coprolite Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 “Key” Not being used to describe a door opening device or for map-reading or cryptography. Simply used to signal that one is management material and can spout the requisite shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 So far it isn't bad. The guy is giving loads of scenarios and asking what the right response would be (harassment and so on). One was about a drunk lab technician getting sacked on the spot (turns out you cannot sack anyone on the spot, there should be a transparent process). Brings back a few memories for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 5 hours ago, scottsdad said: "I have marinaded in employment law Considering that all marinading involves is lying covered in all sorts not moving for an extended period of time, I'm not sure it's a great way to demonstrate anything other than being an idiot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Day 2 is going well. What happens if a member of staff goes mental and starts hitting people with a baseball bat? Who is liable? The employer, their insurer, or the individual? Talking about some real life examples. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Day 2 is going well. What happens if a member of staff goes mental and starts hitting people with a baseball bat? Who is liable? The employer, their insurer, or the individual? Talking about some real life examples. Asking for a friend ... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: Day 2 is going well. What happens if a member of staff goes mental and starts hitting people with a baseball bat? Who is liable? The employer, their insurer, or the individual? Talking about some real life examples. Why not a cricket bat? Suggest the training is biased in favor of US employees, watch them squirm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Just now, TxRover said: Why not a cricket bat? Suggest the training is biased in favor of US employees, watch them squirm. Of course, if they then use a cricket bat example, ask if they are stereotyping Indian or East Asian employees? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Taken from John Crace's Political Sketch column in today's Guardian :- "After a few media questions – mainly about strikes – which were easily, if blandly, batted away, Starmer then went into an equally unenlightening Q&A with Times Radio’s Ayesha Hazarika. The first question came from a woman who declared she was a “High Value Manufacturing Catapult”. Me neither." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 28 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Taken from John Crace's Political Sketch column in today's Guardian :- "After a few media questions – mainly about strikes – which were easily, if blandly, batted away, Starmer then went into an equally unenlightening Q&A with Times Radio’s Ayesha Hazarika. The first question came from a woman who declared she was a “High Value Manufacturing Catapult”. Me neither." Thats the name of the organisation - there are other Catapults for the likes of Medicine, Transport and Offshore Renewable Energy - not for profit companies set up to accelerate the growth of companies in that particualr sector https://catapult.org.uk/ ( I work for one of them.....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 (edited) It isn't strictly business or corporate speak, as such, but it seems to be compulsory amongst my colleagues when you end a call early to sign off with: "I'll give you x minutes of your day back." I have definitely said it before, but doing my best to stop the madness now. See also: "We'll pick this up offline." No. You'll pick it up online, but on a separate call/email. Edited December 8, 2022 by DrewDon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 On 06/12/2022 at 14:19, scottsdad said: So far it isn't bad. The guy is giving loads of scenarios and asking what the right response would be (harassment and so on). One was about a drunk lab technician getting sacked on the spot (turns out you cannot sack anyone on the spot, there should be a transparent process). Brings back a few memories for me. ^^^ should’ve drunk faster and harder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 9 hours ago, DrewDon said: It isn't strictly business or corporate speak, as such, but it seems to be compulsory amongst my colleagues when you end a call early to sign off with: "I'll give you x minutes of your day back." I have definitely said it before, but doing my best to stop the madness now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 On 07/12/2022 at 16:09, TxRover said: Why not a cricket bat? Suggest the training is biased in favor of US employees, watch them squirm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 On 07/12/2022 at 16:09, TxRover said: Why not a cricket bat? Suggest the training is biased in favor of US employees, watch them squirm. I should have said on Wednesday. The guy was using an example of a Morrisons employee who battered f**k out of a customer with a baseball bat, based on a real life case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 26 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I should have said on Wednesday. The guy was using an example of a Morrisons employee who battered f**k out of a customer with a baseball bat, based on a real life case. Did he buy the bat in Morrisons? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, hk blues said: Did he buy the bat in Morrisons? Sadly the guy giving the talk was less about the interesting details and more about the implications for the shop. i wanted to hear more blood and gore, but as I was just overhearing it I couldn't make requests. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Sadly the guy giving the talk was less about the interesting details and more about the implications for the shop. i wanted to hear more blood and gore, but as I was just overhearing it I couldn't make requests. Couldn't you have given your wife a note? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Just now, hk blues said: Couldn't you have given your wife a note? I should have done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 10 hours ago, Caledonian1 said: Thats the name of the organisation - there are other Catapults for the likes of Medicine, Transport and Offshore Renewable Energy - not for profit companies set up to accelerate the growth of companies in that particualr sector https://catapult.org.uk/ ( I work for one of them.....) Would it not be more effective to use some form of artillery? Move with the times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: I should have done. Next time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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