Another week passed and i signed my retrenchment papers yesturday, so i am officially retrenched.
Work here is very slow. Before i signed the papers Leon Smith had a meeting with me and said that they have come to a decition that they wil not be able to take me on there at his office in Blouberg. So i am still looking for another job, and Bomax has not come back to me yet.
Not much happening in the office since the company is closing, just completing projects and finishing off projects that will not be taken over by Leon Smith office.I was doing council submission drawings this week and i had to do alot of changes everyday, mostly from the clients request. I also did some work for Architect Van Aardt, on the Big Bay appartments again, as well as doing some tiling layouts here yesturday, which i enjoyed, because he said i can do what ever i want and just go crazy.
Otherwise thats it from the office front, we are just packing up the computers and office stuff, becuase the company is closed after today.So today i smy last day working for Smith and Smith Architects, soon it will be somewhere else.So goodbye Smith&smith, good bye dungeon, and good bye homy people. Change is happening, so change i must do. Next time we chat it will be from somewhere else, somewhere new...
till next time
sleezy, cheesy, blogger
MIMISA
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
STILL ON THE LOOKOUT !!!
So its Thursday, a week and 1 day after the big news about Smith and Smith closing down, and us being retrenched. I am still looking for another job, still waiting in anticipation for a response, and wondering what the future holds.
Work here in the office has practicaly slowed down to a hault, with really just main architect Van Aardt working, although i somtimes see him also just surfing the internet. It is almost as if somone has just drained the energy out of the office, like there is no driving force. Like Pauline (the other architect) was saying, there's no passion anymore to do the work or regarding the office.Well i surpose thats whats happends when ur told ur being retrenched. Well i cant say that im doing any work iether, im neither here nor there regarding anything, or everything.
There are still a series of meetings going on informing us on the process, but really all they doing is repeating themselves over and over again, probably to cover there own asses. No real input is coming from these meetings, and everyone just seems more frustrated when they come out of them. Ofcourse its frustrating to them, they losing there jobs, there main source of income, there bread and butter. But for me, i like meatings, its a chance to do nothing, and talk around a table for even hours sometimes.
Some good news is, I recieved an email back from Bomax architects on tuesday, saying that they like my work and they will call me back on monday for a final interview with the director. Sounds really hopefull, and i will be keeping my fingers crossed till then.
till next time
sleezy, cheezy, blogger
MIMISA
Work here in the office has practicaly slowed down to a hault, with really just main architect Van Aardt working, although i somtimes see him also just surfing the internet. It is almost as if somone has just drained the energy out of the office, like there is no driving force. Like Pauline (the other architect) was saying, there's no passion anymore to do the work or regarding the office.Well i surpose thats whats happends when ur told ur being retrenched. Well i cant say that im doing any work iether, im neither here nor there regarding anything, or everything.
There are still a series of meetings going on informing us on the process, but really all they doing is repeating themselves over and over again, probably to cover there own asses. No real input is coming from these meetings, and everyone just seems more frustrated when they come out of them. Ofcourse its frustrating to them, they losing there jobs, there main source of income, there bread and butter. But for me, i like meatings, its a chance to do nothing, and talk around a table for even hours sometimes.
Some good news is, I recieved an email back from Bomax architects on tuesday, saying that they like my work and they will call me back on monday for a final interview with the director. Sounds really hopefull, and i will be keeping my fingers crossed till then.
till next time
sleezy, cheezy, blogger
MIMISA
Monday, March 7, 2011
JOBLESS !!!...
This week and month started out just like any other with a new-monday and a carry-on-tuesday, but when wednesday came, it awoke a whole new term i did not think i would hear till my late 40's, RETRENCHMENT...
I came out of a big meeting on wednesday, with big boss( who has the tumor) and big bosses brother, along with a labour lawyer, where we were all told that the company Smith & Smith Architects is closing down, we need to look for alternave work, and issued with notice of retrenchment letters.
WoooooooooHHhoow.jees loueeeess. Me, a student being retrenched, sounds crazy stupid. What do I do now, What is my next move,Where do i go from here, Will i find another job now when there are still students looking since december? All Questions running through my mind as i sat there that wednesday afternoon at work, staring at the computer screen, sitting in my chair looking at work that now seems pointless since we wont be here for long. A computer and chair that i have become to love, in an environment i have become familiar and comfortable with, and now i have to leave behind and its only been 2 months. BUT CHANGE IS INEVITABLE... so change i must do.
That being said, my mother as great as she is, as soon as i told her, started sending my portflio around once again, while i was at work. Then the very next day i got i call for an interview on friday at Bomax architects.
The interview went well, they liked my work and said i was the best they've seen so far and it was a bonus that i already had Revit experiance.Then i was ended with a," thanks we'll let u know" the very same words that haunted me last time, aaarwww, i hate those words...
So yes, I am back at the starting point, after my trial run, waiting for the gun to go off so that i can finally make my mark, and embark on this years journey, so that i can win my race.
till next time
sleezy, cheesy, blogger
MIMSA
I came out of a big meeting on wednesday, with big boss( who has the tumor) and big bosses brother, along with a labour lawyer, where we were all told that the company Smith & Smith Architects is closing down, we need to look for alternave work, and issued with notice of retrenchment letters.
WoooooooooHHhoow.jees loueeeess. Me, a student being retrenched, sounds crazy stupid. What do I do now, What is my next move,Where do i go from here, Will i find another job now when there are still students looking since december? All Questions running through my mind as i sat there that wednesday afternoon at work, staring at the computer screen, sitting in my chair looking at work that now seems pointless since we wont be here for long. A computer and chair that i have become to love, in an environment i have become familiar and comfortable with, and now i have to leave behind and its only been 2 months. BUT CHANGE IS INEVITABLE... so change i must do.
That being said, my mother as great as she is, as soon as i told her, started sending my portflio around once again, while i was at work. Then the very next day i got i call for an interview on friday at Bomax architects.
The interview went well, they liked my work and said i was the best they've seen so far and it was a bonus that i already had Revit experiance.Then i was ended with a," thanks we'll let u know" the very same words that haunted me last time, aaarwww, i hate those words...
So yes, I am back at the starting point, after my trial run, waiting for the gun to go off so that i can finally make my mark, and embark on this years journey, so that i can win my race.
till next time
sleezy, cheesy, blogger
MIMSA
Friday, March 4, 2011
Community Hub Project Research
http://www.brambuk.com.au/assets/pdf/brambukspecs.pdf
http://www.timberbuilding.arch.utas.edu.au/projects/aus/163/cbram.html
Functional analysis
Functional precedent
Precedent analysis
Technology analysis
http://www.timberbuilding.arch.utas.edu.au/projects/aus/163/cbram.html
Functional analysis
Functional precedent
Precedent analysis
Technology analysis
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