Desk move

[TheFaQQer]

Just say no.

- is the client insured if you do yourself an injury?
- is the client insured if you do someone else an injury or are they expect your insurance to cover it?
- who's insurance will cover any damage that occurs?
- sounds like D&C to me if they are getting you to do this.

Take the day off to prepare for the holiday and come back to find nothing where you expect to find it

[MarillionFan]

So next week, all our desks are getting rearranged to use space a bit better and it turns out "we" are doing the rearranging ourselves.

There are obviously health and safety issues involved, but they don't appear to be considering them, which is strange as it's public sector.

Any suggestions how to deal with it? I don't want a smashed foot from dropping a desk and not having the right insurance etc etc.

Just tell them I'm not doing it? I can feel the "what a massive d!ck" stares burning into my head already if I'm just sitting watching somone move my desk for me.

Define your KPIS for the move.

No. Moves Per Quarter
No. People Moved.
Heacount
Churn Rate%
Cost of Move
Down Time
No. Minor HSE Incidents

and then go back to the FM manager and show him where he's making a mistake.

[Scrag Meister]

My current client moved offices (within same building) over Christmas. Friday afternoon we stickered everything up. Movers came in over the w/e. Monday morning we came in, everything plugged in and laid out as it was, ready to go

Hope this helps.

Similar here, we are midway through a BIG move, and everything is so efficient. Stickered boxes for your tulip, and it all just moves like magic over a weekend. There are only about 10 people left on my floor pending the move at beginning of May.

I think I would be happy to move a desk, depends how accident prone you are. Would be a real pain to be off work cos of a back strain cos they didn't do the H&S lifting and handling course before hand.

Its like moving computers or anything else for that matter, takes 3 days to arrange a PC move and then costs like £175, and I could do it in 10 mins. Might mess up there desk placement spreadsheet, but hey, I'm not here from September.

[doomage]

Call me a gullible moron, but I'd rather lose a couple weeks invoicing than have to wake up in the morning every day knowing I was the kind of bed wetting mommy's boy that was afraid to move a desk.

Insurance issues and IR35 be damned.

As they say, a life lived in fear of IR35 is a life half lived, or words to that effect.

[jmo21]

Call me a gullible moron, but I'd rather lose a couple weeks invoicing than have to wake up in the morning every day knowing I was the kind of bed wetting mommy's boy that was afraid to move a desk.

Insurance issues and IR35 be damned.

As they say, a life lived in fear of IR35 is a life half lived, or words to that effect.

lol!

Not afraid, or worried about IR35.

I was worried about being a bed wetter though!

all sorted though without hassle on Friday.