Work colleagues

[Archie McSquackle]

Not really as it's what we agree to when we sign the contract. Some people work longer hours than what I'm contracted for and some have a shorter working week. In any case, I generally work past 5 if I'm busy but some of the others are out of there on the button.

[itzdrk]

My shifts are so bad and erratic.  Can be anything from 7am to 11 at night.  

They tried to f**k me over this week and had me 10-6 Monday to Thursday but 3-11 on the Friday, would not change the shift and instead said I should work later Monday to Thursday .  Somehow I managed to get a holiday for the Friday, what a waste of my last one. 

[Nutz_the_Squirrel]

1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I'm not trapped in a sexless marriage like certain alliterative Aberdeen fans, so I don't feel the need to say "wid" to anything that vaguely resembles a hole.

Wid

[ScottR96]

My shifts range from 8-4 to 12-8 with stupid ones like 9.15-5.15 in between.  I also work every 2nd Saturday morning for which I get a lieu day during the week. I hate working Saturdays though and would happily work Monday-Friday for every weekend off. 

I thought it would be a step up from working a constant backshift in my last job but it's absolutely brutal. 

[KnightswoodBear]

12 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I'm not trapped in a sexless marriage like certain alliterative Aberdeen fans, so I don't feel the need to say "wid" to anything that vaguely resembles a hole.

So.  Wid not, then?

[Melanius Mullarkey]

12 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I'm not trapped in a sexless marriage like certain alliterative Aberdeen fans, so I don't feel the need to say "wid" to anything that vaguely resembles a hole.

 

[ICTChris]

I'm in a Skype chat with two of my colleagues who are having a massive barney in it.  I am sitting here all awkward, it's like when you went to your friends house when you were wee and they got a row from their mum and you just had to sit there.  But with adults.  In Skype.

[Bairnardo]

I'm in a Skype chat with two of my colleagues who are having a massive barney in it.  I am sitting here all awkward, it's like when you went to your friends house when you were wee and they got a row from their mum and you just had to sit there.  But with adults.  In Skype.

Would they notice if you started recording it?

[ICTChris]

Just now, Bairnardo said:

7 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

I'm in a Skype chat with two of my colleagues who are having a massive barney in it.  I am sitting here all awkward, it's like when you went to your friends house when you were wee and they got a row from their mum and you just had to sit there.  But with adults.  In Skype.

Would they notice if you started recording it?

It's a chat not a call.  

[Bairnardo]

It's a chat not a call.  

Oh.

Sorry.

[ICTChris]

Just now, Bairnardo said:

Oh.

Sorry.

Apology not accepted.

[Mallo_Madrid]

Working in my office us cushty.

Half 8 until 4. Sometimes away as early as 2 on a Friday.

The managing director absolutely hates losing staff, therefore he pays everyone way above the sector average. Completely trusts everyone to get on and  do their work, he doesn't even mind people nipping our for a hair cut in office hours. Everyone completely appreciates it and there's nobody that takes the piss.

There's only 11 of us. When hiring one of the first thing he goes on is personality, if he thought someone would come in and rock the boat they wouldn't get near, even if it means not getting  the most qualified person in for the job. I realise this could only really work in an office with lower staff numbers, but not all office work is shit.

I've actually just been tasked with hiring a part time admin assistant, the work will be a piece of piss so I'll be looking for sound c***s only, in fact that should have been on the job advertisement.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2018 by Mallo_Madrid

[Honest_Man#1]

1 hour ago, Mallo_Madrid said:

Working in my office us cushty.

Half 8 until 4. Sometimes away as early as 2 on a Friday.

The managing director absolutely hates losing staff, therefore he pays everyone way above the sector average. Completely trusts everyone to get on and  do their work, he doesn't even mind people nipping our for a hair cut in office hours. Everyone completely appreciates it and there's nobody that takes the piss.

There's only 11 of us. When hiring one of the first thing he goes on is personality, if he thought someone would come in and rock the boat they wouldn't get near, even if it means not getting  the most qualified person in for the job. I realise this could only really work in an office with lower staff numbers, but not all office work is shit.

I've actually just been tasked with hiring a part time admin assistant, the work will be a piece of piss so I'll be looking for sound c***s only, in fact that should have been on the job advertisement.

 

 

I recently hired someone. During interviews I spent about 2 mins going through CV and checking hey could do the job, and the remaining time seeing how sound they were. Most people who applied have the necessary skills/experience so based the decision almost entirely on what their personality was like.

[Cerberus]

Working in my office us cushty.
Half 8 until 4. Sometimes away as early as 2 on a Friday.
The managing director absolutely hates losing staff, therefore he pays everyone way above the sector average. Completely trusts everyone to get on and  do their work, he doesn't even mind people nipping our for a hair cut in office hours. Everyone completely appreciates it and there's nobody that takes the piss.
There's only 11 of us. When hiring one of the first thing he goes on is personality, if he thought someone would come in and rock the boat they wouldn't get near, even if it means not getting  the most qualified person in for the job. I realise this could only really work in an office with lower staff numbers, but not all office work is shit.
I've actually just been tasked with hiring a part time admin assistant, the work will be a piece of piss so I'll be looking for sound c***s only, in fact that should have been on the job advertisement.
 
 

My work has started something like that.

It doesn’t matter if you can do the job or not, or if you have the personality of a serial killer as long as you’ll work for low pay.

[Mark Connolly]

3 hours ago, ICTChris said:

It's a chat not a call.  

So screenshots then?

[microdave]

I had to do a code of ethics refresher today but there was a wee quiz at the end and a certificate to print which I completely ignored since I'm not 11. A woman actually printed hers out and has pinned it to the partition next to her desk. She's almost 50 ffs!

[GordonD]

31 minutes ago, microdave said:

I had to do a code of ethics refresher today but there was a wee quiz at the end and a certificate to print which I completely ignored since I'm not 11. A woman actually printed hers out and has pinned it to the partition next to her desk. She's almost 50 ffs!

We had to do an annual test (think it was to do with safety) and print off the certificate to show that we'd done it. After the first one I just photoshopped the year and printed it.

[MEADOWXI]

Our tests like that come from our Head Office in Houston. Normally get guidance about length of time and difficulty.

Last one should have taken 30 mins to watch and 10 mins for test at end. Skimmed through in 5mins....multiple choice done in 2mins
100 %.
It is clearly geared for thick Americans as every answer was obvious if you had a brain.

But unless you do them and the system registers you have been on and done it you get grief.

Total pain in the arse

[welshbairn]

1 hour ago, MEADOWXI said:

Our tests like that come from our Head Office in Houston. Normally get guidance about length of time and difficulty.

Last one should have taken 30 mins to watch and 10 mins for test at end. Skimmed through in 5mins....multiple choice done in 2mins
100 %.
It is clearly geared for thick Americans as every answer was obvious if you had a brain.

But unless you do them and the system registers you have been on and done it you get grief.

Total pain in the arse

It's just to get you to pay some attention rather than a memo that nobody reads. Likewise the scores back at HQ.

Edited November 28, 2018 by welshbairn

[Miguel Sanchez]

I love trainer refreshment season. There's a guy in my work who legitimately took about three hours once to do a test that you could finish in ten minutes.