That would be most SO3's across all three services out of a job.....We have eliminated the clipboard ninja who is able to look busy without actually doing anything.
That would be most SO3's across all three services out of a job.....We have eliminated the clipboard ninja who is able to look busy without actually doing anything.
Personally I can't wait to get back into the office; not that I expect to be doing a full week there, as the successful operation of the business over the last year has accelerated the company's plan to divest themselves of office space by 5 -10 years (at a guess), so I envisage working from home at least 2-3 days a week and (say it with disdain) "Hot Desking" when I'm in London. It's a bit sh1t, but from a business point of view It's unarguably the way to go.
I foresee the usual massive corporate enthusiasm for the new shiny process being translated into discouraging anyone coming into town at all, followed by a backlash several months later when reality bites and the realisation that some things do need hands on presence leading to a requirement for everyone to be in for 4 days a week or so, and then finally settling down into a workable arrangement dependent on specific work requirements.
That would be most SO3's across all three services out of a job.....
That would be most SO3's across all three services out of a job.....
That was the mindset amongst the engineering hierarchy in my company; the last year has proven that the majority of staff can be trusted to work from home at least as conscientiously as when in the office. Of course some work just can't be done at home, but the IT solutions are pretty amazing, and it has certainly surprised me how much has been achieved over the lockdown.Our general manager doesn't trust anyone to do anything without him looking over their shoulder.
His stock answer to anything I say on H&S is "I will have to check with legal" as he can't accept that I may actually know something.
Any document will have to be edited after he's seen it - it's like cleaning the block before going on leave.
Documents have been sent back , recently it was the font colour, left for 3 hours without any editing whatsoever, sent back "edited" and then are accepted (grudgingly)
We will be back in the office other than days on customer sites.
Online training is no doubt going to continue. he wants us to travel in to work to sit in a busy and noisy office so we can continue with online training which we can all do from home...
A role model for us all I think you'll find.Slight thread drift but I have a good mate who spent his career as a civvy technician at an RAF base.
The bulk of his work was running the SAT Range or DCCT or whatever it’s called now.
Pretty much all he had to do was run the machine when people were using it (which was very rarely) and fix the occasional defect.
There were other aspects to his job like cleaning the place that he’d just sacked off completely. He’d somehow created an air of mystery around the whole thing and his boss seemed to think he was the busiest man on base.
The reality was he’d bought a flat a few minutes away, which meant he could go home and sleep, but be within arms reach just in case his boss phoned him to see where he was.
Within 5 minutes of a call he could be back at the range carrying a bag of tools or something.
“Sorry boss, just had to head to the other side of the base to borrow a soldering iron.”
He styled it out for over 30 years.
Can you let me know when the vacancy comes up, please?We were basically paying a bloke 50 grand a year to make tea 4 times a day and read books.
That was the mindset amongst the engineering hierarchy in my company; the last year has proven that the majority of staff can be trusted to work from home at least as conscientiously as when in the office. Of course some work just can't be done at home, but the IT solutions are pretty amazing, and it has certainly surprised me how much has been achieved over the lockdown.
Perhaps you could manage some factories in India, or even provide online help for Indian IT users.We deal with a lot of engineering/maintenance people, in all kinds of industries. Obviously many of their staff can't work from home. Taking the beef people for example , apparently it's just not practical to take a cow home and turn it into pieces of beef. Nor can they maintain the factory that way. However so much of the admin for them can be. We've managed to get a lot of new custom from people who need/want to manage things off site (or centrally for multiple sites)
Perhaps you could manage some factories in India, or even provide online help for Indian IT users.
Karma would then hopefully be a complete and utter bitch.