To research and develop the product.
To research and develop the product.
I've been trying to work with the LOCAL SPORTS TEAM cos they're massive and everyone has at least a passing interest in them, to get them more involved with educating children agaisnt bad life choices - either by players going in schools and telling kids not to do drink and drugs, or by inviting them to the stadium under the guise of a cool school trip but hammer home the no drink and drugs thing while they're there - but the chuffing stadium is sponsored by a vaping company, so they can't bad mouth vaping, which is absolutely rife among everyone, but particularly young people. Waste of time. Might as well go and give out free ket.
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A totally wicked wasted of time.
Using athletes as role models. Might as well hire Marlboro Man.
Shut up you dicks. The idea of getting celebrities to say "don't do drugs" has never been tried before and if it had it would've worked.
Some bloke owes me $1500 and ain't paying. So, I bought a similar domain of a famous law firm, slightly amended to make it look localised - auto forwarded the domain URL to the real law firm website, created a new email address and copied them in my email asking for payment. He just responded saying payment will be made soon.
20 mins and $14 well spent
Maybe Mark Bosnich wasnt the best choice.Originally Posted by Spikey M
Serious big dick energy.Some bloke owes me $1500 and ain't paying. So, I bought a similar domain of a famous law firm, slightly amended to make it look localised - auto forwarded the domain URL to the real law firm website, created a new email address and copied them in my email asking for payment. He just responded saying payment will be made soon.
20 mins and $14 well spent
Sounds it, until the guy forwards a payment confirmation email on from payment@barcllays.com.
I’m sure stuff you’ve tried at work has also been done before.
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But what is "the product"? I thought you sold engine parts for tractors? Or is there some manufacturing part of it too?
Fast tractor > slow tractor
Ever see a tractor with a fat rear wing? Jimmy has.
The tractor of the future.
How do you think engine parts for tractors come into being?
I just thought you sourced them from big manufacturers and sold them on at a mark-up
Sort of, but we have our own worldwide brand which means it needs to be good, so we have four engineers to do the drawings / use fancy machines, and three R&D people to research what we need to produce next. We also have a scout in China who goes around finding non-shit factories.
It is admittedly an interesting fish, the R&D department. A three-person team, whose leader is a comedy posh man who wears brown brogues and demands that the other two call him 'Sir'. The two below him are a useless 23 year old we plucked out of the warehouse because he was cheap, and a cheerful woman who has just died.
The MD is currently in the sales office revealing that she was found at the bottom of the stairs, and therefore speculating that the husband might have moved her there to make it look like an accident. I swear I work with and the for the fucking worst people in the world.
Yeah, we know.
He actually uttered the phrase 'I suppose I need to watch more CSI', laughed, and then mentioned he was going over later with flowers for the husband. As soon as he left the room we all looked at each other in total disbelief. I think that was the weirdest ten minutes I've ever spent in a workplace.
One guy was brave enough to start saying 'Well, I think pathologists know what they're doing' but the rest of us were trapped in a sort of stunned silence.
The Staircase II: Electric Boogaloo.
My employer has today advertised a Team Leader job in our sister team. We all get paid the same, same holiday, etc. Yet, for some unfathomable reason, the team leader role is being advertised at exactly the same wage that us plebs are on.
We have asked them if it's a mistake (it isn't) and the other Team Leaders have confirmed they are on more than the advertised wage, so I legitimately have no idea what's going on here. Why would anyone "step up" for the same wage? In fact, you'd probably get less because they don't go out and about much, so there'd be no travel expenses.
Honestly baffled. Someone's fucked up somewhere.
What even is a team leader?
A manager without the title who gets all the responsibility and none of the authority.
Or just another name for the same thing.
My place uses "step ups" and "team leaders."
Essentially you have the carrot dangled that doing this role will put you in good stead for when actual management positions become available. Said position will become available and they'll hire from outside anyway. The manager gets the "team leader" to do their bidding(or as much as they can palm off) and also get to send them out to take the shit from the staff when something goes wrong.
I'd bet after those current team leaders leave or get shuffled onto something else, the new rate you've seen will be standard. Worst part is there's always someone who will take the job.
"It's good for your development."
A lot of managers/pleb leaders are just glorified admin-HR hybrid roles, so they're rightfully losing all prestige and being pushed into poverty. Learn some real skills or become a postie.
I'm a manager in title who has no staff to manage, just information
But I have to attend mandatory manager courses no matter how many times I point out I don't manage anyone
I've had a discussion with my manager about it and she is "disappointed" that I'm not applying. I'm pretty sure the job was mine if I wanted it, but I'm not sure I'd apply even if there was a wage increase, nevermind for the same money I'm currently on, and I told her as much. So that's bridges burned and earth salted for some time, I expect.
More headache for same money is insane. Good call. The only way I would apply to manage my team if it comes up is just because I know the fucking clown in my team will apply and I'd rather do it than him be my manager.
If that burns bridges and salts the earth with her, fuck her.
I’ve started seeking out and/or accepting anything that involves travelling somewhere and setting my out of office. Diamorphine assisted treatment? Oh it’s in Birmingham? Yes please. Workshop that barely relates to my work? In Liverpool? Sign me up. Festival of films made my drug addicts? I’m there! Conference? Yep! Bonus points if lunch is provided and full on drippy wide-on if I get some loot like a stressball or lanyard.
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You'd be mad not to, to be honest. Think I'd do the same just to get a break from the office.
Any sort of conferences in teaching are usually saturdays, cos every organiser knows attendance will be down if they host in the week and rely on schools to provide cover for staff attending. So I've never bothered.
Today is a red letter deadline day in my department, so naturally the entire company internet has shit the bed
Always take advantage when you can. I have had a couple of trips to India and various places in the US on the company. “Yep, I really did eat lunch at the Irish pub in Chicago airport and no I don’t have an itemized receipt.”
In for some system testing tomorrow. If nothing fucks up, it's only an hour.
Delayed the start for an hour and I didn't even have my accesses ready.
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Film festival today.
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Barney's replacement has finally arrived. She's a ditsy woman who says things like 'Yeah I'm a bit mental haha'. Naturally I've been made to train her.
Match made in heaven. Looking forward to the anecdotes.
Anyone who says they are a bit mental are usually quite dull. Unless they have crazy eyes, then be on your guard.
It usually just means they talk too much.
At least she's not "bubbly".
That's the same thing. It just means they're also overweight.
Yeah, slender build disqualifies her from being 'bubbly' but it's very much in that area. Too stupid for 'feisty'. Any other sexist words available?
She sounds like a live one
She's a go-er.
We've had somebody join who 'over-shares', and, seeing as it is obviously deliberate, you have to wonder what the purpose of it is.
Did Barney ever find out they earmarked his replacement as Lynn from Alan Partridge?
Some people just can't help themselves. I have a colleague that tells me basically everything. When she has a doctors appointment, what it's for, what her boyfriend did to upset her, what she has for dinner, blah, blah fucking blah. It's become so time consuming that I end up doing half the shit she's meant to do for myself because it's quicker than the chit-chat associated with giving it to her.
It's potentially the best skiving masterstroke of all time.
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