Our Xmas party got cancelled because there's no money for it LOL.
Our Xmas party got cancelled because there's no money for it LOL.
Again, definitely not cost-cutting.
100% that's what it is. Our turnover is dropping £2m in 3 years. It isn't good and an abysmal failure by our current sales team.Originally Posted by SvN
Nah. It's a nice boost though as I've just had a quote in for repairing my watch of £1500.
*cough*
Clearly the way to improve sales figures is to sack the sales team and replace them with engineers who have zero sales experience. It sounds like your company is circling the drain.
So today was our final day of the financial year. Just run the numbers and the turnover projection I did in July was within 0.036%.
"Deliver the plan".
We got an update on how the company is performing today. Making absolutely shit loads, but behind target for most things.
Gonna be weird when the bonus is shite but the company has made billions. Meh.
Well this month I've outsold one of the guys that's been here 10 years so...
In fairness, that's the aim of the company. Not to furnish employees with extra money.
Boom, and another. That puts me 2nd overall. Not bad for a shite engineer eh?
Welcome to capitalism.
P.s. join a union.
Fuck unions.
A while back they offered the entirety of my department (nationally) a 9% raise over 3 years, but wanted to extend the working week from 37 to 40 hours, add weekend working, cut overtime rates etc. Anyway, it was a shit deal, but it was parked in front of the Unions for them to vote on whether to accept it of not. What fucking business is it of theirs if I want to accept or not? Fuck ‘em.
You elect unions to represent you in wage negotiations. That's their business.
They're largely pointless these days owing to their complete lack of balls. Say what you want about the train drivers, but they scam their 'safety concerns' magnificently.
'their complete lack of balls'
Let's not forget who neutered them.
All the eighties reforms ever did was make unions more accountable and democratic. If their power depended upon them being a bent racket then it was pretty baseless.
Unions are too expensive, considering they don't do anything 99% of the time.
I'm a twit
You might. I don’t. I’m not a member.
They come good once a year for pay reviews but we've got enough members to bleat on about that for the rest of us. And then they moan about, "Well, I think you shouldn't be entitled to it if you're not a member."
One thing I was asked to do at work was to contact a shedload of companies asking for “prizes” that would be given out at the end of a twelve month long campaign. Most of them haven’t bothered getting back to me (I sent about 50 e-mails) but today in the post I received a two-for-one voucher at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. For reference, to buy one wristband online it costs £28, so it’s effectively worth £28, I guess.
Turns out the campaign isn’t going to run anymore so no prizes are required. Nobody else has seen this voucher. Should I just keep it?
There’s probably a 50/50 chance that if I mention it to the person who asked me to sort out the prizes, she’d just say keep it, but why run the risk.
It expires in November 2019. I could quite easily plan a day sesh next Summer with my mate that involves going on The Big One ten times. Hmm.
Or I could be honest and hand this one over, in the hope that something better turns up. Or I could just keep all the prizes that come in. Decisions, decisions.
Anyone wanna buy it for £15?
I'm a twit
Fucking scousers.
If its a prize that takes you to Blackpool I'd be glad to have it taken off my hands.
I won a £10 Sainsburys voucher at work today. I'm happy with that.
i won a bottle of cheap cava for being colleague of the month, have that you cunts.
Had my annual review today which was a mixed bag. Best summed up by this paragraph of my review
"As noted in attached HR notes, phonics has struggled with some lack of professionalism scattered throughout the year,which has been his biggest setback. This included not showing up for work at times. However, he has since moved on beyond this and proven himself a reliable colleague that can be counted on to deliver quality work and visionary ideas."
Got a promotion and a 25% pay bump at the end of said meeting.
Hire Boydy.
Ps congrats. I'll take a PS4 plz.
Maybe introducing yourself as "phonics" is hampering your air of professionalism somewhat.
25% seems an insane wage hike though so good on ya.
Should celebrate with a little trip somewhere nice. Spain maybe?
What?
Please, I'm on the verge of confirming tickets to a 2 week Tokyo/Seoul trip
Well, I can't wait to hear about that several more times.
Sushi anyone?
These dickheads are lucky I'm not the sort to down tools or go on the sick now my notice is in because this week is a proper understaffed shitfest entirely caused by managerial ineptitude.
Thank you for applying for the position of Data Analyst Support Officer HCC11075, we are delighted to confirm that you have been invited for an interview.
Hmmm.
Do it.
I just had the following phone call with the regional manager.
Me: 'Hello?'
Him: 'Pedro Bravo is a cunt. He can fuck off.'
Me: 'Who's Pedro Bravo?'
Him: 'Dunno, but he's a cunt.'
*line goes dead*
This industry is so great for shall we say 'direct communication'.
Managed to get my new job to let me start in January so I will have nearly 3 weeks off over Christmas and New Year before starting there.
I hate my industry.
OpenReach are absolutely fucking horrible.
Everyone hates your industry because you're all useless.
OpenReach ARE the worst though. Unless you have the misfortune to deal with the ironically named Reliance over in Bangalore.
Fucked up a UAT release today which was being done for some bug fixes. Not even sure the bug's been properly fixed even when I did get the release working in the end.
Starting to dislike my job again though. The most senior guy below the manager on my team is a bit of a prick and the project manager's quite annoying too - one day she can be all matey with you and the next she's really off. Also, there's not enough coding. I fucking hate devops.
Although this starting to dislike it again coincides with me tapering off my ADs so maybe it's that. Who fucking knows.
It'll probably take you a couple of jobs to find your groove - nothing really to worry about. As long as you're learning stuff then it's worth sticking with.
Sounds like your not cut out for it Boyd (quelle surprise).
Why?Fucked up a UAT release today which was being done for some bug fixes. Not even sure the bug's been properly fixed even when I did get the release working in the end.
Starting to dislike my job again though. The most senior guy below the manager on my team is a bit of a prick and the project manager's quite annoying too - one day she can be all matey with you and the next she's really off. Also, there's not enough coding. I fucking hate devops.
Although this starting to dislike it again coincides with me tapering off my ADs so maybe it's that. Who fucking knows.
It's boring. I like coding, I want to code.
https://triplebyte.com/
Looks good, that. Cheers. Bookmarked it for the future.
EDIT: It's only for US jobs. Booo.
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