Eric I am fascinated. But why does your boss not give you more work to do if you can do it in 5.5 hrs?
Cheers Alec On 29/05/2012, at 7:51 AM, Eric B <[email protected]> wrote: > I dont get it, is it cool to work more? whats the deal? how about > being smart about managing your workforce? Hire the right guys and let > them get on with it. > > I go to work at 10, I piss off at 1530, no complaints. I work from > home if/when I feel it. > I just get the work done. Mind you I ll go to work at 0600 if required. > > I work in a ROWE environment, Results Only Work Environment, cant fault it. > Its freedom to do the job as opposed to routines to meet your KPIs. > > Eric > > > > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Damian Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: >> 28th May is a "ferié" but its not "chomée" - which means that it's a >> holiday but you have to work (and without being paid I add). Xmas day, New >> Years day, 11 Nov and 14 July all on weekends - there's never a year when >> all the holidays equate to days off. >> >> The 35 hour week, which transformed FR industrial performance for the >> better (productivity & profits), has been seriously weakened and it's more >> than 10 years since a company was prosecuted (at least visibly) for making >> their workers work for more than 48hrs a week. In any case, in a country >> where overtime is rarely paid, nobody bothers to count their hours anyway. >> This actually explains the FR "productivity miracle" of the last 12 years - >> we're working the same or slightly more than before but only getting paid >> for a flat 35hs (+ 1 day free per year). >> >> I'm not complaining about FR, after all it pays for our enviable social and >> economic model - but the UK could do just as well if people moved on from >> their early 1980s complacency and realised that they have to up their game >> a little bit. I've worked for 4 major international companies since the "35 >> hr week" and it's still embarassing going to the UK with French colleagues >> and hanging about for an hour waiting for people to turn up at 9, only for >> them to all bugger off again at 5. >> >> Damian >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Alan Edgar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Not sure where you get 6 from, Damian ! >>> There are 4 this month alone (1st, 8th, 17th, 28th) and when you add those >>> to Xmas Day, New Years Day, Easter Monday, All Saints Day (1/11), Armistice >>> Day (11/11), Bastille Day (14/7) and Assumption (15/8) I make it 11. >>> >>> Even as a FOTL (Francophile on the list) those holidays plus the 35 hour a >>> week contracts French government workers enjoy means the question should >>> actually be: >>> >>> Are the French just bloody workshy ? >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Al >>> >>> ------- >>> Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 11:36:34 +0200 >>> From: Damian Walsh <[email protected]> >>> To: leedslist <[email protected]> >>> >>> To change the subject - no wonder the UK is in double-dip recession. I've >>> just seen that there are 9 public holidays in England this year. 9!! that's >>> 3 more than here in France, and France has the world's highest productivity >>> to justify its 6 public holidays. Are the English just bloody workshy? >>> >>> Damian >>> >>> ------------ >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
