teams based in our office have got the temerity to tell their support staff just to sit and say nothing when they've got no work to do.

Ahhhh feel better for that now. Sorry about that. Back to happier times soon!