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Been on the bench since Monday. All a little quiet but early days.
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Originally posted by brightondeveloper View Post
Isn't that a still from the film Office Space?!
A playstation would have been out place as the film was was aiming to portray Monotony and Boredom.
Even though back in the early 2000s i worked at a few places that had playstations but never saw anyone ever using them.
Unlike pool tables which actually get used everyday, however management is always keeping an eye on how long people are using them, or more likely its workers complaining (grassing up) other workers when they are jealous of them spending too long on the pool table, saw that happen a couple of times.Last edited by Fraidycat; Yesterday, 10:15.
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Originally posted by gables View Post
Read somewhere years ago that open plan offices are pretty rubbish for productivity even though they were adopted to aid communication\collaboration and maybe you can see why, because when I started work in 1989 the office looked like this. I was hoping the pendulum would swing back to between this and what we have now.
As to Architects not concentrating as hard as a developer, I wouldn't know; but I do know I need to concentrate hard and wfh allows me to do that.
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
Well, yes, or nuclear war. However, a hung parliament is exceptionally unlikely and no interest rate cuts is relatively unlikely, but obviously not impossible.
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View PostAs bad as things are now, they could get even worse, we could get a hung parliament and no interest rate cuts this year either..
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As bad as things are now, they could get even worse, we could get a hung parliament and no interest rate cuts this year either..
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Originally posted by avonleigh View Post
Didn't think it could get any lower but seems that the market has cooled even more since the election announcement.
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Originally posted by edison View PostLooking at Jobserve just now and number of jobs is below 20,000. Think it's been a while since it went that low?
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Originally posted by edison View Post
Is there a real need to physically keep an eye on call centre staff any more?
Don't most call centre systems have real time monitoring of queues, time to taken to answer a call, average call length etc as well as facility to listen in on calls or join in (the aptly named 'barge in' feature)?
Plus all calls may be recorded for training and quality purposes blah blah blah.
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Looking at Jobserve just now and number of jobs is below 20,000. Think it's been a while since it went that low?
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Originally posted by Smoggy View PostI worked in Aviva (then Norwich Union) call centres back in the day and they were all open plan. Doubt they've changed much since then. The managers like to keep a close eye on you.
Don't most call centre systems have real time monitoring of queues, time to taken to answer a call, average call length etc as well as facility to listen in on calls or join in (the aptly named 'barge in' feature)?
Plus all calls may be recorded for training and quality purposes blah blah blah.
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