tonyh29 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 26 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I'm amazed you guys know so much about the company I work for. Everyone here seems to enjoy the introductions. in fact it was requested by the staff that they happen. I'll let the directors know that we should stop them because some bloke on the internet thinks they're counterproductive Don't forget to tell them my view on suits in the work place whilst you are at it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MakemineVanilla Posted February 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2017 19 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I might have already done this but I can't find it so maybe I forgot. At work we have these big team meetings where they tell us a load of bullshit, mostly. But if there's a new senior manager joined the company then they do a short presentation about themselves. For the last one, the manager in question introduced himself normally, and then when he came to the part where he told us about his hobbies, he just said something like. "My hobby really is work life balance. That's very important to me" Huh? he may as well have said "my hobbies are hobbies" I think you misunderstood him. What he was really saying is that he works from home on Fridays. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 14, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I'm amazed you guys know so much about the company I work for. Everyone here seems to enjoy the introductions. in fact it was requested by the staff that they happen. I'll let the directors know that we should stop them because some bloke on the internet thinks they're counterproductive Not where you work, where I work. Giving presentation, with slides or video, about yourself is, even for the best and most interesting people, cringeworthy. We had one last week, where a bloke was asked in his video a number of questions, and one was "what would you tell a 20 year old you, if you could go back in time?" - the answer was genuinely kind of sad - this director looked full of regret about his life and career choice and basically was sort of saying "I wish I'd travelled and had fun instead of working hard". The bloke looked gutted, basically. The other stuff was the usual mix of supporting whatever crap team and wife and kids make him proud...blah blah. Would have been much less clunky, more natural, more friendly just to say "Hi, I'm Ben, I'm the HR director and I hope to meet you all over the next few weeks..." No one gives a damn about his hobbies or Wigan Warriors or how his kids going to Uni makes him proud. STanding him up in front of a camera for a Q&A is just numpty. Same with "here's a slideshow of my career and hobbies and family". I've got better ways to spend my time and so has he. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 14, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2017 Yeah THAT sounds like a dumb idea. But you're talking about something different than what happens here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I'm amazed you guys know so much about the company I work for. Everyone here seems to enjoy the introductions. in fact it was requested by the staff that they happen. I'll let the directors know that we should stop them because some bloke on the internet thinks they're counterproductive 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 4 hours ago, blandy said: Fixed. It is a dumb idea. It almost never works and is often counter productive. unless they've been brought in to change things, a thirty second, spoken introduction is far better for everyone. Agreed, extremely dumb, just have new starter drinks, don't make them get up and look like an asshole. I detest the PPT culture that is the hallmark of modern workplace communications, the last thing anyone needs is another powerpoint deck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Am I the only one who doesn't care either way? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 14, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2017 11 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: Am I the only one who doesn't care either way? No, I don't particularly care either way either, I was just surprised at how **** miserable people were being about it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) I also don't care. I tried suggesting he was amazingly boring or a transvestite. then I stopped. Everyone seems to agree it's weird and/or stupid. Genuinely, where's the misery? Edited February 14, 2017 by VILLAMARV changed seriously to genuinely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 3 hours ago, blandy said: We had one last week, where a bloke was asked in his video a number of questions, and one was "what would you tell a 20 year old you, if you could go back in time?" - the answer was genuinely kind of sad - this director looked full of regret about his life and career choice and basically was sort of saying "I wish I'd travelled and had fun instead of working hard". Has your office installed suicide nets yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 14, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Has your office installed suicide nets yet? No - just extra cleaners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 If they're a manager there's a good chance that they're a bully, totally incompetent, a megalomaniac or all three. Like my boss. I remember the PowerPoint they made when they started, it's just given me additional reasons to despise them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted February 14, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2017 4 hours ago, blandy said: I've got better ways to spend my time and so has he. You're not out with him tonight instead of coming with us are ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 People with bad breath, tbh ,it should be made a crime . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted February 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2017 Woman at work: "It's a disgrace Trump might be coming to Birmingham. He should be banned for his views on women" She's just comeback from a week in Dubai. "Oooh I love it there" 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RimmyJimmer Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 3 hours ago, sheepyvillian said: People with bad breath, tbh ,it should be made a crime . We're all guilty of end of day staleness, or early morning garlic breath...I can put up with that, but rank bad breath is disgusting. In some cases it actually smells like s**t. How??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, RimmyJimmer said: We're all guilty of end of day staleness, or early morning garlic breath...I can put up with that, but rank bad breath is disgusting. In some cases it actually smells like s**t. How??? My sentiments exactly . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Literally just brush your tongue, it's amazing what a difference it makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RimmyJimmer Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 27 minutes ago, Phumfeinz said: Literally just brush your tongue, it's amazing what a difference it makes. I used to work with a bloke who openly admitted he hadn't brushed his teeth for years!! Amazingly he didn't have bad breath!! Some people just dont think it's a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, RimmyJimmer said: I used to work with a bloke who openly admitted he hadn't brushed his teeth for years!! Amazingly he didn't have bad breath!! Some people just dont think it's a good idea Did he have any teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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