coprolite Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 This guy sounds great. He's playing an absolute blinder. Weak management is the issue her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 That's a bit sexist, imvho 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishtergrolsch Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 New layer of management brought in to the department. So new boss at work. Big pals with two senior members of the department. Not experienced in at least half of the work we do. My colleague and I have had a load of suggestions in terms of improving the site we work on. Every. Single. Suggestion. Answered with "Is that a priority?" Followed by a pus like thunder. Me "well it would improve the area and allow other projects to take place" Boss "We don't have the time or staff" Over the next two days I get sent on a wild goose chase around Dundee, Wormit then and Arbroath for free stuff the boss thinks would be useful. From the boss's ex employer and another was a friend. Every single item I picked up was rusted, seized or broken somehow and completely useless. So I strolled up and said "bit of a waste of time that was". Answer - "You have a terrible attitude, you're far too negative." Two weeks later. The suggestions we gave are now taking place after being repackaged as if my boss thought up the whole plan. Boss - "That looks good now its been done" Me - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: A keen eye good sir. Surprised anyone actually reads the pish I write in here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 20 minutes ago, thistledo said: A keen eye good sir. Surprised anyone actually reads the pish I write in here. You just happened to hit upon one of Zen's keywords. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 5 hours ago, scottsdad said: The Head of Institute is in "please the new boy" mode. He still has the course but will only teach it four times out of twelve all semester. The other times will be done by a tutor and guest lecturers. He was brought in as we are really understaffed. We need bodies to deliver courses. If this is what we're getting, what was the point? Game set and match to the new Prof in his Aegean timeshare. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I'm sat in a pub in Durham next to a table of university folk and one has just said about a colleague "They offered him something desultory like History of Sport to try and get him out the door." If that's representative of the industry then I'd gladly be insulted so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 3 hours ago, oaksoft said: Waste of time. There will be one loser here if this goes on for much longer and that'll be @scottsdad The head of department has made his loyalties crystal clear. Academia is a different beast from most other employment. Nah, Head of School is the big boss. The nuclear option. Should the Prof really push, the HoS will eat him alive. I haven't brought him into it... Yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Being expected to do work for which you are paid, is overrated. I’m sure there was an absolute hero mentioned on here, who went out his way to just not do his job. He delegated all his work to others, which was all done much to the rage of one of the posters on here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Being expected to do work for which you are paid, is overrated. I’m sure there was an absolute hero mentioned on here, who went out his way to just not do his job. He delegated all his work to others, which was all done much to the rage of one of the posters on here. It was ICTChris who was the victim of that absolute baller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 30 minutes ago, MONKMAN said: Being expected to do work for which you are paid, is overrated. I’m sure there was an absolute hero mentioned on here, who went out his way to just not do his job. He delegated all his work to others, which was all done much to the rage of one of the posters on here. It was ICTChris who was the victim of that absolute baller I hope he’s still ripping the absolute c**t out of the entire department. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 8 hours ago, MONKMAN said: I hope he’s still ripping the absolute c**t out of the entire department. @ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 It’s easy to play the system in academia because there is no system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 13 hours ago, oaksoft said: Ah OK. Getting confused with all these Heads. You might be right about the HoS but honestly, I wouldn't put my mortgage on it.........and I don't even have a mortgage anymore. Heads and Directors. I am a Director in my department (one of, I think, fifteen) and there are ten Heads. That's not the whole Uni, just my School! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 15 hours ago, scottsdad said: Nah, Head of School is the big boss. The nuclear option. Should the Prof really push, the HoS will eat him alive. I haven't brought him into it... Yet. He'd better not push, then. On 20/10/2021 at 11:00, scottsdad said: He still has the course but will only teach it four times out of twelve all semester. The other times will be done by a tutor and guest lecturers. Seems surprising that managing to shed two-thirds of your teaching load isn't really pushing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Ooh...got a meeting just put in my diary to discuss this. Not the nuclear option but the deputy nuclear option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 44 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Ooh...got a meeting just put in my diary to discuss this. Not the nuclear option but the deputy nuclear option. Have you been in touch with an agent, I expect Hollywood will be on the phone next? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 The only thing worse than being forced to do work you hate is to be forced to sit in your tiny office staring at the walls each day because you have nothing to do.Really? Perhaps I'm far more George Costanza than the general population but I'd gladly be paid to do that. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 hours ago, oaksoft said: That sounds familiar. This is going to sounds completely counter-intuitive but another tactic here could be to actually remove his lecturing duties altogether if he's really being awkward. If he has no research work, he'll be left in a new job twiddling his thumbs. The only thing worse than being forced to do work you hate is to be forced to sit in your tiny office staring at the walls each day because you have nothing to do. Leaving the financial aspect aside, under-employment is much, much worse than unemployment because not only do you have no physical purpose, everyone around you can see that you are not needed. It's an absolute killer for anyone with any career ambition. I suffered this once at the start of my career and it nearly broke me psychologically. A friend of mine, also in academia, started kicking up a bit of a fuss in his department and within 4 weeks the department had removed almost all his duties. It's a really terrible thing to do to another human being so it's not a power you should wield without being very certain of why you are doing it but it is a potential tool. Passive aggressive might be the way to go and with him complaining, he's given you an excuse to use that tool. If you have Internet access I'm sure there will be something you could find online to amuse yourself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 21 minutes ago, Left Back said: If you have Internet access I'm sure there will be something you could find online to amuse yourself. Plus from what I remember universities usually have books in them somewhere, I'm sure you could find one of those to read. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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