Work colleagues

[velo army]

5 hours ago, Fullerene said:

 

Not to mention "Fit Like Loon?"  

They also say "fit you sayin'?" which is awful.

[Guest]

8 hours ago, Fullerene said:

Similar Good Bye is short hand for God Be With You  

Did not know this will need to stop using this now, wouldn't wish a sky fairy be with anyone.

[Fullerene]

24 minutes ago, Empty It said:

Did not know this will need to stop using this now, wouldn't wish a sky fairy be with anyone.

^^^^ Gloria Gaynor

[BFTD]

9 hours ago, RH33 said:

I started a full time wfh role last year, previously I found office politics too much and didn't cope.

I was getting a bit isolated so the second job at golf club helps that plus it's mainly odd shifts and I'm on own with a few regulars.

Oh aye, here we go.

Go on, tell us about your "odd shifts with a few regulars"  

[GTG_03]

5 hours ago, velo army said:

They also say "fit you sayin'?" which is awful.

Nae muckle min, yersel? 

[Aufc]

23 hours ago, Stellaboz said:

Entitled? f**k right off man. Employees should be taken care of far better than currently in general. The UK is far behind and this draconian thinking that employees should be at work 9 to 5 with no flexibility to this. 

I actually agree that everyone should be flexible and 9-5 doesn’t suit everyone, however, it needs to be flexible on both sides 

[GordonD]

4 minutes ago, Aufc said:

9-5 doesn’t suit everyone

Depends if it's the Dolly Parton or Sheena Easton one

[Stellaboz]

1 hour ago, Aufc said:

I actually agree that everyone should be flexible and 9-5 doesn’t suit everyone, however, it needs to be flexible on both sides 

What do you mean? 

For example, I sometimes work after 6 and a longer day, sometimes I finish at 4 and go get some sunshine if its nice. 

No reason why this can't work more widespread. Tech companies seem to get this right over here.

[HeartsOfficialMoaner]

2 hours ago, Aufc said:

I actually agree that everyone should be flexible and 9-5 doesn’t suit everyone, however, it needs to be flexible on both sides 

Both sides of what?

[RuMoore]

Some of the women in our work group chat were talking about how one of them is a psychic and she's done a reading for another colleague and they were on singing her praises today. 

Some of the definitely legitimate mind blowing supernatural occurances she predicted are that this person will be contacted by someone from their past, they will have problems with their car (this was retracted because we're past "Mercury Retrograde" season so the prediction no longer applies, however the f**k that works..) and last but not least, their elderly granny is being watched over by a womanly figure *gasps aplenty* who is their grans dead mother. Apparantly this brought massive comfort to her and the family. 

Alongside this someone I thought was alright asked me today if I agreed that Russell Brand had been taken down by the government for exposing their secrets like Andrew Tate was. 

[Aufc]

5 hours ago, Stellaboz said:

What do you mean? 

For example, I sometimes work after 6 and a longer day, sometimes I finish at 4 and go get some sunshine if its nice. 

No reason why this can't work more widespread. Tech companies seem to get this right over here.

 

4 hours ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said:

Both sides of what?

As in someone works till 2pm one and goes off to play golf or whatever. But then another day has to work later to get shit finished. Evens itself out as long as the second bit happens

[BFTD]

On 23/09/2023 at 16:40, Aufc said:

As in someone works till 2pm one and goes off to play golf or whatever.

Oh, my sides.

[Buzz Killington]

I think I have just been “double professored” by two of my colleagues. 
 

The big boss and his second in command were down on Monday and spent most of the morning in a meeting with my colleagues Mr A and Mr B. 
 

Today I have been copied into emails, which seem to be related to the meeting on Monday, allocating a good 50-60% of Mr A and Mr B workload to me.  This will allow them time to help with training for the rest of my colleagues. 
 

I’ve emailed my direct boss pointing out that 50-60% of two other peoples workload plus 100% of my workload means I will be doing between 200-220% of one persons work and asking how this is going to work. I’ve yet to get a response to this. 
 

 

[BFTD]

5 hours ago, Buzz Killington said:

I think I have just been “double professored” by two of my colleagues. 
 

The big boss and his second in command were down on Monday and spent most of the morning in a meeting with my colleagues Mr A and Mr B. 
 

Today I have been copied into emails, which seem to be related to the meeting on Monday, allocating a good 50-60% of Mr A and Mr B workload to me.  This will allow them time to help with training for the rest of my colleagues. 
 

I’ve emailed my direct boss pointing out that 50-60% of two other peoples workload plus 100% of my workload means I will be doing between 200-220% of one persons work and asking how this is going to work. I’ve yet to get a response to this. 

You'll be laughing when your first 220% pay slip arrives, but.

That's how that works, right?

[itzdrk]

On 21/09/2023 at 19:36, Aufc said:

Depends on the job but I find everyone works better when together in the same office. Employees have became entitled as f**k since covid. People wanting to work at home to look after their dogs alongside other pish excuses. 
 

Yes I sound like a dinosaur 

Calling it entitled and demanding a reason for someone not coming to the office shows you up for what you are.  

Fortunately I don't need to justify why I am working from home.  I get more done at home because there is less distraction and if I do get distracted by something I'll just add that on and finish late.  If I'm in the office there's people and people are a distraction.  

[BFTD]

I stumbled upon a Reddit thread about working from home after overhearing the lonely micromanagers last week. Half of the thread was people moaning about how they never get to see their friends anymore, and the office is such a lonely place with only a handful of people in, so those working from home should think about other people and come back into work.

Take a fucking hint. They're not your "friends", and they'd be arranging to see you outside of work if they were. Stop trying to force other people to be your mates and relying on captive workers for social interaction, or you're going to end up chewing the ears off bored counter staff in the Post Office when retirement inevitably comes calling.

[Aufc]

8 hours ago, itzdrk said:

Calling it entitled and demanding a reason for someone not coming to the office shows you up for what you are.  

Fortunately I don't need to justify why I am working from home.  I get more done at home because there is less distraction and if I do get distracted by something I'll just add that on and finish late.  If I'm in the office there's people and people are a distraction.  

Well done for you. If it works for your type of work then so be it. I’m more talking about people who say “I can’t do that because I’m working from home” or “I’ll take a bit longer to do that because I’m working at home”. The whole point of it is that it shouldn’t hVe a negative impact on your work. 

[BFTD]

58 minutes ago, Aufc said:

Well done for you. If it works for your type of work then so be it. I’m more talking about people who say “I can’t do that because I’m working from home” or “I’ll take a bit longer to do that because I’m working at home”. The whole point of it is that it shouldn’t hVe a negative impact on your work. 

It did read as though you were complaining about people making up excuses for working from home, rather than just using it as an excuse for poor performance, so it's good to get that cleared up.

Quite fancy using "sorry, I have a dog" as an excuse for not doing work, though. No context, just a flat statement to see the looks on faces  

[scottsdad]

The Prof has Covid. Cancelled a class he was having today.

[Central Belt Caley]

1 hour ago, scottsdad said:

The Prof has Covid. Cancelled a class he was having today.

Surprised he didn’t volunteer you to take it in his absence