Rugeley Villa Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 The building trade is suffering. Doesn’t seem to be much fresh blood coming through. I know it’s harder to get a start on site nowadays, but most of them don’t seem to have the backbone for it. It’s mostly shit money to start with but most of us started off on shit money. All we worked for was to pay our board and get beer tokens. Which brings me onto the pub scene, and same again, a lot of youngsters seem to not be arsed about going pubs anymore. Pubs are not what they were admittedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: The building trade is suffering. Doesn’t seem to be much fresh blood coming through. I know it’s harder to get a start on site nowadays, but most of them don’t seem to have the backbone for it. It’s mostly shit money to start with but most of us started off on shit money. All we worked for was to pay our board and get beer tokens. Which brings me onto the pub scene, and same again, a lot of youngsters seem to not be arsed about going pubs anymore. Pubs are not what they were admittedly. It's the same in baking. Nobody wants to do shitty unsociable hours and two of the Polish guys went back home because of Brexit. Even finding delivery drivers is a pain in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 15 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: It's the same in baking. Nobody wants to do shitty unsociable hours and two of the Polish guys went back home because of Brexit. Even finding delivery drivers is a pain in the arse. Just work in general isn’t it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 2 hours ago, chrisp65 said: We took someone on as a basic drawing technician. Proper full time paid role, none of this intern / apprentice stuff. They were supposed to start a week ago, but then asked if they could start this week instead, which we agreed to. Turned up Monday, appeared to be a normal newbie starter, all ok. Turned up Tuesday, lunchtime asked to go home as they were feeling unwell. Which obviously we agreed to. An hour later we received an email saying they wouldn’t be coming back, they were having a think about their lifestyle choices. Lifestyle choices, eh. When I were a lad... He must have seen you blatantly disregard the one way Covid plan in the office and decided he couldn't work with such loose cannons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 The last couple of weeks have been tough at work. Not the job itself, can do that with my eyes closed. Just finding it hard to concentrate and my productively is slipping. I'm always thinking "I'll do it tomorrow". Too much procrastinating. I think it's a combination of working from home for 17 months and not seeing people, combined with the fact I haven't used a single day of my 2021 holiday entitlement yet, and we're into the 8 month of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Going through CV’s… Previous Employment: I worked in my local fish and chip shop where I was in charge of customer queries. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: Going through CV’s… Previous Employment: I worked in my local fish and chip shop where I was in charge of customer queries. "Have you got any battered sausages cooked?" "Yes." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 01/06/2021 at 15:46, StefanAVFC said: Been a bit disallusioned at work lately, but never was thinking of jumping ship. I've been there 6 years, started at the bottom and now am mid level management, gaining a lot of experience etc. However, I was pinged on LinkedIn from a guy headhunting for what is my dream job in my field. Right now, I manage a team that are the core support of a huge ServiceNOW environment, but we are just support. We develop it, maintain it, but we don't make decisions. This guy offered me the position of the Service Owner of a ServiceNOW platform, meaning I'd be solely responsible for support, decisions, finances etc. It's a huge step up professionally, and when he asked about salary expectations, I pretty much gave me the value of double my current salary, and he seemed totally unfazed, even saying 'and that's with no 2nd thoughts yeah?' Obviously I need to get through the interviews, and I might crash and burn completely but it's opened my eyes to what else is out there, and what else I could do and money I could be earning. I never updated this. I went through the process, was offered the position and I start 1st November 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 29 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I never updated this. I went through the process, was offered the position and I start 1st November Saving all my likes for people who call Grealish a word removed, but well done mate 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Looking like it'll be 1 day a week back in the office for me. Not fully confirmed yet, but those are the noises coming from the senior work ITKs Thats not too bad to be fair. I can live with that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Covid really **** me up, I was ready to launch a biz and then of course this year happened. Anyway, I think it ended up working out on as I’ve rebranded what I had, wouldn’t mind hearing some thoughts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 04/08/2021 at 03:43, StefanAVFC said: a guy headhunting for what is my dream job On 04/08/2021 at 03:43, StefanAVFC said: double my current salary This job in Manchester? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 9, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2021 Had our summer time team meeting today and confirmed that because we've proven it works over the last 15 months that for our core BAU activities we will be almost predominantly doing them remotely and not F2F. However we (and by we I mean all the middle aged women and contractors) then confirmed that we'll be heading back in to the office at least once a week and for virtually everything else (stuff like team meetings, 121s, catch ups etc) instead of WFH as this works better F2F. They literally said it was so they could network and have a gossip as part of the justification. If I can do my core activity from home why do I need to go in just to here gossip I have zero interest in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 17 hours ago, Rds1983 said: Had our summer time team meeting today and confirmed that because we've proven it works over the last 15 months that for our core BAU activities we will be almost predominantly doing them remotely and not F2F. However we (and by we I mean all the middle aged women and contractors) then confirmed that we'll be heading back in to the office at least once a week and for virtually everything else (stuff like team meetings, 121s, catch ups etc) instead of WFH as this works better F2F. They literally said it was so they could network and have a gossip as part of the justification. If I can do my core activity from home why do I need to go in just to here gossip I have zero interest in. I get it. I do think there's value in some human interaction. I personally can't wait to go back to the office max 2 times a week, i really miss it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 24 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I get it. I do think there's value in some human interaction. I personally can't wait to go back to the office max 2 times a week, i really miss it. Yep, same. And most of this is absolutely for socialising/gossip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) +1 to that. I work far more effectively from home, but we're usually working in isolation on discrete tasks, so sometimes I go days without talking to anyone. You can call people on Teams or whatever for a chat, but it's a bit intrusive and lacks the spontaneity and fun of a few of you just popping out for a coffee to catch up for half an hour. I couldn't go back 5 days a week, but I also don't want to be faceless resource #76 on a list of worker drones on Teams. Especially when moving jobs where you haven't built up any of those relationships, I'd hate to be fully remote Edited August 10, 2021 by Davkaus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 21 minutes ago, bobzy said: Yep, same. And most of this is absolutely for socialising/gossip. I missed just popping out on my lunch break to smash my boss at FIFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I missed just popping out on my lunch break to smash my boss at FIFA He's (assumed) pushing for remote working full time then, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Yeah, there's definitely some value to seeing people in person. I don't mind 'going back to work', but I do want much more flexibility around arrival and especially departure times. I am ready to get into war mode if the ruling comes back that I need to sit in the office until the rush hour each day just because they want to keep an eye on us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2021 I find socialising virtually just the same as doing it F2F. The tools in place now make it almost identical to me. Also, the people in the office where I'd be going (ie my local team are not the ones I'd want to see anyway as the people I get on with and have similar interests are in other offices). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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