

I also stopped before that part the first time I watched it. Horror show.
Spring instead of neap tides will have an impact on flooding. The spring has nothing to do with the season Spring. A clever person would have stated bigger tides coincided with the storm.Slick wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:13 pm I kind of agree with Sandy, I think most of our defences, natural and otherwise, are set up for the prevailing conditions. I also think she is desperate for excuses.
"Spring tides, which feels a bit odd with it being Autumn" is my favourite part though..... who didn't understand their briefing...
Also a blocking high pressure over Scandinavia meant that Babet stopped moving over Ireland and Britain with the heavy rain clouds circulating the centre discharging their moisture content. The rain coming from the east was just this circulation around the centre of the low pressure Atlantic storm.petej wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:37 pmSpring instead of neap tides will have an impact on flooding. The spring has nothing to do with the season Spring. A clever person would have stated bigger tides coincided with the storm.Slick wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:13 pm I kind of agree with Sandy, I think most of our defences, natural and otherwise, are set up for the prevailing conditions. I also think she is desperate for excuses.
"Spring tides, which feels a bit odd with it being Autumn" is my favourite part though..... who didn't understand their briefing...
Well, yes, that’s why we were laughing!petej wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:37 pmSpring instead of neap tides will have an impact on flooding. The spring has nothing to do with the season Spring. A clever person would have stated bigger tides coincided with the storm.Slick wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:13 pm I kind of agree with Sandy, I think most of our defences, natural and otherwise, are set up for the prevailing conditions. I also think she is desperate for excuses.
"Spring tides, which feels a bit odd with it being Autumn" is my favourite part though..... who didn't understand their briefing...
Not all trials. I read a piece looking at positives and negatives and there were quite a few drawbacks which only get unearthed when you have proper key performance indicators.ASMO wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:08 am And now Sunak says the 4 day week will be a disaster, yet all of the actual evidence from every trial undertaken (including Cambs Council) points to the opposite, facts don't matter it seems anymore.
My mate started work at Cambs Council last year and he says they are the laziest bunch of workshy people he's ever joined. Which is saying something because I've never seen him put in much effort either.ASMO wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:08 am And now Sunak says the 4 day week will be a disaster, yet all of the actual evidence from every trial undertaken (including Cambs Council) points to the opposite, facts don't matter it seems anymore.
I've found that's generally an issue with company culture. I've worked where decisions were almost instantaneous and where even simple yes or no responses could be prevaricated over for weeks. A 4 day week might make the latter worse, but I wouldn't expect it to impact an environment where structures and culture facilitate being decisive.shaggy wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:19 amNot all trials. I read a piece looking at positives and negatives and there were quite a few drawbacks which only get unearthed when you have proper key performance indicators.ASMO wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:08 am And now Sunak says the 4 day week will be a disaster, yet all of the actual evidence from every trial undertaken (including Cambs Council) points to the opposite, facts don't matter it seems anymore.
One of the key ones was the time to resolve issues as a staggered week across teams/disciplines meant email and voicemail ping ping doubling the time for certain activities to be completed.
I think the environments that a 4 day week will work is quite narrow, and from an optics perspective many tax payers will not be comfortable that they are giving council employees extras days off when they are working 6 days a week across several jobs just to survive.
Yup, I know a couple of people that work in a similar environment and they take their allocated sick days every month without fail, usually a Friday and a Monday of course.TedMaul wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:41 am My GF was a grad trainee for the Met (this is 12 years ago btw) in Public Finance. Was a great scheme. As part of this she did 3 months with Islington Council and 3 with Hackney.
The woman she reported to at IC was not in once in the 3 months as lifts were playing up and she claimed she was too fat to use the stairs. The bloke at HC had a month off for emotional distress as his cat died.
In both the overriding attitude was don't do too much work and show us up, and everyone took at least 5 days sick leave a month. Her communistic principles crumbled in that 6 months like an aspirin in water.
This! I worked in a 24/7/52 weeks a year industry and the days of a normal 5 day working week were long gone. As more and more companies have to extend working hours to meet customer demand and the competition then the old 5 day a week dinosaur has gone. We had folk working part time/full time/flexible time/annualised hours/compressed hours, etc. If you want good employees and you want them to stay then this is what you have to do - it is a sellers market for many skilled workers. Also employees have multiple demands on them these days and want to work flexibly in order to reduce travel, childminding, commuting etc costs. The future trend is away from a 5 day week and it will continue in more and more sectors along with flexible working or WFH etc. Put it another way - why on earth would companies spend £££ on IT and means of flexible working and then continue to spend even more £££ on office and car parking etc in expensive locations when they dont need to? Many companies are downsizing offices and moving to cheaper facilities based in cheaper locations and utilise IT and new ways of working cause out saves costs without any diminution in productivity.sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:12 amI've found that's generally an issue with company culture. I've worked where decisions were almost instantaneous and where even simple yes or no responses could be prevaricated over for weeks. A 4 day week might make the latter worse, but I wouldn't expect it to impact an environment where structures and culture facilitate being decisive.shaggy wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:19 amNot all trials. I read a piece looking at positives and negatives and there were quite a few drawbacks which only get unearthed when you have proper key performance indicators.ASMO wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:08 am And now Sunak says the 4 day week will be a disaster, yet all of the actual evidence from every trial undertaken (including Cambs Council) points to the opposite, facts don't matter it seems anymore.
One of the key ones was the time to resolve issues as a staggered week across teams/disciplines meant email and voicemail ping ping doubling the time for certain activities to be completed.
I think the environments that a 4 day week will work is quite narrow, and from an optics perspective many tax payers will not be comfortable that they are giving council employees extras days off when they are working 6 days a week across several jobs just to survive.
Yep if they are going to prevaricate over 4 days they will over 5 days. Everyone is so scared of getting stuff wrong or they know that the cheap bean counter option is obviously wrong but they won't push back due to it being career limiting that they do nothing instead.sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:12 amI've found that's generally an issue with company culture. I've worked where decisions were almost instantaneous and where even simple yes or no responses could be prevaricated over for weeks. A 4 day week might make the latter worse, but I wouldn't expect it to impact an environment where structures and culture facilitate being decisive.shaggy wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:19 amNot all trials. I read a piece looking at positives and negatives and there were quite a few drawbacks which only get unearthed when you have proper key performance indicators.ASMO wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:08 am And now Sunak says the 4 day week will be a disaster, yet all of the actual evidence from every trial undertaken (including Cambs Council) points to the opposite, facts don't matter it seems anymore.
One of the key ones was the time to resolve issues as a staggered week across teams/disciplines meant email and voicemail ping ping doubling the time for certain activities to be completed.
I think the environments that a 4 day week will work is quite narrow, and from an optics perspective many tax payers will not be comfortable that they are giving council employees extras days off when they are working 6 days a week across several jobs just to survive.
It is 100% commericial landlords - whether it's the owners of office blocks or of the various buildings that house businesses that thrive on centralised office workers (mostly eateries of various types)dpedin wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:50 amThis! I worked in a 24/7/52 weeks a year industry and the days of a normal 5 day working week were long gone. As more and more companies have to extend working hours to meet customer demand and the competition then the old 5 day a week dinosaur has gone. We had folk working part time/full time/flexible time/annualised hours/compressed hours, etc. If you want good employees and you want them to stay then this is what you have to do - it is a sellers market for many skilled workers. Also employees have multiple demands on them these days and want to work flexibly in order to reduce travel, childminding, commuting etc costs. The future trend is away from a 5 day week and it will continue in more and more sectors along with flexible working or WFH etc. Put it another way - why on earth would companies spend £££ on IT and means of flexible working and then continue to spend even more £££ on office and car parking etc in expensive locations when they dont need to? Many companies are downsizing offices and moving to cheaper facilities based in cheaper locations and utilise IT and new ways of working cause out saves costs without any diminution in productivity.sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:12 amI've found that's generally an issue with company culture. I've worked where decisions were almost instantaneous and where even simple yes or no responses could be prevaricated over for weeks. A 4 day week might make the latter worse, but I wouldn't expect it to impact an environment where structures and culture facilitate being decisive.shaggy wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:19 am
Not all trials. I read a piece looking at positives and negatives and there were quite a few drawbacks which only get unearthed when you have proper key performance indicators.
One of the key ones was the time to resolve issues as a staggered week across teams/disciplines meant email and voicemail ping ping doubling the time for certain activities to be completed.
I think the environments that a 4 day week will work is quite narrow, and from an optics perspective many tax payers will not be comfortable that they are giving council employees extras days off when they are working 6 days a week across several jobs just to survive.
Increasingly big companies are realising that to recruit and retain the new younger workforce they need to offer this flexibility and they are. My daughter works for a major manufacturing/tech multinational in London and recently worked three weeks in France as she wanted to go to the RWC games. As long as she had hotel/airb&b room to work from with good internet connection and mobile phone network she was sorted. Her work were absolutely fine with this. Most now have a policy that employees can work for fixed period of time overseas. Normally she goes into office 2-3 times a week and then spends her time on her laptop in zoom meetings with colleagues from around the world and with customers and suppliers around the UK.
Why is there such a push for folk to return to 5 day a week working in a central town office with all the costs and commuting time is beyond me. Perhaps it has something to do with who has invested interests in expensive central head offices and restaurants/fast food outlets around them? The covid pandemic exposed the fallacy of having to go to work 5 days a week 9-5 and there is no going back.
Our (elderly) Chairman reckons people need to be in the office to work together more effectively and "not take the piss". Company owners need to catch up to the changing ways of the workforce as you say. Likewise managers will have to spend a bit more time actually managing their staff when they are outside their eyeline.dpedin wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:50 am
Why is there such a push for folk to return to 5 day a week working in a central town office with all the costs and commuting time is beyond me. Perhaps it has something to do with who has invested interests in expensive central head offices and restaurants/fast food outlets around them? The covid pandemic exposed the fallacy of having to go to work 5 days a week 9-5 and there is no going back.
Can't remember ever having a manager who managed their workforce over managing and pleasing their manager. The better ones are good at shielding their workforce from the bullshit.Sandstorm wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:17 amOur (elderly) Chairman reckons people need to be in the office to work together more effectively and "not take the piss". Company owners need to catch up to the changing ways of the workforce as you say. Likewise managers will have to spend a bit more time actually managing their staff when they are outside their eyeline.dpedin wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:50 am
Why is there such a push for folk to return to 5 day a week working in a central town office with all the costs and commuting time is beyond me. Perhaps it has something to do with who has invested interests in expensive central head offices and restaurants/fast food outlets around them? The covid pandemic exposed the fallacy of having to go to work 5 days a week 9-5 and there is no going back.
Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs
Westminster sources confirm man since released on conditional bail is a sitting MP
A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs, the Guardian has learned.
Police said a man was arrested on Wednesday morning before being released on conditional bail.
Westminster sources confirmed the man, whom the Guardian is not naming, is a sitting MP.
Yeah, and that’s also pushed by politicians and bankers, because property price inflation is one of the key factors driving economic growth. If commercial property crashes, residential won’t be far behind and that’ll have a massive effect on the uk economy.sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:08 amIt is 100% commericial landlords - whether it's the owners of office blocks or of the various buildings that house businesses that thrive on centralised office workers (mostly eateries of various types)dpedin wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:50 amThis! I worked in a 24/7/52 weeks a year industry and the days of a normal 5 day working week were long gone. As more and more companies have to extend working hours to meet customer demand and the competition then the old 5 day a week dinosaur has gone. We had folk working part time/full time/flexible time/annualised hours/compressed hours, etc. If you want good employees and you want them to stay then this is what you have to do - it is a sellers market for many skilled workers. Also employees have multiple demands on them these days and want to work flexibly in order to reduce travel, childminding, commuting etc costs. The future trend is away from a 5 day week and it will continue in more and more sectors along with flexible working or WFH etc. Put it another way - why on earth would companies spend £££ on IT and means of flexible working and then continue to spend even more £££ on office and car parking etc in expensive locations when they dont need to? Many companies are downsizing offices and moving to cheaper facilities based in cheaper locations and utilise IT and new ways of working cause out saves costs without any diminution in productivity.sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:12 am
I've found that's generally an issue with company culture. I've worked where decisions were almost instantaneous and where even simple yes or no responses could be prevaricated over for weeks. A 4 day week might make the latter worse, but I wouldn't expect it to impact an environment where structures and culture facilitate being decisive.
Increasingly big companies are realising that to recruit and retain the new younger workforce they need to offer this flexibility and they are. My daughter works for a major manufacturing/tech multinational in London and recently worked three weeks in France as she wanted to go to the RWC games. As long as she had hotel/airb&b room to work from with good internet connection and mobile phone network she was sorted. Her work were absolutely fine with this. Most now have a policy that employees can work for fixed period of time overseas. Normally she goes into office 2-3 times a week and then spends her time on her laptop in zoom meetings with colleagues from around the world and with customers and suppliers around the UK.
Why is there such a push for folk to return to 5 day a week working in a central town office with all the costs and commuting time is beyond me. Perhaps it has something to do with who has invested interests in expensive central head offices and restaurants/fast food outlets around them? The covid pandemic exposed the fallacy of having to go to work 5 days a week 9-5 and there is no going back.
To a lesser extent it's also higher ups in companies who are convinced they can't trust employees to be productive away from their watchful eye (as if the office doesn't have people who spend half their day chatting, checking their phone, taking loooong toilet breaks and getting up to make tea every 15 minutes) and/or are Luddites.
There are some industries and jobs where face to face time is important, even unavoidable, but your average office worker definitely doesn't need to be in the office more than a fraction of the time. In my experience inability to work well with remote tools is user error and unwillingness to learn how to make best use of them.
Yep! Bloody irritating.JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:11 pm Does anyone else get directed to page 426 on mobile when trying to get to the first unread post? I even marked the entire forum as read and it still does it.
People who take the piss will take the piss in the office. People who don't will likely find they're more productive in a more welcoming environment.Paddington Bear wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:28 pm I enjoy flexible working and it is a lifesaver for me given an admin cock up has me based in the midlands offices currently, but let’s not pretend there are a fair chunk of people who have really taken the piss.
It isn’t 100% accurate, but someone who is 100% remote is either a serious high flyer or a total waste of space, in my general experience.
Fwiw if I know what I’m doing and can do it reasonably independently I’d much prefer to do it from my study. Having started in a new team fairly recently though, when you don’t know what you’re doing remote work/flexible hours can be a total bloody nightmare, and I know for those that way inclined exceptionally anxiety inducing.
If I don’t have tonnes to do and I’m in the office I’ll pick bits up/sort my admin, if I’m at home honestly I’ll go for a walk, do some washing/watch tv
Every company varies, there are some success stories and some failures. I’ve seen more of the latter. For others it may be different.JM2K6 wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:35 pmPeople who take the piss will take the piss in the office. People who don't will likely find they're more productive in a more welcoming environment.Paddington Bear wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:28 pm I enjoy flexible working and it is a lifesaver for me given an admin cock up has me based in the midlands offices currently, but let’s not pretend there are a fair chunk of people who have really taken the piss.
It isn’t 100% accurate, but someone who is 100% remote is either a serious high flyer or a total waste of space, in my general experience.
Fwiw if I know what I’m doing and can do it reasonably independently I’d much prefer to do it from my study. Having started in a new team fairly recently though, when you don’t know what you’re doing remote work/flexible hours can be a total bloody nightmare, and I know for those that way inclined exceptionally anxiety inducing.
If I don’t have tonnes to do and I’m in the office I’ll pick bits up/sort my admin, if I’m at home honestly I’ll go for a walk, do some washing/watch tv
It's been a huge bonus for our company, productivity went through the roof. Turns out that people doing good work doesn't hinge on whether they take a break and put the washing on or watch some TV for some downtime if that's what they need. Very few jobs genuinely benefit from people being chained to their desks.
A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances.
Surrey Police said the man was detained on Wednesday morning.
The Tory party has declined to comment on the arrest, first reported by The Sun.
The police were unable to say if the controlled substances were drugs, as tests are being carried out.
It is the latest in a string of arrests of sitting MPs.
A police spokesman said: “We can confirm a man was arrested yesterday morning (October 25)… on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances.
“He has been released on conditional police bail pending further inquiries.”
Crispin Blunt by the looks of it.SaintK wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:54 pm All right, which suspended one is it? Or is it a new one?A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances.
Surrey Police said the man was detained on Wednesday morning.
The Tory party has declined to comment on the arrest, first reported by The Sun.
The police were unable to say if the controlled substances were drugs, as tests are being carried out.
It is the latest in a string of arrests of sitting MPs.
A police spokesman said: “We can confirm a man was arrested yesterday morning (October 25)… on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances.
“He has been released on conditional police bail pending further inquiries.”
&BREAKING: Tory MP Crispin Blunt has ADMITTED to being the Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances in a social media post.
Aaah yes!Jockaline wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 5:03 pmCrispin Blunt by the looks of it.SaintK wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:54 pm All right, which suspended one is it? Or is it a new one?A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and the possession of controlled substances.
Surrey Police said the man was detained on Wednesday morning.
The Tory party has declined to comment on the arrest, first reported by The Sun.
The police were unable to say if the controlled substances were drugs, as tests are being carried out.
It is the latest in a string of arrests of sitting MPs.
A police spokesman said: “We can confirm a man was arrested yesterday morning (October 25)… on suspicion of rape and possession of controlled substances.
“He has been released on conditional police bail pending further inquiries.”
https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1 ... 67/photo/1
Imagine what's contained in the messages he "no longer has access to"