Work - The pros and the cons... - The Bear and Badger

drumbeg

Matt_82 wrote:

There's a term that people use to describe a particular interview technique. It's about taking the question and then making it into a relevant story to show that you've understood the question. Anyone know what it's called? I'm sure it's an acronym.

I've always heard that described as a 'competency based interview'.

Coopers Green

Minnesänger wrote:

Dark Soldier wrote:

If you make the customer service advisor a WFH ting I will satisfy your customers daily

Think the H in WFH means your home, bud, not the customers.

I cackled. Not laughed. Cackled.

Armitage_Shankburn

Minnesänger wrote:

Cos wrote:

Muzzy projecting as usual. Defo a billy no mates at MS.

Yeah, 10/10 Muzzy is the office creep.

"I don't understand cinty, all I did is rinse them at the lockdown funtime poker for 2 years and tell them how my daughters were on track to make the 2032 olympics when they complained their kids won't stop hassling them for Frosties and sunny D"

acemuzzy

Narrator: muzzy played poker some of gonz's irl mates and they all came him a cnut

acemuzzy

Spoiler:

Armitage_Shankburn

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

Minnesänger wrote:

Cos wrote:

Muzzy projecting as usual. Defo a billy no mates at MS.

Yeah, 10/10 Muzzy is the office creep.

"I don't understand cinty, all I did is rinse them at the lockdown funtime poker for 2 years and tell them how my daughters were on track to make the 2032 olympics when they complained their kids won't stop hassling them for Frosties and sunny D, all the while being unable to take my eyes off said colleagues' full heads of hair"

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acemuzzy

Oof

tigersgogrrr

Just did a proper pants bit of a training course for some teachers. Oh well. It's really hard to do over Zoom.

Not really the time for it, tbh.

Oh well.

Diluted Dante

Was Mr Pants there?

poprock

You showed up Tigro. That makes it better than no training at all, straight away.

tigersgogrrr

Aye. Would be nice to smash it though as it would be a nice extra bit of cash each year. I did a solid job with the trainee teachers before Xmas but that was a 3 hour live session. This was 1 hour over Zoom and far bloody harder to do.

It's hard to do jokes over Zoom and I need to do those to show off my magnetic personality.

Diluted Dante

Company is proposing permanent work from home.

poprock

I would love that.

regmcfly

My best mate is work from home going forward and I envy that. Just not possible in my job I guess.

poprock

We’ve gone for permanent hybrid working. Only opening the studio Tue–Thu, everyone works from home Mon & Fri. Right now we’re still all at home full time though.

Yossarian

That’s our plan too. Or, that’s what we’re planning to test out.

I’ll be pleased for the opportunity for post-work beers again.

LivDiv

My whole company is WFH, always has been.
There are challenges but the day to day ease makes up for it.

acemuzzy

We're all WFH atm, but msft plan looks to be encouraging 3+ days in (but no pressure for more than that if not desired), once things are safer.

davyK

I hate working from home. I see it as an imposition. But that's me.

It's living at work.

EvilRedEye

We're permenantly going hybrid. I spend most of my time dealing with an international sales team so I don't get much value from being at the office and I have a night owl chronotype so being able to roll out of bed as close to my start time as possible is great, but I'm starting to climb up the walls a bit after two years now.

Diluted Dante

Might be different if you were able to see someone who isn't a frog.

Wookienopants

We are WFH here and the CEO the other day made a statement that hybrid model works, he is more concerned about the output rather than the method so if people are happy to WFH and it works then there is no need to change it.

Very much like this approach

Wookienopants

I'm brushing up my CV this evening as I'm going to apply for the Inspector role at work, it's a big step up from my current role and would be a challenge but I feel like I'm up for it.
Fingers crossed!

RedDave2

davyK wrote:

I hate working from home. I see it as an imposition. But that's me.

It's living at work.

My wife feels the same. Its handy avoiding travel and all that but she both misses the interaction with others (remember for a lot of people , your adult friends are found in work) but what really bugs her is that her workplace is a corner of our bedroom.

We have a spare room that we could convert to an office but she likes to keep that free for people staying over (to be fair, her mum is over a lot more now since my father in law passed away) so it's how it will be for the next while.

Everyone to their own, I was only thinking the other day how much I miss the bustle and life of pre covid. I know some of you probably hated it (hey wooks!) But I loved the vibrancy of it all. Modern life under covid is a bit rubbish for me.

Diluted Dante

Bustle is great, just not when I'm working.

Syph79

Wookienopants wrote:

I'm brushing up my CV this evening as I'm going to apply for the Inspector role at work, it's a big step up from my current role and would be a challenge but I feel like I'm up for it.
Fingers crossed!

Best of luck with this one, Wooks.

You could always threaten to kick their asses or arrest them if they don’t give you serious consideration. You kept your warrant badge, right?

davyK

As much as I hate WFH, I see the benefits of hybrid. We have had hybrid working in place for years and it works great. It all depends on ones circumstances and demeanour. I prefer to have work and home completely separate as much as is feasibly possible. But that's me. I'm happy to work from home occasionally but this current perm at home is driving me nuts.

Wookienopants

Syph79 wrote:

Wookienopants wrote:

I'm brushing up my CV this evening as I'm going to apply for the Inspector role at work, it's a big step up from my current role and would be a challenge but I feel like I'm up for it. Fingers crossed!

Best of luck with this one, Wooks. You could always threaten to kick their asses or arrest them if they don’t give you serious consideration. You kept your warrant badge, right?

Thanks mate. And no, I did not keep my warrant badge.
I also wouldn't want to kick arse as I really like the people I work with and for. I'm in a very lucky position to love my job

Wookienopants

If I never have to sit on a train, in traffic or have to be around members of the public again I'll be very happy.

davyK

Wookienopants wrote:

If I never have to sit on a train, in traffic or have to be around members of the public again I'll be very happy.

That's the kicker. I live 2 miles from work. So I'm spoilt that way.

The big bonus is not having to commute - real quality of life impact there.

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