It’s now June 2016…was supposed to complete my MPhil/PhD transfers by end of July 2016.
Schedule sifted again!
I’m hoping to finish all my interviews by end of June and hoping to do the transfers by end of September 2016.
A bit of my Sunday ranting..
Couple of weeks ago I called TalkTalk 3-times with a BIG hope to get an interview with them for my research interviews.
1st call: the HR Office was closed.
2nd call: asked for their IT Manager. After I spelled out the reasons for my calls, he slammed the phone down. How rude is that?! Just goes to show TalkTalk has no protocol or customer handling procedures. No wonder they’re hacked!
The 3rd call – no answers from the switch board. I think the company should change their name to NOTALK.
Also, some folks want to get my research findings but not interested or willing to participate in the interviews. Poor excuses with ‘non-disclosure or confidentiality’ agreements. It seems that declaration of the research ethics procedures/approval, and also with the consent form for participants are poor substitutes for getting folks to participate. Perhaps industry practitioners don’t know why researchers are doing interviews and also why their input are needed.