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henning
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 8:32 AMsuburbanite,
Ele-Thursday.
Don't forget that "News and Features" brings in a more warmth and personal touch than an Email. And it also often includes elements like interviews and community developments that have formerly found their home in the "Saturday Show" and later "Dear Amber".
And I really do like the jingle.
Posted on: Summer at ChinesePod
June 28, 2009 at 7:53 AMOh, I love the "News and Features".
But I am with those who plead for a fixed schedule. Since we have 5 days with 5 levels anyways since quite a while now: Why not make "Monday the Newbie day", "Tuesday the Advanced/Media day", "Wednesday the Intermediate", "Thursday the UI day", and "Friday the UI day"?
Posted on: How Long Has This Been Going On?
June 27, 2009 at 1:39 PMRJ,
no, it is (used to be) unique to the public sector - Universities included.
Recently, however, the system has been changed: new positions are supposedly more performance based (and come with a significant decrease in salary). I was lucky to get one of those rare positions that follow the old model...
Posted on: How Long Has This Been Going On?
June 27, 2009 at 9:08 AMI felt a little awkward when Pete and Jenny explained 工龄 and how it is an old concept from socialistic times...
A significant part of my salary is determined by my 工龄 ("Dienstalter") or to be more precise: by my 工龄级 ("Dienstaltersstufe"). The rest comes from natural age, academic degree, working location, and family size. Performance? What performance?
All the best from an oasis of socialism! :P
Posted on: Pageant Final Episode
June 26, 2009 at 1:47 PMcalicartel,
actually I asked a similar question above.
Connies answer is here.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 12: A Dodgy Opportunity
June 24, 2009 at 6:29 AMInteresting idea to connect the two series.
Although there are still some threads open in the regular 老王-line, e.g. the further legal proceedings, his chicken-import-business, his headhunting activities in the old team...
Posted on: 沙漠寻踪三
June 23, 2009 at 2:53 PMSeems that we now got 10 new magical creatures in China, called the 百度十大神兽, the most famous being the grass mud horse. Look it up in Wikipedia (I won't add a link - too risky).
:)
Posted on: The Pinyin Program Will Be Unleashed
June 20, 2009 at 6:53 AMSo we will be getting a lesson on 金瓶梅?
Audio or video?
Posted on: 沙漠寻踪三
June 17, 2009 at 12:55 PMchangye,
we were not surprised because of the word "imaginary" but because 龟 made it to the list.
It is like "The famous four presidents: 胡锦涛, president of China, Obama, president of the US, Medvedev, president of Russia, and Krause, president of the Cologne Lego Club."
Posted on: How Long Has This Been Going On?
June 28, 2009 at 12:03 PMPete,
there is almost always a price for luck. And let's just say that getting this type of position was imperative for my family.
I have indeed seen the safety nets of the German system in action several times now and I don't want to trade with the US or the worst case - China. Shit happens.
However, you can easily watch the downsides of this system as well. I guess the trick is to find a balance between keeping personal responsibility and competition based incentives alive while at the same time securing that those nets stay strong (And you have to be careful not to judge the system based on a few weasels who are very adept at misusing them - those characters will exploit any system anywhere).