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Grinder replied

26 June 2009, 07:57
Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

Filthy mind, messy drawers.

Filthy drawers - euuwww!
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RichardCranium replied

26 June 2009, 07:35
Originally posted by opc View Post

Tidy desk, messy drawers.

Filthy mind, messy drawers.
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opc replied

24 June 2009, 20:33
Originally posted by Tingles View Post

Smile sweetly....

Life ain't too bad is it, if that's all you've got to worry about, Shirely?

Tidy desk tidy mind!

T

You are not wrong. Tidy desk, messy drawers.
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Tingles replied

24 June 2009, 20:14
Smile sweetly....

Life ain't too bad is it, if that's all you've got to worry about, Shirely?

Tidy desk tidy mind!

T
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opc replied

24 June 2009, 19:17
Originally posted by Grinder View Post

Honestly, my view on this is if they want to pay your rate to have you tidy your desk, just pack up 10 minutes before the end of the day and take no more calls. Put it in your calendar as 'busy' and do the same at the start of the day. Easy money!

Hourly paid mate....I just disagree in principle with being told how to organise myself by a Hitler with a tidy desk photo.
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TykeMerc replied

24 June 2009, 10:12
Originally posted by Grinder View Post

Honestly, my view on this is if they want to pay your rate to have you tidy your desk, just pack up 10 minutes before the end of the day and take no more calls. Put it in your calendar as 'busy' and do the same at the start of the day. Easy money!

WHS

It's just a clientco procedure, a daft one admittedly which probably earned some consultant a nice wedge.

I certainly don't see it as an IR35 indicator or anything worth getting excited about.
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Grinder replied

24 June 2009, 08:22
Honestly, my view on this is if they want to pay your rate to have you tidy your desk, just pack up 10 minutes before the end of the day and take no more calls. Put it in your calendar as 'busy' and do the same at the start of the day. Easy money!
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TheVoice replied

24 June 2009, 08:08
Just say b***ocks!

You're not there to worry about the state of your desk.
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Grinder replied

24 June 2009, 07:56
To be honest, it doesn't sound too onerous.
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opc replied

23 June 2009, 22:14
Originally posted by jimjamuk View Post

seriously just ignore.... have a professional desk layout with all the stuff you need - if anyone complains then explain that its a working enviroment - if they dont want you working as efficiently as you can then you could always work from home

Exactly my tactic - it's up to me to know how to organise myself professionally (which is why I fear IR35 implications if I comply with them telling me how to organise myself).

They are threatening to "evict" me from my desk (and turn it into a hot desk) if I don't comply. I only have a desk there to help them with a particular project. I have plenty of other work at other desks and offices I can be getting on with.
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opc replied

23 June 2009, 22:11
Originally posted by Grinder View Post

Can you just put stuff under the desk?

Yes...or in the drawers.
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NotAllThere replied

23 June 2009, 11:20
I operate a cold-desking policy. When one desk is covered with print outs, documents, plastic cups, sandwich wrappers etc., I just move onto the next.
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thunderlizard replied

23 June 2009, 10:45
Never leave anything on your desk anyway. Family photos, gonks etc. are for the client's staff to mark their territory.
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pzz76077 replied

23 June 2009, 09:49
Originally posted by Grinder View Post

Can you just put stuff under the desk?

..better still, store your stuff on the desk of someone that is a constant pain in the ass...

PZZ
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jimjamuk replied

23 June 2009, 09:46
just leave a bloody mess every day on your desk - collect you marks then ask if you get a prize for being the highest

seriously just ignore.... have a professional desk layout with all the stuff you need - if anyone complains then explain that its a working enviroment - if they dont want you working as efficiently as you can then you could always work from home
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