Each to their own, but I've never believed in overtime. If the firm can't pay me enough to live on in normal hours, then they're taking the piss. They don't deserve people putting themselves out to help them out when they're busier than normal and obviously raking it in.

If voluntary overtime is paying for luxuries then fair enough, but if it's just to make ends meet then there's obviously something wrong.

There's more to life than work.

Just because a company is busy doesn't mean that they are raking it in. Carillion is a fine example of a company with a full order book yet still going bust

Just seen this thread, wise words and prescient for anyone starting out.

Loyalty is misguided if it's only one way, whether it's to an individual or company.

It's sensible to always be aware of the nature of the business we are in. Economically our only worth is our value to others.

Edited by Stirlingsays (29 Jun 2019 9.44am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Interesting post from an interesting poster.

I feel Work is a deep rooted issue. If I look at myself for example, a self confessed workaholic.

I came from a humble background and worked my ass of for years to
better myself (whatever that means) I’m nowadays far more
comfortable however I don’t really know how to relax or switch off, in fact, I am never really happier than when working on something which, will in my eyes, push me further forward in life.

Love my kids and family etc, love Palace but I constantly feel compelled to be working on something.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Correct Cryst.

Nothing wrong with Haven for a week. Poke your foreign holidays and save the money. No need to go abroad when the weather is like this anyway, paying thousands to have Johnny foreigner slinking about, resenting our presence and over charging us. Undrinkable tap water and in some places like Greece you have to put your s*** rags in a bin ffs, animals.

Not for me. That's just a piss take, mine go straight down the u-bend. I'm not kipping in a room with a bin full of poo a few yards away, don't care if it cloggs up their 2000 year old sewer system.

That said, i am partial to Cyprus. The people are nice and aren't all lazy 'manyana' types and they drive on the left.

Do you ever have anything nice to say about anyone or anything?

I don't suppose that anyone used to British sanitation likes the Greek sewage system but it's not that bad.

We rent a villa in Kefalonia most summers and take nappy sacks with us so there is no smell or lack of hygiene.

You may not care about clogging up someone's sewage but the people we rent the villa from are a very nice couple and I would hate to land them with a substantial bill to clear out their sewage just because I couldn't be bothered to fit in with local customs

Edited by Midlands Eagle (29 Jun 2019 2.45pm)