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Originally posted by DaveB View PostThats cos the whole thing is run by BT out of their Leeds offices.
I know I was in Halalifax at the time and used to meet up with them after work in Leeds for beers and watch them wipe the tears from their eyes as they left work. Partially from crying about what a tulip job they were involved in and partially tears of laughter as another timesheet got authorised......When freedom comes along, don't PISH in the water supply.....Comment
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostI know I was in Halalifax at the time and used to meet up with them after work in Leeds for beers and watch them wipe the tears from their eyes as they left work. Partially from crying about what a tulip job they were involved in and partially tears of laughter as another timesheet got authorised......
Combine that with a policy that mandated hot desking and encouraged remote working and I could easily have gone on holiday for a month and been paid for it and no-one would have been any the wiser."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostI worked there for a couple of years as well. By the time I left, just ahead of the big cull, I was submitting automated time sheets that were authorised by someone in Norwich I'd never met and who had no idea who I was or what I did, which were paid out of a budget held by someone else who I also never met, and which were never seen by the guys I actually worked for and who knew what I did.
Combine that with a policy that mandated hot desking and encouraged remote working and I could easily have gone on holiday for a month and been paid for it and no-one would have been any the wiser.Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
I preferred version 1!Comment
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Originally posted by Mr.Whippy View PostThey should've given the project to AtW. He'd have done it for £17.99 from the comfort of his sofa.....Comment
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI worked there for 18 months also. It was an 18 month non job as far as I could tell. There is only so many times you could wander about Leeds on your extended lunch times.Last edited by DaveB; 3 August 2011, 13:14."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Most medical records are electronically stored now anyway at the surgery, they just had to link the places up with a messaging bus and asked the 8 or so companies that sell surgery patient care applications to agree on a data transfer standard.
But then that would have meant minimal cost to the taxpayer leaving the technical decisions to the experts who have worked on these systems for years.Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostMost medical records are electronically stored now anyway at the surgery, they just had to link the places up with a messaging bus and asked the 8 or so companies that sell surgery patient care applications to agree on a data transfer standard.
But then that would have meant minimal cost to the taxpayer leaving the technical decisions to the experts who have worked on these systems for years.
Hospital records are considerably more complex.Comment
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I worked on this project for a while too. We delivered our little bit and it was top notch.
Dunno what they'll do with it now.Comment
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