[Ammi]

...as long as you need it to be, really...and obviously taking into it your employers needs as well in any negotiations...a work balance in terms of finances and needs and other life balances etc will be very personal and individual...I think that’s what Cal said also...

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

Oh give up if the person cleaning the **** didn't have their wages processed by payroll then how would they get paid? And if the guy in HR didn't get paid how would he pay for childcare that wipes his kids ****ty arse while he's at work?

We all pay taxes and VAT, we are all important.

[Toy Soldier]

To answer the poll question, I think a 4-day week is a more reasonable work/life balance but really it depends on the job... and how much you actually enjoy doing it. I also think it's more about days than hours. I work 9-5 now so I don't have an option with hours, but back when I did work shifts I much preferred 4 x 10 hour shifts to 5 x 8 hour shifts. What does the extra 2h per day matter when the day is spent working anyway? Both are 40h weeks but with one pattern you get 3 full days off, with the other you only get 2. It's a no-brainer.

Back in my job at Uni (zero hour contract ) I could get a 35h week in over 2 and a half days and loved it. Two 14 hour shifts (8am - 10pm) and one 7 hour shift (3pm - 10pm).

[The Slim Reaper]

Socialist sheriff is my favourite kind of sheriff

[Kizzy]

By your fuzzy logic sherrif because I have to do external patrols in all weathers my job is more 'real' than parms. .all he does is fiddle with knobs in a nice warm living room.

[The Slim Reaper]

Parm is a sex worker?

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

all he does is fiddle with knobs in a nice warm living room.

Uh oh Parmy, Kizzy has found out about your side-hustle

[Toy Soldier]

We discovered in a thread a while back that Parmy mainly plugs things back in that have come loose, switches things on at the wall, and changes the occasional fuse. Puts batteries in remotes. That sort of thing. I'm still convinced that flat-screen TV's are just not repairable. If they are I've thrown out like 3 perfectly good tellies in the last 10 years .

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Silly thing to say.. a very typical middle aged bloke thing to say you're under the impression you and others like you are the only ones to contribute to society.

Newsflash...You aren't.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

It’s the person cleaning up sick p1ss and sh1t that’s doing th real work not admin in the office same as the man out in all weathers working not the guy on the phone talking for a living.

Your under the impression I care what you have to say! , news flash, I don’t ,.

And yet without those guys in the office nobody is getting paid for whatever job it is they're doing. Almost like it's not a competition.

[Niamh.]

An awful lot of people would find working in admin a lot more difficult than manual work actually, every type of job is vital in it's own way

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

We discovered in a thread a while back that Parmy mainly plugs things back in that have come loose, switches things on at the wall, and changes the occasional fuse. Puts batteries in remotes. That sort of thing. I'm still convinced that flat-screen TV's are just not repairable. If they are I've thrown out like 3 perfectly good tellies in the last 10 years .

The helpdesk in work are much the same. The IT Crowd was not exaggerating. It's literally the "have you tried switching it off and on again?" line.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by DouglasS

As long as the people working less are happy to get paid less and have less opportunities for promotion/secondments/opportunities then I guess

Wonder how the woman selling pies at Tottenham’s ground feels about Gareth Bale picking up £600,000 a week

The next five weeks he won’t even be putting his boots on as he’s injured ..


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[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

We discovered in a thread a while back that Parmy mainly plugs things back in that have come loose, switches things on at the wall, and changes the occasional fuse. Puts batteries in remotes. That sort of thing. I'm still convinced that flat-screen TV's are just not repairable. If they are I've thrown out like 3 perfectly good tellies in the last 10 years .

You have, all samsung tvs are repaired by either changing a screen or a motherboard....I only deal with 65 inches and above, usually fitting them in some attic room on the third floor if a block of flats..the job itself is simple, but the getting the screen from a to b is a ****

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

An awful lot of people would find working in admin a lot more difficult than manual work actually, every type of job is vital in it's own way

Very true, I find all the admin side of my job the hardest, even though it's just taking photos and sending a report off via email..I also forget my tools a lot and have to replace them cause I've left them in someone's house..

I once(2nd day on the job) travelled 40 miles across london to begin my day, opened the backdoor of the van and I had only forgot to put all my parts to replace that day in the van....I had to phone my boss and tell him I had shat myself rather than admit my idiocy.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Zizu

I can strongly recommend having Wednesdays off if anyone ever gets the chance .. it completely breaks the week up and you get the Friday feeling twice a week


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When I worked 2 days a week at a school I worked Mondays and Fridays ...loved it

[Cherie]

Now I work 4 mornings, would work Mon to Wed but my hag of a boss won’t let me, mainly because she is jealous that she has to work full time

[LeatherTrumpet]