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Oscar the Grouch
Oscar the Grouch
Aug 2022
5:05pm, 8 Aug 2022
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In a weekly spiel from Management..... "My summer plans are a trip to Portugal with the family after the half year results are announced next week, which I am looking forward to." That's suitably ambiguous!


Motivation for the many staff that can't afford a holiday to know the bosses are sorted.
ThorntonRunner
ThorntonRunner
Aug 2022
5:45pm, 8 Aug 2022
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I remember a half year state of the nation presentation from our director a few years ago where he presented the half year figures and exhorted us to work hard to achieve the annual budget before finishing with the throw away line that his and the senior management team's bonus depended on it :)
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
Aug 2022
7:05pm, 8 Aug 2022
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Funnily enough I made a crack to one of my colleagues earlier about a director's bonus.... ;-)
GlennR
GlennR
Aug 2022
12:17pm, 11 Aug 2022
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They're still doing their best to stop Badger claiming his expenses:

Dear Colleague

Work is continuing with providers SAP Concur to restore the correct default approvers.

Please advise those claiming expenses to check the approver before submitting a claim.

Users will be advised when the issue has been resolved.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
3M (aka MarkyMarkMark)
Aug 2022
8:32pm, 11 Aug 2022
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I spent a happy hour on Tuesday trying to get management approval for a new work mobile phone. The online ordering system has the name and email address of the director who left at the end of June, the new lady hasn't started yet, and final "owner" of the cost centre in the system is some poor lady in the HR team who set up the cost centre, and is considerably junior to me in the hierarchy!

The issue remains unresolved. My old phone will drop off the work security approved list at the end of the month, so I won't be able to sign in (MFA) after that!
Oranj
Oranj
Aug 2022
8:40pm, 11 Aug 2022
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We have a similar system for shared email Inboxes.

Once a year, an automatic email goes from I.T. to the personal address of someone who 'owns' the shared Inbox to ask them to renew it.

We've pointed out over and over again that if that person leaves, the Inbox could die without warning when the renewal is bounced. Why not send the renewal request to the Inbox itself? that way, anyone can answer it and I.T. would get the bonus of knowing that it's monitored. But no, that would be too simple...
Badger
Badger
Aug 2022
9:52pm, 11 Aug 2022
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Group addresses are fun. Theoretically one of us can own it and add new members. In practice it's simpler for IT to add them, which means I need to keep emailing them to add new guitarists for the director's rock band.

GlennR I may never be repaid for driving to Birmingham at this rate!
NDWDave
NDWDave
Aug 2022
12:17pm, 15 Aug 2022
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Hello All,

We experienced issues from the Landlord plant earlier this morning. Their main controller for air supply has failed, so they have put their equipment in overidae and running it in hand.

I now suspect their controller has affected our BMS ( as they are linked) and I can not control your floors temperature /air flow as required.

I now have to put a call out in to our BMS contractor to assist us.

I would suggest that floors 1,2,3 be occupied instead as we have control over these.

As soon as its resolved I can update you all
Dvorak
Dvorak
Aug 2022
1:14pm, 15 Aug 2022
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ATTENTION ATTENTION! We have lost control of your floor! Occupy floors 1,2 and 3 and await further sitreps.
GregP
GregP
Aug 2022
1:33pm, 15 Aug 2022
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