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 NEILLO  Shoreham-by-Sea 05 Sep 20 9.30am |
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I was at a job interview some years ago and was asked to describe myself in 3 words ; '' lazy '' I replied
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| steeleye20 Croydon 05 Sep 20 11.43am |
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Originally posted by NEILLO
I was at a job interview some years ago and was asked to describe myself in 3 words ; '' lazy '' I replied Did you get the job? I lost a job once because I worked too hard. If you have someone working hard they could be making things worse!
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 05 Sep 20 11.57am |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Did you get the job? I lost a job once because I worked too hard. If you have someone working hard they could be making things worse! The life of a rent boy
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| Badger11 Beckenham 05 Sep 20 12.13pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Did you get the job? I lost a job once because I worked too hard. If you have someone working hard they could be making things worse! Typical socialist
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| Mapletree Croydon 05 Sep 20 2.37pm |
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''Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.'' Look up the research by Frank Gilbreth in the 1920s
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BlueJay  UK 05 Sep 20 4.05pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Did you get the job? If you have someone working hard they could be making things worse! Sometimes in life you just can't win can you
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| BlueJay UK 05 Sep 20 4.06pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
''Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.'' Look up the research by Frank Gilbreth in the 1920s There's certainly some truth to this. There's no shame in searching for a shortcut!
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 05 Sep 20 4.12pm |
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I've done loads of jobs as a temp'. The best/worst was for Royal Mail sorting office (Guildford) where full-time employees stood around chatting, whilst tamp' workers did all the mail sorting. Royal Mail 'workers' must have been on a different rate. They were happy to stand around doing f-all
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| Badger11 Beckenham 05 Sep 20 4.27pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
I've done loads of jobs as a temp'. The best/worst was for Royal Mail sorting office (Guildford) where full-time employees stood around chatting, whilst tamp' workers did all the mail sorting. Royal Mail 'workers' must have been on a different rate. They were happy to stand around doing f-all Mate had a similar story. As a newbie at the sorting office he had to do a full days work which meant sort his mail then go out on delivery. The long term staff had the easy rounds and would be finished in half a day after that if they fancied it they were on overtime so left same time as my mate on double bubble. My mate got fed up with his job so transferred to the night shift which was a lot easier. None of the old guard were interested in doing that until the management developed a spine and told them they would actually have to do a day's work for a day's pay. At that point they decided the easy shift was on nights and as they had seniority they were allowed to kick the newbies out of their jobs and onto the harder day shift. My mate was not impressed. Seniority in the Post Office was a real bug bear with staff and management as you had a 2 tier work force. The older guys were on better money had first pick over jobs and holidays and what shifts they worked. I have no idea if that still exists today I hope not because it really hamstrung the Post Office.
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 05 Sep 20 4.37pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Mate had a similar story. As a newbie at the sorting office he had to do a full days work which meant sort his mail then go out on delivery. The long term staff had the easy rounds and would be finished in half a day after that if they fancied it they were on overtime so left same time as my mate on double bubble. My mate got fed up with his job so transferred to the night shift which was a lot easier. None of the old guard were interested in doing that until the management developed a spine and told them they would actually have to do a day's work for a day's pay. At that point they decided the easy shift was on nights and as they had seniority they were allowed to kick the newbies out of their jobs and onto the harder day shift. My mate was not impressed. Seniority in the Post Office was a real bug bear with staff and management as you had a 2 tier work force. The older guys were on better money had first pick over jobs and holidays and what shifts they worked. I have no idea if that still exists today I hope not because it really hamstrung the Post Office.
Yes, it does as the UCW have the upper hand all day long Edited by eagleman13 (05 Sep 2020 4.38pm) Edited by eagleman13 (05 Sep 2020 4.39pm)
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 05 Sep 20 5.26pm |
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I love work. I could watch people doing it all day.
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| Mapletree Croydon 05 Sep 20 5.30pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Mate had a similar story. As a newbie at the sorting office he had to do a full days work which meant sort his mail then go out on delivery. The long term staff had the easy rounds and would be finished in half a day after that if they fancied it they were on overtime so left same time as my mate on double bubble. My mate got fed up with his job so transferred to the night shift which was a lot easier. None of the old guard were interested in doing that until the management developed a spine and told them they would actually have to do a day's work for a day's pay. At that point they decided the easy shift was on nights and as they had seniority they were allowed to kick the newbies out of their jobs and onto the harder day shift. My mate was not impressed. Seniority in the Post Office was a real bug bear with staff and management as you had a 2 tier work force. The older guys were on better money had first pick over jobs and holidays and what shifts they worked. I have no idea if that still exists today I hope not because it really hamstrung the Post Office.
I have always found the Tea Baronies to be a fascinating thing. I can't find anything online. But basically ownership over selling tea in the post office sorting offices was passed down across generations. Very lucrative and defended with violence. A bit like the Glasgow ice cream wars.
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