Heh, have you seen some of these Gov workers desks - the non work related items on their desks are horrendous anything you could think off from cuddly toys - iffy calendars - holiday photos - all kind of holiday tacky memorabilia, some desks gives you headache just by looking at them. Whenever there are some kind of team changes and people were asked to change desks - oh Loooord they'd kick the biggest fuss you can imagine, they are sooooo attached to that piece of furniture..
I remember on a project I was working for last year, the government managers were complaining bitterly about this and insisting that its time for these employees to change, they need to understand that the desk they sit on is owned by their employer, just because they are sitting on the desk it doesn’t mean they own it !!!
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Previously on "Haha....nice to see an ex employer screw up..."
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Originally posted by ForumboreI could not agree more.
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Originally posted by Swamp ThingI used to work for Unipart up until they lost their Rover logistics contract. Good company up to that point, but ever since then I felt they had lost their way a bit. Seems it's true! It has had some genuinely good ideas on lean thinking, but the idea of removing desk pictures/mementos to boost productivity is totally jumping the shark.
I mean when I was at one customers they bought some workstations (desks not PCs) and paid well over £1000 each for them and they didnt do the job properly.
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Originally posted by SockpuppetNope. Its Unipart ... a fecking logistics company.
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Originally posted by mcquiggdI just find it sadly ironic that HMRC staff start walk outs complaining about 'Hare brained schemes' relating to... the heinous crime of.... removing pictures and sandwiches from their desks. While they are quite happy to enforce ludicrous legislation from higher ups that ruin peoples lives.
"The HMRC's Lean programme, which aims to improve efficiency, has already resulted in a work-to-rule and overtime ban among 14,000 civil servants."
Fine, so if we protest about 'hare-brained' taxation, what happens to us...? Jail probably, for non payment.
Just resign and find a proper job, perhaps torturing small animals for some 'life sciences' company - you could still cause suffering, and keep the pics of your wife and kids next the PC, just like the 'good old days' when you used to try to enforce IR35.....
Nice to see the f*ckers on the receiving end for once... long may it continue.
Take away their pensions next.
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"Any suggestion that staff are restricted to a pen and cup on their desk is simply not true.
Mailman
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Originally posted by Sockpuppethttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6149324.stm
My old employer is doing the consulting for these people. This is a direct order from them...no one else in the right mind would think this is a good idea. I know its a standard lean tool but I really think they are not living upto thier slogan..."efficency with a human face".
Other than a complete hash of it they are borderline illegal sending raw university grads and pretending they are consultants.
I'm the sort of arrogant son of a gun who would do this for real.. because what they are doing is insanely stupid..
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Originally posted by MordacMust be EDS then. Crap Gemini took over from EDS. My neighbour was involved in the transition, and has some stories to tell.Last edited by Sockpuppet; 12 December 2013, 19:40.
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I just find it sadly ironic that HMRC staff start walk outs complaining about 'Hare brained schemes' relating to... the heinous crime of.... removing pictures and sandwiches from their desks. While they are quite happy to enforce ludicrous legislation from higher ups that ruin peoples lives.
"The HMRC's Lean programme, which aims to improve efficiency, has already resulted in a work-to-rule and overtime ban among 14,000 civil servants."
Fine, so if we protest about 'hare-brained' taxation, what happens to us...? Jail probably, for non payment.
Just resign and find a proper job, perhaps torturing small animals for some 'life sciences' company - you could still cause suffering, and keep the pics of your wife and kids next the PC, just like the 'good old days' when you used to try to enforce IR35.....
Nice to see the f*ckers on the receiving end for once... long may it continue.
Take away their pensions next.Last edited by mcquiggd; 16 November 2006, 01:35.
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Originally posted by SockpuppetOther than a complete hash of it they are borderline illegal sending raw university grads and pretending they are consultants.
Absolutely no surprise that she had a Yank accent.
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Accenture?
Lot's of pink faces wearing their Dad's suits at the last job I was on...
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Originally posted by SockpuppetNope. Its not.
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My last two clients have gone bust.
Nothing to do with my working for them, I might add.
tim
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Originally posted by MordacIt's Crap Gemini, for those who haven't guessed.
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