adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Aug 20, 2022 6:25:25 GMT
Surely the only relevant question is whether she gets the job done? How long she takes to do it is irrelevant. What hours she works to do it are irrelevant, except insofar as communication with her co-workers and others goes. Agreed yet over the years I worked for many managers for whom being present was there primary measure of how productive staff were. one big issue always has been in the UK at least Bill and Jenny given as near as possible an identical task to perform. Bill comes in every day at 8 has several coffee and cigarette breaks and a good hour for lunch and chats to colleagues and leaves at 6 and takes 10 days to do the job Jenny comes in at 9 has drinks her coffee at the desk as she works takes a 30 minute lunch break and leaves at 5 and completes the job in 8 days management see Bill as the better worker because he's there when they arrive and still there when they leave As @bobo said back on the first page... And what is it about this fear of working from home. The biggest fear is that the manager doesn't know how to manage his staff, having them all heads down in front of him is the only evidence? No wonder we have a productivity crisis in this country if that is how managers manage.
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Post by mrk on Aug 20, 2022 20:19:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2022 21:14:30 GMT
Sorry, that picture is a completely unrealistic representation of the current state of the UK... ... the seawater in that picture doesnt contain nearly enough raw sewage
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Post by littleoldlady on Aug 21, 2022 8:17:26 GMT
And what is it about this fear of working from home. The biggest fear is that the manager doesn't know how to manage his staff, having them all heads down in front of him is the only evidence? No wonder we have a productivity crisis in this country if that is how managers manage.
WFH can work really well in the right circumstances, basically that there is some objective measure of their output, due to savings in commute time and office space. However this is rarely the case. Have you had any dealings with HMRC, the OPG, the DVLA or any other government body? They all have a huge backlog. One of them admitted that the delays were due to WFH but was quickly slapped down. Sales of software apps designed to make it appear that your PC is being used have soared. And if WFH does work in any particular case then it will not take long for bosses to work out that the WFH could just as easily be done in India at a fraction of the cost. Some of us are old enough to remember that when the first call centres were set up they were in the UK at first.
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Post by adrianc on Aug 21, 2022 12:43:26 GMT
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Post by keitha on Aug 22, 2022 11:14:59 GMT
This little gem looks to be what every work at home skiver needs.
An undetectable mouse jiggler so that you appear to be at the laptop full time..
lol I know someone who uses one of those he's on benefits and is required to spend time searching for jobs he runs that and also a piece of software that can replay key strokes and mouse clicks that makes it appear as if he is job searching. Personally I don't blame him he could check the DWP system once a week as so few jobs come on but he's been told he needs to be logged on for 3 hours a day and to spend time on other job search sites
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Post by moonraker on Aug 22, 2022 15:51:40 GMT
The number of job vacancies in April to June 2022 was 1,294,000. In March to May 2022, the ratio of unemployed people per vacancy remained at 1.0 for the fourth consecutive period, with the number of vacancies slightly higher than the number of unemployed people.
So well worth your acquaintance persevering with their job search.
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