My other question was what will the priorities be of the successful applicant and he didn’t know.‘It’s a new role in a new team so it’s still being ironed out.’
My other question was what will the priorities be of the successful applicant and he didn’t know.
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That question has probably cost you the role.
Did you mean responsibilities? Asking what your priorities would be is a bit of a weird question.
You would surely know the general responsibilities in order to apply for the job. Priorities sounds right.
You prioritise by yourself though, no? I'd never ask my manager what my priorities are.
You're all autistic cunts.
Anyone know how to respond to an email if they've asked you how your weekend has been in their intro but you don't want to ask them about theirs?
If it's a new role I think it's a reasonable question to ask since they will have just listed all sorts of crap in the posting. As for Taz, just ignore it.
2.5 days until I put the Out of Office on for an actual holiday (even if it is in the UK). I might have to order one of those sad OUT OF OFFICE T-Shirts to wear in the office/bedroom on Friday to mark the occasion.
Didn’t get that job.
To add to my misery, had the director on this morning saying she wants me to get more involved with other areas. She’s also encouraging me to look into a degree course I can do, where I’d take one week out of my working week to do, but still get paid fulltime. They literally don’t exist, surely?
Like fuck off I just wanna look at spreadsheets and make impressive formulas, not learn about covid surge testing or the tender renewal process. Right now I don’t even care about money, I just wanna doss.
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You appear to be doing everything in your power not to doss. Clearly something deeper at play.
He's not been the same since he lost his desk.
I've turned Fridays half day into a whole day off now, so one day to go until #HolidayMode #OutOfOffice #StayCay
Unfortunately I will spend most of tomorrow doing Home Visits. The first for over a year. Eugh.
I have gone the other way and instead of lying on a Greek beach or just sat in my pants watching Bargain Hunt I voluntarily cancelled 4 days leave out of a total fortnight this week, to assist my team during heavy workload while we are short handed. It's resulted in a massive tension headache, which is nice.
2 of my 4 home visits emailed over night to cancel (for clearly made up reasons). I now need to phone up and try to cover my happy tears with my faux disappointed voice. Tonight's kebab gets closer with every passing minute. What a life lads.
I've caught my time back up from earlier in the week with a 10 hour shift. Even from home, the long ones are shite. Not due back into the office until at least September, too.
I've been inspired by Spikey (and my own crushing lack of enthusiasm at the moment and massive surplus of days off to use) to take tomorrow off as an impromptu three day weekend.
Are you a housing officer Spikey? I think we might be doing the same job…
Sort of. I work along side the Housing Officers but only deal with things when they're about to go to court.Originally Posted by CJay
I've been a Housing Officer for the last year though, just transitioning back to normal now.
Ah I see. I just started my role at the beginning of May. 400 houses in my ‘patch’ with the actual training taking place as I go. Just winging it for now with fairly good results so far.
We have some serious arrears issues coming down the line after COVID restrictions lift and we can resume court action. I assume it’s like that with you too.
We've done mostly OK, as a team our uncollected rent was 3.5%ish, with under 3% being the normal target. Could have been alot worse considering everything, mind.
That said, those that have taken full advantage have done so spectacularly. I think our highest arrears are something like £14k
My east end wide boy field boss rang me up just now to ask me about the monthly numbers.
"How are the figures going?"
"We've done £174k thus far."
"Thus far? Who are you, Bill fucking Shakespeare?!"
I will honestly miss him when he dies of a heart attack any day now.
Even I say "thus far" and I'm from fucking Essex.
Southern-talk.
Just say ‘so far.’
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Come back when you can say the letter k without bringing up a hairball.
I’m more Johnny Vegas than Jamie Carragher, soz.
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I had no idea Johnny Vegas was from St Helens. Is that how you all talk then, minus the throat like a cement mixer? I just figured he was from Bolton or something.
Baz should be supporting a Manchester team if he talks like that.
Out of office on until the 3rd of June, managed to flush a massive turd of a workload and thankfully someone else is dropping the ball so any errors in my absence will be attributed to them
You sound 10 times more like Carragher than you do Vegas.
Modern Scouse is uniquely horrible because of the Irish, so Baz would (and does) sound more like the towns closer to Manchester than he does a Scouser. Dialect aside, he also sounds more like me than I would some West Yorkshire pleb.
Been offered the chance to become a Domestic Abuse Champion. It’s a five day course spread over two weeks but I’ve politely declined.
If I was in an office and it meant five days away (it’s not virtual, I’d have to go somewhere) I’d have probably done it, but nah. The lady running it is really good though (fit) so could still be swayed.
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Domestic Abuse Champions?
Sweet mother of God.
Sounds like a 2000 wcw Vince Russo idea.
I like Baz, but the idea of him being a Domestic Abuse Champion (as an aside, who the hell decided to call it that?) is utterly terrifying.
This sort of thing needs to stop now.
Calling yourself Domestic Abuse Champion makes it sound like there was a competition
Well let's not rule anything out.
It does make it sound like you’re the best at domestic abuse
It is a thing and tbh I’d probably be more on board with championing that than general “mental health first aid,” (don’t smack your spouse vs lighten up) but one gets me paid £8 a month and the other does not.
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Domestic abuse champion would fit into your signature though.
"mental health first aider, employee champion, culture champion domestic abuse champion and, of course, spreadsheet badboy."
Although maybe it is a bit too 'champion' heavy.
You can’t just have a champion declared for turning up. Some sort of tournament. The Domestic Abuse World Cup to find out who’s the Champion.
Why tf are you championing domestic abuse at work and how do I introduce it to my workplace?
Recruit a domestic abuse survivor (also helps if she’s from an ethnic minority and photogenic) and let her run wild.
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Being domestic abuse champion comes with a title belt that you have to threaten to take off.
Fucking hell.
Hahaha there's the joke i was looking for, good job
Domestic Abuse Champion
Baz, is there some kind of open secret going round the office about someone getting battered at home? That's the only way I could see management signing off on this.
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