Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-29 Thread Eric B
Hi Alec, As I said, I ll work from home if needed. I just got off a conference call, something my boss did not see but I am working. Dont be thrown off by the time I spend in the office. The other thing that is specific to this is that I work in an enterprise environment, working on projects. Ent

Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread Alec McQueen
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 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 l

Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread Eric B
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 wor

Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread brendan_mcwilliams
Posting of the month!!! Dr Michael Benjamin wrote:Here we have an incredible system. ___ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CA

Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread Dr Michael Benjamin
Here we have an incredible system. The year starts in January. Most of the population now adopts the Russian piss up that takes a good few days to get over. Around Easter we have the Passover . That is eight days of which we are off for two days and work half a day for the rest. Half the population

Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread Damian Walsh
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 indu

Re: [LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread Guy Bonello
half days June - October!! -Original Message- From: Alan Edgar Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 8:01 PM To: leedslist@gn.apc.org Subject: [LU] Workshy ? 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

[LU] Workshy ?

2012-05-28 Thread Alan Edgar
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 l