Time to put up my prices

So the new business pitch I spent all weekend helping out on was yesterday and it apparently went well, news that makes the loss of my Saturday and Sunday almost worthwhile, almost, but not entirely. I have to say that several times during the pitch preparation I felt the will to live draining from me, especially when the powers that be threw out the presentation at the last minute and went back to the original version that we’d put together before the weekend. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!

Anyway the good news is that it sounds like we are in with a chance of winning the business, however the flip side is that I’m half praying we don’t win because we’re so swamped with work as it is in my department. Too many business wins for our own good and not enough bodies to throw at the work. 70-80hour weeks are not unusual for the team at the moment. We can’t hire people for toffee!!

I really don’t like working investment banker hours when I don’t earn an investment banker’s salary!!

I’m getting through the work week by listening to Radio1 via the Internet and blasting tunes through my headphones. I love this Jack Penate song to bits, although watching him run in the video makes me feel a bit dizzy. Where is that? Brighton?