My workforce is dwindling...
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I am having staff troubles: 1. Stopped by Police last week and arrested for unlicenced driving and outstanding warrants - havn't heard from him since and I assume he is at Long Bay (jail) 2. Autistic child sending wife mad, time off to organise life. 3. Wife done a runner with the car and child, time off to organise life. 4. Broken leg (fell over on the driveway in the wet) - Pins, rods and many months off work. 5. Oral surgery - week off. This is from a workforce of ten! Anyone have any spare hamsters?
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Wow, that's a hell of run of bad luck. Sorry to hear it.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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You could look at it the other way........less people == less distractions and potentially higher productivity! If you get through this dilemma then you know you were over staffed and maybe time to chop a couple.
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daveauld wrote:
If you get through this dilemma then you know you were over staffed and maybe time to chop a couple.
These guys are skilled labourers. They run large, state of the art chemical batching machinery and probably lift between 3 and 6 tons of materials per day. They are very well paid and I rely on them enormously. Last year, I had to lay-off the useless and the weak and only kept my core slaves who had to live with reduced hours etc. Now we are flat out busy again and breaking production records so I am forced to go back on the tools! There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I have hired a couple of new blokes to start this weekend, and, although they will take a long time to train up, extra hands will make the Senior Guys' lives easier.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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I am having staff troubles: 1. Stopped by Police last week and arrested for unlicenced driving and outstanding warrants - havn't heard from him since and I assume he is at Long Bay (jail) 2. Autistic child sending wife mad, time off to organise life. 3. Wife done a runner with the car and child, time off to organise life. 4. Broken leg (fell over on the driveway in the wet) - Pins, rods and many months off work. 5. Oral surgery - week off. This is from a workforce of ten! Anyone have any spare hamsters?
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Andy_L_J wrote:
Anyone have any spare hamsters?
Me me me...where do I signup?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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daveauld wrote:
If you get through this dilemma then you know you were over staffed and maybe time to chop a couple.
These guys are skilled labourers. They run large, state of the art chemical batching machinery and probably lift between 3 and 6 tons of materials per day. They are very well paid and I rely on them enormously. Last year, I had to lay-off the useless and the weak and only kept my core slaves who had to live with reduced hours etc. Now we are flat out busy again and breaking production records so I am forced to go back on the tools! There is a light at the end of the tunnel. I have hired a couple of new blokes to start this weekend, and, although they will take a long time to train up, extra hands will make the Senior Guys' lives easier.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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Wow, that's a hell of run of bad luck. Sorry to hear it.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I'm sorry too :laugh: It has meant that instead of sitting in front of a monitor all day wresting with Business Logic, I have had to go back on the machines (which I haven't done for more than ten years) and have found a whole lot of muscles that I had forgotten existed. Damn those years of having to anything to eat!
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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Andy_L_J wrote:
Anyone have any spare hamsters?
Me me me...where do I signup?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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Andy_L_J wrote:
Anyone have any spare hamsters?
Me me me...where do I signup?
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
Hamsters, not gerbils!!
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Hamsters, not gerbils!!
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! Booger Mobile (n) - A bright green 1964 Ford Falcon - our entry into the Camp Quality esCarpade!! Do something wonderful - make a donation to Camp Quality today!!
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Check the previous replies - my Hamsters need serious muscle! That said, wanna job in Australia? :-D
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Andy_L_J wrote:
Australia
Australia bad, India good
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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I am having staff troubles: 1. Stopped by Police last week and arrested for unlicenced driving and outstanding warrants - havn't heard from him since and I assume he is at Long Bay (jail) 2. Autistic child sending wife mad, time off to organise life. 3. Wife done a runner with the car and child, time off to organise life. 4. Broken leg (fell over on the driveway in the wet) - Pins, rods and many months off work. 5. Oral surgery - week off. This is from a workforce of ten! Anyone have any spare hamsters?
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Ah. Now I understand why agencies have been asking me about my wheelbarrow skills.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Andy_L_J wrote:
Australia
Australia bad, India good
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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Andy_L_J wrote:
Australia
Australia bad, India good
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
I think you mean, I wish I could be in Australia, but I am stuck in India ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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HimanshuJoshi wrote:
Australia bad, India good
Context? Maybe a Soapbox discussion? (That as a Kiwi, I can't be bothered with)
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Violence against Indians in Australia[^]
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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I think you mean, I wish I could be in Australia, but I am stuck in India ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
I think you mean, I wish I could be in Australia, but I fear racial attacks
FTFY
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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I think you mean, I wish I could be in Australia, but I am stuck in India ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
It seems our uninformed friend has taken the bait. I will not complain if you want to move the inevitable following wailings from the subcontinent to the Backroom. To be straight up, the company I work for employees scores of Indians, there are no dramas and the guys are all good blokes to a man. I get on very well with all of them and in the fifteen years I have been at this company, the only incident of harassment/violence etc was perpetrated on the Indaian bloke by his Indian ex-wife. Oh, and a Vietnamese guy pulled a knife on a Sikh. Not a good idea to pull a knife on a Sikh! Let the party begin.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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Violence against Indians in Australia[^]
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
"allegedly racially motivated attacks against Indians and a perceived poor response by the police " "New South Wales Police have stated that Indians are not over represented in Australian crime statistics" I can pick bits out of a biased article if I want to too. I live in Australia and dont see the radical crap the Indian Media spouts. Wouldn't surpise me if this is a gambit in the Uranium argument, Oh no. That may belong in the Backroomm too :-O
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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"allegedly racially motivated attacks against Indians and a perceived poor response by the police " "New South Wales Police have stated that Indians are not over represented in Australian crime statistics" I can pick bits out of a biased article if I want to too. I live in Australia and dont see the radical crap the Indian Media spouts. Wouldn't surpise me if this is a gambit in the Uranium argument, Oh no. That may belong in the Backroomm too :-O
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
Andy_L_J wrote:
I can pick bits out of a biased article if I want to too. I live in Australia and dont see the radical crap the Indian Media spouts.
That's the reason I had a Joke icon in my earlier post :)
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
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Andy_L_J wrote:
I can pick bits out of a biased article if I want to too. I live in Australia and dont see the radical crap the Indian Media spouts.
That's the reason I had a Joke icon in my earlier post :)
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
Yeah, I realised that too late. :( No offence intended - (For the world): I am sick of the "minorities" (a dreadful expression, and not meaning ethnic minorities exclusively) dictating policies that affect the entire population. However, everyone has to man up these days, and stop making excuses. I do not hear the Greeks, Italians. Lebanese, NZ'ers, English et al compaining about how they became victims of crime in a huge, populous country. Or elsewhere in the world (including India) for that matter. In the context of the Background I grew up in, there are too many "Proffessional Victims".
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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I am having staff troubles: 1. Stopped by Police last week and arrested for unlicenced driving and outstanding warrants - havn't heard from him since and I assume he is at Long Bay (jail) 2. Autistic child sending wife mad, time off to organise life. 3. Wife done a runner with the car and child, time off to organise life. 4. Broken leg (fell over on the driveway in the wet) - Pins, rods and many months off work. 5. Oral surgery - week off. This is from a workforce of ten! Anyone have any spare hamsters?
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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Check the previous replies - my Hamsters need serious muscle! That said, wanna job in Australia? :-D
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly 'This space for rent' Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife