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[BrowneIssue]

It used to be "up".

But there's nothing there now.

[BrowneIssue]

Pox.

Just realised I'm missing "Science in Action".

Again.

[DaveB]

Up and down, the usual. Trying to find an vaugly IT related event or conferance in London at the end of the month so I can get a trip down for the CUK drinkies financed on expenses


Got to be some reason to be a permie

So much for that idea. Best I can come up with for the 29th is The Clothes Show, which I dont think I can blag as an IT related event

[BrowneIssue]

Sorry to be rude about a colleague, NF, but, as someone with umpteen years staff management experience and was extensively trained to do it...

In addition, the permy manager said that although he was fine with the whole business of cramming the week into three days with a half day either side, there were others who objected to this; "As long as I continue to say it's OK, it's OK, but if somebody raises it..." were his words IIRC

Incompetent, spineless, tosser.

The worst kind of manager.

Incapable of making a decision for themselves.

A waste of a salary.

Should be removed from any kind of responsible position.

THIS PERSON IS BEING PAID EXPLICITLY TO MAKE THIS KIND OF DECISION.

[BrowneIssue]

I think this is part of the whole thing of permies resenting contractors. Funnily enough this is the first time I've experienced this; everywhere else I've contracted it's been accepted that I'm there as a specialist and/or a stopgap. Being regarded as an overpaid equal is a new experience, and it's even more annoying when it isn't even the people I work with (who regard me as a specialist stopgap, the way it ought to be) who resent my presence. If they'd just come and ask me why I'm getting paid x when they get y I'd explain it to them; instead they stick snotty notes in the "questions" box to be addressed at those "team meetings" that are supposed to make them feel empowered.

Oh. One of those contracts.

Generally caused by ... ?

... poor management.

Still, the good news for us is that I expect we'll be seeing an awful lot of you during the working day in TPD for the next few months.

[zeitghost]

*cough*

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*subject to revision in the event of newbie posts...

Trees are still happy...

[voodooflux]

...

Aha, there you are! How are "things"?

[BrowneIssue]

We had a "questions box" at former PC manufacturer ClientCo. It was mounted on a wall just outside the kitchen and the best question ever put in it was...

The presence of a Suggestions Box means the management do NOT want to engage with their staff.

Were I the MD of such an organisation, I'd probably dismiss the entire middle management if I saw such a thing.

"Daddy, what do you do for your £90k per year?"

"Sit on my fat arse and pretend to care."

"Daddy, I love you."

"Are you still here? Piss off."

[zeitghost]

Aha, there you are! How are "things"?

Ok, thanks.

Just discovered that the Estates department has nicked someone's dimplex radiator.

I suspect a cunning ploy by the jobsworth energy conservation twat.

[voodooflux]

It's quiet. Too quiet.