Our research institute management decided it knows better than the funding bodies, who laid out a five point plan that needed to be followed in order to keep our funding. Two of which were, make english the default work language and increase the number of foreign scientists. 10 years later, and management and senior researchers refused to implement them, so the funding body has had enough and is going to remove what will be almoat 70% of our funding. Great job you muppets!
I am slow walking into a war and there is nothing I can do about it. To get to where I need to go, and a better place for myself and those I love, I need to go through this. Last time I tried it almoat didnt end well for me.
German Beauracracy .... Ich kann nicht mehr!!! Paper form, after paper form, after report, after report... I swear 50% of my workload now filling out needless forms.
Agreed. Remote desktop from Linux to windows with multiple monitor support sucks. Laggy and full of quirks, that make the options unworkable. Which sucks cause I work home office a lot and remoting to my work PC does not work well..
So I still have windows at home just for this.
I have a catalogue of positive affirming interactions in my head, and I use those memories to balance out the dysphoria when it hits. When its one of those times you just cannot shake it, I talk to a friend over coffee and something REEEAALLY sweet
She stayed by me, through thick and thin, as my ex came close to ruining my life. She begged for me to leave, she even went toe to toe with my ex as violence entered our relationship, so many situations where she had my back, without care for own safety. I just couldnt leave, I still love the person my ex was (and at times, still is - but the alcohol slowly won the war), we have a child together and years of memories, its still hard to completely let go. There was one time too much, one time where I saw in her eyes she couldnt do it anymore, and she walked away. And useless me just watched, crushed those emotions deep inside and went on.
My ex, is my ex, not because I was strong enough to walk away in the end, but because my ex decided they had had enough of me, and blamed me for their alcoholism.
I know our friendship is dead and gone Lisa. But thank you for being there. It helped to not be alone during most of that time.
Our research institute management decided it knows better than the funding bodies, who laid out a five point plan that needed to be followed in order to keep our funding. Two of which were, make english the default work language and increase the number of foreign scientists. 10 years later, and management and senior researchers refused to implement them, so the funding body has had enough and is going to remove what will be almoat 70% of our funding. Great job you muppets!