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It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Aww... he only turned up to hear the famous darsy meeting-speak.
Never mind, by chucking him out, you've added something to the legend.

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No - sadly.

Do I look like a corporate ladder climber?

I honestly don't feel driven, or that I am working that hard or long.
It's just what I do. I'm at work at the moment, got up at 5 - sorted
(work) emails over a coffee and a fag, went into the office - got there
at 7 did stuff, went to a meeting in Worcester, then back to the office
to catch up.

Got a pizza for tea on it's way, then toodle off home about 9ish.

Yes - but murder aint legal.

 

I do that via remote desktop to my home system while I'm at work.

 

Simon Atkinson wrote

As you are stealing time from your employers I forgive you.

 

I think you're mad to be working those sorts of hours as is Ben for
doing 67 hours. I can't begin to imagine being at work that long. No
employer has a right to that much of my time.

 

As it's unpaid time, it takes the edge off it a bit.

 

But (as I said before) why not? It's not as if I'm going to nip home
and invent the replacement for penicillin or the juke-box is it?

At least here, I'm in my own safe little world...

 

I'm really not. I'm happy enough in the position I'm in. I know I
could do my bosses job better than him, but I really don't want it - I
enjoy (mostly) what I'm doing for a living. I feel it's the ideal
position for me as an ex-techie and I think I actually do it rather
well most of the time. Obviously I expect I could some things better,
but hopefully I can learn as I go on when I make mistakes.

Well the needs are long, complex and very dull to someone who doesn't
actually know me (that's not meant to sound offhand or condescending
BTW). Partly my need to be doing something other than sitting at home.
Partly the need for the department to employ 4 more people, but not
having the budget and partly just my wanting to do it at the moment.

I've done it for a long time. Probably doing it more at the moment
it's fair to say. And you are probably right. Stuff outside my control
is happening (and outside the control of my family who are also going
to be badly affected by it) and naturally I feel a bit narked about it
(due to a bad mistake of mine 12 years ago). So I suppose I go to work
where I am (sort) of in control again. I've always been a control
freak - I suspect that's why I don't get very pissed (for example) or
do drugs (other than fags).

I'm healthier than I've ever been he coughed happily while massaging
his chest cramps away...

Still living in the same house and sort of making an attempt at making
a go of it - I can't chuck away 18 years all that easily. At the
moment. Might not be a problem for too much longer though.

 

I reckon 12 is sustainable just about, but taking it further just leeds
to mood swings and unhappiness. DAMHIK, etc..

 

Picture shit that won't go away until it's sorted, and nobody available
to delegate it to. Sometimes just sorting it is easier than dealing
with the headache of not doing.

Mobile phones and e-mails make this kind of thing *much worse* IMHO.

 

And people call me a drama queen.

Please explain to me how you get a "headache" from going home from
your office when your working day is done?

Both of which can be ignored.

Don't get me wrong - I've pulled some long hours, over short periods,
when requried, but it's always been on my terms, and never, ever,
approached 100 hours a week. I think the most I ever book was about
70, and that damn near killed me.

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well.

I'd hate that. Even when travelling for "pleasure", I like to be at the
airport/train station/whatever early. When I travel to our Paris
office, I always make sure my "on time" ETA is an hour or so before the
time of my first meeting.

I'm very lucky in that everyone who works /for/ me pretty much shares
my "must get to meetings on time" attitude. Loads of people who work
/with/ me don't share this attitude, and it pisses me off no end. I had
someone blame a 10 minute late turn-up on "you know how slow the lifts
are in this building". My response of "use the stairs you lazy bastard"
wasn't particularly well received.

I'm already known as a fairly brusque fucker, so I can get away with
it. I'll be fucked if I ever stop getting stuff done right, mind you.

 

perhaps I misunderstood your previous comment. You seemed - to me - to
be suggesting that you didn't approve of people turning up to work
"late", even if they did the work required. If you were in fact talking
about hating the little cunts who work exactly their alloted hours, or
a bit less, and actually do no work when they're there, then I agree.

 

It's not a drama, simply a statement of fact. Allow me to explain.

The headache isn't from the journey home, it's from people complaining
if their project is delivered late the next day, then involving managers
who are a waste of space becuase they can't actually solve the problem -
just adding to the workload with meetings.

Where there's too much work outstanding, and customer queries aren't
getting answered and resolved.. the pressure does not decrease, so the
answer is to reduce the backlog of "late things".

The trick is rememebering when to stop, and just say "oh **** it" every
so often, just to keep that balance.

Sure they can, but the problem behind them won't actually go away.. it
will just be delayed and usually escalates into something far worse,
IME.

Oh it's not something I'd promote as a good idea, just something that
seems to go part and parcel with most service organisations, yesterday I
did a 9:30 - 5 and it was great.. The day before was a 15 hour day
though, which wasn't so lovely, but it does mean today will be fairly
sane, and restful.

 

I hate that. I like to get there, check in, board and take off in the
minimum possible time. When I wasa coming back to the UK each weekend
I'd be at my desk until 16:45, then ride to the airport, park up next
right next to the terminal, check in (no baggage) at around 1700, go
through to departures, grab some fags in duty-free and have a quick
beer at the bar. Flight departed at 17:25.

Ah, that's different. I hate being rushed (or late) like that too, so
I'd concur on this.

Ob: Swiss meetings - over here it seems that most folk aim to _arrive_
a couple of minutes after the published start time, so most meetings
get under way at about +5/10 minutes. Which is fine, as long as you're
pre-warned.

 

"a life".

HTH

 

Ginge wrote:
[work]

well, 12 might be "sustainable", IYO.

I get all the work I need to done in 8, and I'm the most successful
member of my business unit.

Work /smart/, not /hard/

 

Hmmm. Don't see anything approaching an explanation below.

Fine. Turn up to the meetings, smile and explain that you being there
is delaying you resolving the problem.

Where does this pressure come from? Does IBM employ managers to stand
over you, shouting "work harder!" ?

Worse? What do they do at IBM, put red hot needles under your finger
nails?

I just thing people who talk about pulling 15 hour days are indulging
in american macho bullshit.

As you know, I've worked in a service industry all my life, and spent
a few years in an operations team. If it's "part and parcel" of your
working environment, something is fucked.
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