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Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:11 pm
by NotoriousREV
I was supposed to be in London until Thursday night, but I’m back home now. Company policy on no unnecessary travel plus the fact I’ve got a cold (which freaked my boss out
) means I’m WFH for this week at least.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:14 pm
by Rich B
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:11 pm
I was supposed to be in London until Thursday night, but I’m back home now. Company policy on no unnecessary travel plus the fact I’ve got a cold (which freaked my boss out
) means I’m WFH for this week at least.
Someone actually employed you??!!!?
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:18 pm
by NotoriousREV
Rich B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:14 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:11 pm
I was supposed to be in London until Thursday night, but I’m back home now. Company policy on no unnecessary travel plus the fact I’ve got a cold (which freaked my boss out
) means I’m WFH for this week at least.
Someone actually employed you??!!!?
Sadly, yes. Back to the grindstone for me.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
by Simon
I went up to Norfolk today for a customer meeting. As we sat down our host asked... "Have any of you just returned from Italy or China?"
I had to bite my lip to say 'well if we have it's a bit late now isn't it?'
On the flip side, I had a few minutes to kill before the meeting so popped into John Lewis where they've got an 8K 75" Samsung setup and that's pretty sweet. Especially when your face is 6" away from the screen whilst you try to look for the pixels.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
by Simon
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:18 pm
Rich B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:14 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:11 pm
I was supposed to be in London until Thursday night, but I’m back home now. Company policy on no unnecessary travel plus the fact I’ve got a cold (which freaked my boss out
) means I’m WFH for this week at least.
Someone actually employed you??!!!?
Sadly, yes. Back to the grindstone for me.
What'ya doin'?
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:36 pm
by dinny_g
Annoying senior managers and directors ???
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:57 pm
by NotoriousREV
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:18 pm
Rich B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:14 pm
Someone actually employed you??!!!?
Sadly, yes. Back to the grindstone for me.
What'ya doin'?
Putting everything in the cloud.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 5:00 pm
by Beany
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:57 pm
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:18 pm
Sadly, yes. Back to the grindstone for me.
What'ya doin'?
Putting everything in the cloud.
The ROFLCloud?
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 5:18 pm
by NotoriousREV
Beany wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 5:00 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:57 pm
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
What'ya doin'?
Putting everything in the cloud.
The ROFLCloud?
Naturally.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:08 pm
by Simon
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:57 pm
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:18 pm
Sadly, yes. Back to the grindstone for me.
What'ya doin'?
Putting everything in the cloud.
Well done on landing a new job. Hope it makes you happier than your last outfit.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:38 pm
by Beany
Nothing will make Dave happy, and that's why we love him <3
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:40 pm
by NotoriousREV
I’m at my happiest when I’m pissed off at something
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:41 pm
by NotoriousREV
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:08 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:57 pm
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 4:34 pm
What'ya doin'?
Putting everything in the cloud.
Well done on landing a new job. Hope it makes you happier than your last outfit.
Cheers! I think getting sent home on your second day is a good sign, right?
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:48 pm
by Simon
That reminds me. At my last place a colleague joined the company on his birthday. He went out that night to celebrate both events. Then phoned in sick the following day. Definitely not a good impression to make
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:58 pm
by NotoriousREV
The day I joined eBay, they had a Havana Club event on after work in the office where they taught us how to mix cocktails, then the recruiter (a 6ft 4 Irish guy) took me out for “a couple of pints” round Amsterdam. I think I got home around 4am. Day 2 was a quiet one.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:02 pm
by Beany
Simon wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:48 pm
That reminds me. At my last place a colleague joined the company on his birthday. He went out that night to celebrate both events. Then phoned in sick the following day. Definitely not a good impression to make
That's nothing. My predecessor went out on his first Christmas do at the CEOs (free for us) bar, got shit faced, got off his tits on some dodgy coke and lost the office keys.
He payed for the locks to be changed/new keys cut, and it was agreed never to be spoken of again, because the story made the CEO laugh like a drain.
We won't mention me offering to fight the MD on a similar night out - my first Christmas do with a free bar....
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:07 pm
by dinny_g
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:58 pm
Irish guy took me out for “a couple of pints” round Amsterdam.
Always dangerous
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:31 pm
by Rich B
Not me, but a guy I work with came in for his 2nd interview at my work (straight from his current job, only expecting to be there during a pretend lunch break so he could head back after), it turned into a “pop down the pub” (which we have adopted as our official second interview procedure now), it turned into a few more drinks and...
...He woke up in Portsmouth having fallen asleep on a train From Guildford back to Farnham at midnight. He had to get his pregnant wife to come and get him.
He got the job!
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:34 pm
by Beany
Rich B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:31 pm
Not me, but a guy I work with came in for his 2nd interview at my work (straight from his current job, only expecting to be there during a pretend lunch break so he could head back after), it turned into a “pop down the pub” (which we have adopted as our official second interview procedure now), it turned into a few more drinks and...
...He woke up in Portsmouth having fallen asleep on a train From Guildford back to Farnham at midnight. He had to get his pregnant wife to come and get him.
He got the job!
Clear demonstration of dedication to office morale, out of hours.
Re: Coronavirus
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:08 pm
by NotoriousREV
Rich B wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:31 pm
Not me, but a guy I work with came in for his 2nd interview at my work (straight from his current job, only expecting to be there during a pretend lunch break so he could head back after), it turned into a “pop down the pub” (which we have adopted as our official second interview procedure now), it turned into a few more drinks and...
...He woke up in Portsmouth having fallen asleep on a train From Guildford back to Farnham at midnight. He had to get his pregnant wife to come and get him.
He got the job!
Cultural fit
