What are you doing today ??

[Blade]

We do the same SMART tasks and achievement's at where I work and tbh it does my head in.

I do my job well to a high standard and graft for the full shift taking pride in my work and my standards. Others at our place don't go outside to do their actual job but instead sit inside and brown nose the bosses on self promotion at every chance and do little apart from talk the talk.

Effectively I and a few other decent grafters on shift carry the brown nosers who should be outside doing their core role, but instead choose to sit in the warm office, drinking tea and inventing and colouring in spreadsheets.

I'm too old and long in the tooth for all this BS but comply as I have too.

If my boss doesn't know who his best team players are, my boss needs to step up his game IMO and not cop out and ask for a monthly summary of self promoted bull shit.

I'm old and grumpy I know fook it

[kiwikrasher]

We do the same SMART tasks and achievement's at where I work and tbh it does my head in.

I do my job well to a high standard and graft for the full shift taking pride in my work and my standards. Others at our place don't go outside to do their actual job but instead sit inside and brown nose the bosses on self promotion at every chance and do little apart from talk the talk.

Effectively I and a few other decent grafters on shift carry the brown nosers who should be outside doing their core role, but instead choose to sit in the warm office, drinking tea and inventing and colouring in spreadsheets.

I'm too old and long in the tooth for all this BS but comply as I have too.

If my boss doesn't know who his best team players are, my boss needs to step up his game IMO and not cop out and ask for a monthly summary of self promoted bull shit.

I'm old and grumpy I know

Totally agree Blade, same situation here. It tends to encourage backstabbing and brown nosing like I've never seen. The worst of it, is that I have got better at complying with the corporate PMP BS, taken on extra roles, HSE Rep and workplace Trainer/Assessor in addition to my core Ops role and my rating this year? The same as every year "Meets Expectations". It's soul destroying.

[Blade]

Haha your my twin brother on the other side of the world kiwi

I play the game to comply but it's not my thing and never will be. Agree back Stabbing and blading is driven mainly by this SMART shite

I enjoy the "Good Old Days" you went to work, took pride in your skills and work, did a good job for fair pay and it was more simple and honest.

The level of competence and standard of work from the majority of the brown nosers is shocking. Going further some of the worst offenders cannot actually do their core role and I'm talking senior guys who have shied away from core role jobs for so long they don't effectively have the competence or confidence to do the job their paid to do and hand everything over to the oncoming shift.

[Cav]

I'm fortunate in terms of appraisals up until now but I haven't had a great deal to do in this role and I do keep catching myself shying away from work and have to snap out of it.

I've had "exceeds expectations" for the last 3 years (I've been here 4 years).. it's meant nice bonuses and very nice pay rises.

I would imagine I'll be getting "meets expectations" this year which means a smaller bonus

[kiwikrasher]

Haha your my twin brother on the other side of the world kiwi

Nah, I'm much better looking

And you don't fall off your bike enough

[Blade]

Haha your my twin brother on the other side of the world kiwi

Nah, I'm much better looking

And you don't fall off your bike enough

Fair point well made































I guess I was the half blessed with brains and skills ......

[D41]

Doing nowt today. Rain stops play.

[Rossgo]

Blinking hell, it's 7 degrees and I'm shivering as if it was -7!

[Deegee]

Sat in a cold wet Sutton Coldfield, watching a bunch of Germans work in the rain whilst I'm sat in a nice warm dry vehicle.

[Blade]

Wash cars in the rain

Even the bin man said I was mental

[Kwacky]

Surely it helps with the rinsing?

I've washed my wife's cars in the rain before. I don't see the problem. Rain won't clean a car.

[D41]

Wash cars in the rain

Even the bin man said I was mental

That's why he's a binman.

Light rain is fine for washing cars......just dry it in the garage. It's the "me getting wet in the process"-part that kinda blows.

[Blade]

Yeah makes sense to me as you say helps with the process.

I think the guy meant it will be dirty again quickly but imo you still have to keep on top of these things.

[kiwikrasher]

Surely it helps with the rinsing?

I've washed my wife's cars in the rain before. I don't see the problem. Rain won't clean a car.

Thats my favourite time to wash a car. For the reason Kwacky stated and I'm on a rainwater tank as my sole water supply so using it for car washing when its raining I know what i'm using is getting replaced! Plus I put the kids in raincoats and get them to help

[kiwikrasher]

Trying to wangle myself a deal

Once a year to bump our roster along (so you don't continual cop christmas or other holidays out here) I do 2 stints of 2 weeks with only a 2 week break between. Well next swing I'm changing roles and I'll be in a Field position rather than an actually Plant Tech role, so essentially extra, so when I turn up or don't won't have as much of an impact as it does in a Plant Tech role. So I've asked if I can join the 2/2's together and do 4 weeks straight. The advantage of that is I would gain a couple of travel days back as days off only doing the one trip and I would get 7 WEEKS OFF AFTERWARDS!

Ops Super has agreed in principle but wants me to put a submission together that outlines the companies gain from doing it. Got that sorted. Just waiting to see if the ex will agree to it then I can put it in. 4 weeks is going to hurt out here but 7 weeks off is going to be orgasmic!

[Blade]

Hope it all works out kiwi

Doing a 4 weeker you will have well and truly earned your 7 weeks off

[kiwikrasher]

Hope it all works out kiwi

Doing a 4 weeker you will have well and truly earned your 7 weeks off

Yeah, I few guys have done them by swapping with their back to backs and it's not fun by all accounts. I've done 25 days before when the helicopters got grounded and that was bad enough.

[Rossgo]

7 weeks off!! Fingers crossed Kiwi!

[Kwacky]

I've got to see a man who badly injured his son at work. This is going to be a tough interview.

[kiwikrasher]

I've got to see a man who badly injured his son at work. This is going to be a tough interview.

Oh boy, that will be hard