Your work situation (6 Viewers)

[ann post]

The clue is probably in the name.

Coincidence?

 

[Space]

Desserts do not actually originate in the desert. This language does not make sense.

Have you ever deserted your dessert in a desert?

 

[Space]

Coincidence?

no

Cutlery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[seanc]

Aha! Withdraw your "meh" from the other chat.

 

[ann post]

no

Cutlery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Should i read as far as the bit where it says it means knife or not?

 

[Space]

Should i read as far as the bit where it says it means knife or not?

You could.

The word cutler derives from the Middle English word 'cuteler' and this in turn derives from Old French 'coutelier' which comes from 'coutel'; meaning knife (modern French: couteau).[4] The word's early origins can be seen in the Latin word 'culter' (knife).

 

[Space]

Aha! Withdraw your "meh" from the other chat.

meh

 

[seanc]

Have you ever deserted your dessert in a desert?

Have you?

There's a tub of Häagen-Dazs in the freezer, thanks for reminding me. Now to find a good movie.

 

[therealjohnny]

Ominous meeting invites from the directors sent out to my department--and no one else's. And each participant is sworn to secrecy.


No idea what is going on but the sense is that it is not good.

 

[rettucs]

Ominous meeting invites from the directors sent out to my department--and no one else's. And each participant is sworn to secrecy.


No idea what is going on but the sense is that it is not good.

individual invites? or a group meeting?

 

[rettucs]

we received an e-mail telling us that everyone has to go back to 3 days in the office from monday week.

it doesn't impact me as my contract states remote work. But pisser for those that are impacted.

 

[therealjohnny]

individual invites? or a group meeting?

individual 15-minute meetings. HR included on some of the invites.

 

[rettucs]

individual 15-minute meetings. HR included on some of the invites.

sounds very familiar.

my last redundo was like that. My boss and a HR rep. All the meetings marked as private on my bosses calendar. By cross-checking his private meetings with private meetings with others in the team, we figured out everyone who was getting the chop.

Not sure what your preferred outcome is here. In that case I wanted the redundo and was delighted to get it. So long as there's a package, its all good. Those opportunities don't come around often.

 

[therealjohnny]

sounds very familiar.

my last redundo was like that. My boss and a HR rep. All the meetings marked as private on my bosses calendar. By cross-checking his private meetings with private meetings with others in the team, we figured out everyone who was getting the chop.

Not sure what your preferred outcome is here. In that case I wanted the redundo and was delighted to get it. So long as there's a package, its all good. Those opportunities don't come around often.

I'm too old to start again. But this might be the thing that forces me too

We'll see

 

[rettucs]

I'm too old to start again. But this might be the thing that forces me too

We'll see

I thought the same about myself, 3 times. And 3 times landed in something better.

best of luck with it.

 

[Deadmanposting]

On a Teams call and my work colleague mentions that the monkeys are back in her garden. She says the leopards come at night looking to eat the local dogs.

Cavan is a wild place

Reminds me of this ad

"the squirrels are back in the attic..."

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[magicbastarder]

I'm too old to start again. But this might be the thing that forces me too

We'll see

any previous redundancies which might give a hint as to whether they'll be generous?

 

[Deadmanposting]

On a Teams call and my work colleague mentions that the monkeys are back in her garden. She says the leopards come at night looking to eat the local dogs.

Cavan is a wild place

So weird

Literally seconds after reading this my friend texted me about a novel her friend has written

 

[GO]

My work is going great. Been doing a fair bit of handyman work lately which is nice for a change. Although I'm painting now.

I repaired a 120 year old kitchen floor with extremely hard to find reclaimed tiles. The lime mortar dissolved all my guitar callouses away unfortunately.

I've the hands of a 12 year old..who knows a thing or two about archaic flooring methods

 

[seanc]

I've a load of work coming up week after next, it'll pay off all my (immediate) debts and leave me in penury for just another month.

But then I thought that last month and the month before.

Johnny, get ALL the redundancy you can, or keep your job. You'll be grand.