Just in Time for my Laptop to Conk Out!

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I've been given a bit of a promotion at work.

At the moment, I'm in about as good a place as I've ever been at work, and loving what I'm doing.  I've been gifted with a Manager who seems to think I'm something special that's worth developuing and investing in and that's such a special feeling.  I even got a nice bonus this month, which was a lovely surprise!

My New Role is as a Reward Manager  I'm stepping away from pure payroll and my assistant is stepping up into my previous Payroll lead role which I'm going to be mentoring her for.  It's a new role, so one I can make my own, and I'm very excited about it.  I'm responsible for formulating a reward strategy for the company, and reward includes everything from extrinsic benefits such as wages and medical insurance to intrinsic benefits such as recognition and work autonomy.

One of the things my Manager and I agreed on was me undertaking some training, and so I have just, this week, started doing a Level 5 qualification in Reward Management.  It's a foundation degree level, and is one module of an overall HR degree.  And so, of course I started it the same week my laptop conked out!  Luckily, I've got a work laptop that I can bring home to study on (and use for other  purposes, such a Livejournal !! ;) )

Just for fun, here's a little bit of my work:  thrilling stuff, I can assure you! :)

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