Soldato
That would be scary
I can't remember if it was here or somewhere else I came across it: but the phrase "sticking your willy into a hornet's nest" would apply.
Job changing hours
- Thread starter mf4279
- Start date
I can't remember if it was here or somewhere else I came across it: but the phrase "sticking your willy into a hornet's nest" would apply.
No leaving posts
The fact you've ignored all the helpful posts to get triggered says more about you than us
And without two years continuous employment they can fire him for just about any reason without consequence.
I would refuse to do it. Then when forced to do it look for another job immediately.
Soldato
Offer to do tues-thurs 7-7 on the same pay and have a 4 day weekend.
Associate
- Joined
- 15 Jun 2009
- Posts
- 2,494
You received several genuine replies and a couple of "hostile" ones and throw your dummy out of the pram? Maybe a job in support isn't for you.
If you've been lurking for a while you'll have realised there are several posts like this every week and more often than not the op just dissapears after signing up to ask such a niche question.
Soldato
It is GD after all, they could have told you to suggest the contracting computer was turned off and then back on again to see if that fixed the issue.
To be honest, in any sort of 'support' role (vague) I'd expect to do various shifts. It could be worse, they could be forcing you into night shifts etc. Latest shift ending at 7pm is nothing to write home about. There's plenty of people out there (including me) that work a "9 to 5 office job" but regularly work past 7pm just because.
I'd give it a whirl, see how you like it. And top tip for your future career; clock-watching gets you nowhere.
I'd give it a whirl, see how you like it. And top tip for your future career; clock-watching gets you nowhere.
Soldato
I live to know who it is that keeps making these accounts up then posting threads like these.
The language is similar it's pretty obvious it's the same person of group of people at least.
Not enough controversy in this one though, the one about going on holiday with more than the allowed number of friends during covid restrictions was a corker!
The language is similar it's pretty obvious it's the same person of group of people at least.
Not enough controversy in this one though, the one about going on holiday with more than the allowed number of friends during covid restrictions was a corker!
Soldato
- Joined
- 4 Apr 2003
- Posts
- 7,981
...
Last edited:
Man of Honour
Grief? Behave.
Put your big girl pants on and actually interact with the useful posts if you want help or continue to throw your toys out of the pram and ignore the useful posts bringing more talk of you trolling if you don't.
Soldato
I remember they were talking about us on their forum. I don't think it was very niceThat would be scary
Soldato
I worked in a call centre where we worked 4 days in, 4 days off. It was a pain when working out if going to be in when received letter for hospital appt in three months time, booking time off for foreign holiday in 5 months time (hoping that the middle 4 days out of 12 were your days in). Then it changed as some colleagues moaned that they only got 2 full weekends off every 7 weeks. Plus 2 more weeks were got one of them off. Also the hours in the weekend were reduced to 4pm finishing, instead of 6pm. Then worked every other weekend and got days off during week if working weekend.
Liked the 4 on/4 off in some respects as could meet up with friends who lived 100 miles away for a couple of nights away without breaking into my annual leave.
Liked the 4 on/4 off in some respects as could meet up with friends who lived 100 miles away for a couple of nights away without breaking into my annual leave.
Five minutes with a calender and you could mark up all your work days for the year. If you wanted your foreign holiday to have the middle four days as work days then you book one accordingly, you don't have to hope for it.
Last edited:
Soldato
I think the only conclusion we can come to, considering all the input, answers both helpful and not helpful, long and short, polite or impolite, is pancake.
Soldato
I'll turn a blind eye to the fact that this is the first post from @mf4279 (welcome btw). This is primarily a computer forum though, and your thread would be better placed in the careers sub-section of GD. A mod can move that for you. You could also try the MSE forums where they have a careers section called Employment, Jobseeking & Training.
Call me naive, but I don't see why this is a troll post. Can anyone elaborate, apart from the @peterwalkley "offended" possibility? (as everyone is offended nowadays!)
Call me naive, but I don't see why this is a troll post. Can anyone elaborate, apart from the @peterwalkley "offended" possibility? (as everyone is offended nowadays!)