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Excel Challenge (prize - she keeps her job!)
"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ...
Who were the Excel experts? Just a thought, if she is an admin, then a test like that is really ridiculous unless they used it just to get rid of her, in which case it would be crooked to say the least. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Thanks for the comments, Peo. By 'experts' I mean the people in this newsgroup and another Excel bulletin board that kindly took the time to have a go at the question. Without mentioning any names, many have many years experience at professional level. This is in comparison to her, who has only minimal experience. I have produced an updated grid at the bottom of this posting showing the results from 24 replies. In relation to your other comments, we think you have hit the nail on the head. Some people have asked why would she want to carry on working there - well she has been there for 15 years, loves her job (she works in a college and supplies an admin service to disabled and disadvantaged students), is prepared to be trained (in fact she specifically asked for spreadsheet training) and is not going to let a new upstart manager use these tricks against her. Results of 24 replies to original posting showing time taken to produce spreadsheet, the number of years experience and the answers to the 2 questions: Time Yrs No. No. (mins) exp. stdnts hours 10 8 412 53892 10 10 412 3726 10 447 1091 13 14 412 3726 13 452 3176 17 3 412 53892 20 10 395 931410 20 1 412 3726 20 3 412 3726 20 8 412 53892 20 15 412 3726 28 12 412 2994 30 15 98 60372 50 7 98 53892 50 7 412 53892 13 20 412 53892 30 10 412 3726 9 412 93474 30 412 23436 17 3 412 53892 40 6 412 2406 15 8 412 3726 15 7 412 3726 412 3726 Analysis of answers to number of students Answer Frq Percent 412 19 79.2% 98 2 8.3% 447 1 4.2% 452 1 4.2% 395 1 4.2% Analysis of answers to number of learning hours Answer Frq Percent 3726 9 37.5% 53892 7 29.2% 1091 1 4.2% 3176 1 4.2% 2994 1 4.2% 60372 1 4.2% 93474 1 4.2% 23436 1 4.2% 2406 1 4.2% Average time taken to produce spreadsheet - 21.7 minutes (range 9 - 50 minutes) Average years experience of respondants - 8.8 years (range 1 to 20 years) Many thanks to everybody that replied - all this information is very helpful. |
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Excel Challenge (prize - she keeps her job!)
...My wife has just lost
her job because she didn't satisfactorily complete an Excel task in the allotted time.... Personally, I wouldn't even try to get a job back under these circumstances. At best she'll somehow force them to rehire her and will end up in a hostile environment where her co-workers see her as unfit to pass the same test they did pass (presumably). At worst a lot of effort and heartache will go into a quixotic quest that fails anyhow. There must be other places....? Bill -- (Remove KILLSPAM from my address to use it) |
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