Hey Jonathan, It was a great one-liner, and made me snigger - but to be honest, jokes about nepotism within the BBC made on a BBC hosted list are probably going to go down like a faintly libellous bucket of cold sick. :-) [2]
Stephen's formal response is understandable under the circumstances; the recruitment policy here is indeed set up to prevent any kind of favouritism, and that needed pointing out. Every so often you just have to put on your BBC hat [2]. Tedious, stuffy, not in the spirit of the brave new internet and all that, but necessary if one doesn't want to get impaled by some angry folk from HR. All of us BBC types are in an interesting position on list, in that we're here for fun and to take part, but we also have to walk that awkward line between being Auntie's babies and just another listee. Bear with our occasional humour lapses? You picked up the grades detail from the other mails, right? (And hey, this is me *without* my BBC hat on, and with my list-mothering hat [3] on, can you tell?) Kim [1] Note: REALLY BIG affectionate smiley here. [2] it looks a bit like the jobsworth award from 'That's Life!', if you remember that? [3] pink tweed, with plastic grapes and a pheasant feather. Kim Plowright New Product Development SCP, BBC iD&E MC1 D6 08, Media Centre, BBC Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TQ http://www.bbc.co.uk/entertainment http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chetwynd Sent: 17 October 2005 19:58 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Cc: Stephen Elson Subject: Re: [backstage] Developer jobs Stephen, sense of humour failure isn't usually this prevalent even in the BBC. how about an answer to the original mail: "Could anyone enlighten me as to how much grades 7D and 8D actually pay?" regards Jonathan Chetwynd Accessibility Consultant on Learning Disabilities and the Internet 29 Crimsworth Road SW8 4RJ 020 7978 1764 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
