Grim Places to Work

[SantaClaus]

Have you ever worked at a place where:

- People don't talk to each other
- There is no humour at all
- Everybody looks like they have lost the will to live
- Nobody seems to have a personality
- Work is slow and you seem to be waiting around for things to materialise in order to get on with work

I left the best place I have worked at (Radbroke) which was a really social, enjoyable place to be in order to come to this grim place.... I would have had to leave soon enough anyway because of the 51 week rule but boy this place sucks. Any ideas how to get through the next few months?

Yep, that's why I gave up IT

[TestMangler]

The Dean Clough building in Halalifax takes some beating for 'grim'.

Copley and Trinity Rd aren't so bad though.

[vetran]

you don't work for a lot of corporates then?

People don't talk to each other
- There is no humour at all - not quite there yet but its slowly coming.
- Everybody looks like they have lost the will to live - yep
- Nobody seems to have a personality - slowly beating it out of them,
- Work is slow and you seem to be waiting around for things to materialise in order to get on with work
Decisions are like Unicorns (good ones at least)

pretty much covers most multi nationals that don't have 'silos of excellence'. Completely different from 'Centres of Stupidity' that most corporates aim for. In SILOs you look a load of highly trained people up in peace & quiet make sure they are fed & watered then expect them to do a decent job.

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dizziness

[Diver]

dizziness

[mudskipper]

WHS

[mudskipper]

When you work in a place like that, ask yourself if someone new coming in would see you in the same light - uncommunicative, unfriendly, no humour etc. A workplace is only as fun as the effort you put in

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

So nobodies guessed yet?

Sounds like somewhere I once did a bit of work in. A place in carrington, mancs. That really was dull, are you there?

Nope. Think South Manchester, grim areas...... Not Banking though (unfortunately).

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

When you work in a place like that, ask yourself if someone new coming in would see you in the same light - uncommunicative, unfriendly, no humour etc. A workplace is only as fun as the effort you put in

Indeed - I put effort in the start only to realise the kind of people and place this is.... I would make extra effort with somebody new to see if I can find somebody to talk to! The setup of the place does not help, for example when I was at Radbroke the open plan office meant you could see across the next table - they have these massive dividers which effectively blocks you off from communicating with anybody.... Nasty place.

[rd409]

dizziness

Did you actually read this? or used the browser spell check?

But great effort anyways. You deserve a rep.