work
- how far away is work from home?
- assuming you live in herrenberg...
a 15 minute walk (or 6 minute run) will get you to herrenberg station, where you can catch a train which leaves every 30 minutes to work.
the train journey lasts another 15 minutes, passing through some beautiful countryside (yawn).
either hulb or the next stop, böblingen is where the buildings are. it's about another 15 minute walk from there.
unless you work in the building next to the station like some lucky people. (grrrrrrrr)
- how much do i get paid for pretending to work all day?
- it's about 2500DM a month. but it depends who you work for.
we do get taxed approximately 10% on that, but apparently we can claim it back! hurrah!
- what are the hours like?
- excellent. we get to work flexi-time. which means, that as long as you work 40 hours a week, and don't take the piss too much, you can turn up whenever you want. some people who do support have to work a 9-5 day though.
- can i send personal emails from work?
- in a word.... hellyeah!!!
not only that, but you can get away with using your work phone to call home, send emails to mates all day, chat bollocks on icq, make personal web pages (heh heh heh) browse the internet all day and listen to music you downloaded on napster.
as long as you can figure out how to get through the firewalls...
- do i get to wear a cool digital identity badge, which i can use to pull birds with?
- funny you should mention that . . .
- anything else of interest?
- the company intranet is pretty fast... don't be shy with the downloads. and if you're lucky 'nuff to find a cd burner...... hehehe
- will anyone shout at me if i don't wear a suit and tie every day? my family is very poor and only has the one...
- my boss shouted at me because i wore shorts and a T shirt.
it was hot!
but he was only taking the piss. you can wear whatever you like.
jeans, t shirts, trousers, shirts... hardly anyone wears a tie though. so don't!
- do i get any free stuff for working at hp/agilent?
- if you've got the stomach for it... unlimited amounts of coffee... tea... carbonated water and in some cases still water (gasp)
you can also rob pens, paper, bits of computers nobody uses much and anything else not bolted down.
i got a keyring too. wooo hooo!
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