Big Ron working there part time?
Big Ron working there part time?
Freudian slip of the year aside, why is a manager saying that in a meeting which involves anyone else?
Because she's a massive dickhead.
She was asking why we weren't doing something that isn't really our job and that we've never been asked to do. Said colleague spoke up saying exactly that and her reply was something along the lines of "can you not see that's bad work ethnic?"
The 20 seconds of silence that followed were beautiful.
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Today (as in, today) my company have introduced mandatory masks in the warehouse. Truly they are on the cutting edge of the fight against this pandemic.
My sister started a new job today. It's in the Scottish government/public sector - she'd been working there before, but in a different civil service department. Obviously it's all working from home and she hadn't got a laptop or anything yet from them (you need work laptops to get on government IT systems, generally speaking) so last week they told her that her new manager would ring up at 9am on her first day with a temporary login of some kind and begin to show her the ropes and give her some starter information.
So she sits down at her home workspace at 9am, primed to go, and the call doesn't come. By half nine she's a bit annoyed so sends a polite email to the manager asking for any instructions as to what to do. Makes a pot of tea. Still no call. No one is in the office so she can't call in, and doesn't have any mobile numbers as she has never met any of her colleagues, so there is nothing she can do. The clock ticks on towards midday and still nothing happens. Pop the TV on, make lunch. Afternoon comes, she sends another email, nothing. The sun begins to set and it's gone full George Costanza - she's been paid to do her first day's work and literally nothing has happened to enable her to begin doing it.
At 8.15pm the manager finally emails back - 'I do apologise, it slipped my mind'. Another tough day in the Scottish civil service.
Two emails tbf, that's a fair day's slog in these quarters.
Also, I wasn't aware of the sister, do we still have our best sister thread? Been a while since I saw Smiffy's too although I think he said she's reproduced so it's all to play for.
As if she moved there rather than the normal way round.
Archie has an ill dad, and also I think she was fed up with London. It is lol up there, though. Everyone's gone full England-cannae-dae-it-cos-they-didnae-qualify.
Looks like I’m being roped in to covid stuff at work. Still completely managing to avoid contact tracing though, and instead being asked to look at the data side of things. Could be interesting, but could also be a lot of work. Job security above all else at the moment though, so I’ve committed.
I'm a twit
Same here. The mountain of work from August is now a regular thing. Except now the mountain is twice as big. 3 calls today and my shift's not starting for half an hour.
So don’t answer them?
You’re paid by the hour are you not?
Depends what they're asking for. If they want me to physically look at something, I'll fob them off until I'm in work.
Been instructed this week that everyone in my team should be aiming for 60-80 hours overtime per month to meet our deadlines. Can sleep when I'm dead and rich, I suppose.
Is the overtime rate worth while?
That sounds a bit mental. That’s an extra 2ish working days a week?
Standard rate, Sundays time and a half, bank holidays double time. Yeah it's a lot, going to stretch out week days then use weekend working to dodge DIY
Arsed with that then. Should you not be hiring more staff or cutting activity if you have that level of resource constraint.
Otherwise, do all your over time on “Sunday”.. are you working from home?
Haven't set foot in the office since March. Think there is a wariness to take more staff on since the last extra pair of hands we had was a disaster (dismissed then went to tribunal) and the two senior men enjoy the overtime for the cash/banked holiday aspect.
We've got thermal imaging at the entrance now. Imaging biking in and being collared by that for suspected Covid.
I've been doing this since I went back in May. I got used to it pretty quickly.
Luckily we get really good over time rates, first 4 hours time and a half and then everything after that double time.
I try and force it all into week days and not work weekend when I can help it.
We've been offered some overtime at the end of the month but I can't see it being needed. Ours works on double time as soon as you cross the full-time threshold. As a full-timer, that's great.
Yeah, incentivising over time with better rates makes sense.
congratulations, you’re getting to work an extra 15-20 hours a week for the company. sounds like something the Koreans would pull.
Like the payment I get for going on an helicopter, away from home, to a hazardous work site to work an extra 4 hours for less than my hourly rate.
Good one.
I had an interview on Tuesday, and I am delighted to say that I got the job. Yes, it was for my current job, and I was the only candidate; but this means I have now had as many successful job interviews as unsuccessful ones.
I've always wondered what those would be like.
'What do you think makes you well-suited to the role as advertised?'
'Well, the fact that I've been doing it for the last three years is certainly in my favour.'
Ah, the "interview because we have to say we interviewed you" interview.
In my old job one of the senior managers had a cretinous nephew or some semi-close relative he'd said he'd get a job. He got it once and was a useless, lazy, delusional twat and he "left." He then got a second crack at it presumably because his mother had pouted that he was loafing about the house and probably realised he was too thick to get all but the shittest jobs. So they dragged him in for the second interview to go through the motions and the managers interviewed him knowing this was an absolute waste of time for all involved. However as an excellent twist when it got to the end of the interview they told him he'd done well and then like to offer him the job he responded, "Hm, can I take a few days to think about it?" I think the relative who was getting him the job nearly murdered him.
The other highlight was that one of the interviewers told me they hit him with a bog standard "Tell us about a time when-" question to do with difficult customers and he proceeded to tell them about working on the concessions at a football stadium when an angry fan called him a fuckstick.
Amazing
There were a few nepotistic appointments at our spot that went sideways which is always a joy to behold.
I interviewed three times for my current job before securing it full time, the second and third time I had been doing the job full time in excess of two years. Essentially I was interviewing to extend a secondment and then finally a full time job offer.
With my industry being a bit fucked I've been looking for work I wouldn't normally go for, retail being one. I had to answer questions with my own words for a supermarket and this is what I got. I haven't a clue how they figure this shit out. Busted!!
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Going back to paeds on a 3 days a week contract from December. Buzzing to have got that job.
Can locum a couple of days a week and make bank.
That's half the office trained before the new stuff gets switched on. Piece of piss, I just hate how it's all happening in bulk. Also, it's a job that genuinely fucks with my posture in a way that the normal stuff doesn't. I used to generally fix me eyes on one part of the screen but scrolling down a spreadsheet means I am in neck and shoulder hell.
Overtime on Saturday as well. Might be the first time in a year that's actually been offered.
Arrived this morning to this email from the ops manager to whole company:
Well I may not get an end of year bonus but at least I've got a Mr Kipling French Fancy (pink).Hi Everybody
Due to a good month in October, there are cakes in both kitchens
Please be mindful of social distancing
Thanks
Yeah we've had the chat about how IN THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES we won't be getting a bonus but also that we've purchased two other organisations and have multiple new customers. But we shouldn't worry because for reasons those two things are totally separate and we needn't fret because the guys earning quadruple what we are aren't getting a bonus either so it's all good.
Do you guys get to see your performance against your original 2020 budget? If so and you're over it then they really are pulling a fast one.
We didn't exceed the original target but I think we exceeded the revised target they put up post lockdown, although why they thought we'd care about that if there wasn't the annual bonus on the line I'm not sure.
Given acquisitions are still going ahead and they've been able to pay back the people who'd been "asked" to do a temporary sacrifice already I'm guessing the shareholders have gone "great we'll have all the money we expected" and that's why even a revised bonus isn't happening.
If your company is big enough there should be a fair bit of detail on director remuneration available next year relating to this. I'd be checking that to see what they got.
The fuckin privelege levels of this community
We've been way above targets this year in all reporting so hoping there will be a pot this year but it's the first year at the new corporate title so not really sure what to expect. We've got all out performance related stuff coming out this week so fingers crossed my group has a pot to distribute cash out.
Meanwhile we are about 24 million in the red.
Isn't there someone called Rockefeller or Calhoun who can donate you out of trouble?
That's always the solution, so hopefully Joey B will push some tax breaks for the wealthy.
I don't think Joey Barton has that sort of clout. Fingers crossed, though.
I spent an hour and 20 minutes on the phone to some dozy bint from Basildon Council this morning. Dozy is actually too kind, she was truly unfathomably stupid, but anyway, she's just emailed asking if I can call her again 'quickly' as she has a few more questions.
Genuinely questioning how highly I value my ability to pay the mortgage right now. I'm probably only typing this pointless and boring post because it's something to do that isn't calling her.
WFH for the foreseeable so a screen is a must to avoid eternal neck pain. Recommendations welcome. Ideally a 22 inch screen, sub £100.
Why are you paying for one?
Yeah, is lifting one from work not an option? Do you have a spare TV you can use?
What Kiko said. I had the same budget from work so went for it as it had speakers too. That's really the only marked attribute you can decide on after I researched painstakingly and asked the virgin speccy cunts at work too.