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Bell Cheeses at work
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Codner pharmaceuticals
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Had something similar with an application a supplier built for us. Part of it was a form with multiple checkbox options, where the last one was supposed to be 'Other', with the ability to add comments in a free text box if selected.
Our spec showed something along the lines of:
Multi-select checkbox with these options:
Option A
Option B
Option C
Other (free text)
They built it exactly to spec, including having a checkbox option with the label 'Other (free text)'.
Jimmehh
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Have the same issue with the design agency at my work... Never known a group of people to follow things so specifically... it's both great, and awful at the same time...
No proof reading- just copy and paste etc... nothing
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
We seem to have the exact opposite, we tell the developers what we want, they deliver us something that's not really fit for purpose then when we complain they want more money to put it right, which our seniors will not fund.
So we end up working with a crock of shite.
So we end up working with a crock of shite.
FatSuperman
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- Feb 25, 2016
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But if you have to produce a spec that detailed, what value are the agency bringing?
The company I'm talking about just employed more and more people (and charged us of course). Ridiculous really. If it was about numbers I could have gone and spent a few million on thousands of tramps. They'd have done about a good a job and at least they'd have got something out of it.
Jimmehh
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We have a similar issue with another company we work with... So really, it appears my company can't figure out how to work with other businesses (but hey, £1000 per one amend is not my business).
Brighthelmstone
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Hello Theresa
Can you put a stop to Brexit now?
Many thanks
I'll try, but think Dodgy Dave is more at fault than me
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Wrong thread.Hello Theresa
Can you put a stop to Brexit now?
Many thanks
Just had an e-mail from our "Wellbeing Team" (I had no idea such a thing existed), suggesting tips to improve our wellbeing.
The first one was that we should have an "appreciation tree" on the wall, onto which we all stick notes about how much we appreciate something that a colleague has done for us. These are then suggested to be read out at the weekly team meetings we don't have. Thankfully, the majority here are sane enough not to want to adopt such a thing.
That said, the building does have a "wellbeing room" - it's a windowless space with two beanbags in it which used to be the stationery cupboard.
The first one was that we should have an "appreciation tree" on the wall, onto which we all stick notes about how much we appreciate something that a colleague has done for us. These are then suggested to be read out at the weekly team meetings we don't have. Thankfully, the majority here are sane enough not to want to adopt such a thing.
That said, the building does have a "wellbeing room" - it's a windowless space with two beanbags in it which used to be the stationery cupboard.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Sack the Wellbeing team and divvy their wages up amongst the rest of the staff.
On the subject of BellCheesery, I was today invited to an event described as "Town Halling"
Needless to say I deleted it without responding.
pearl
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a friend told me some months back that they had a Gratitude Jar at work, one morning a somewhat stressed manager hurled it across the room and smashed it
They were sent to the Wellbeing Room to calm down
Norman Potting
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Sounds a bit '90's to me. And from that era "...Try to catch your people doing something right". Supposed to be an encouragement to give praise but presumably would fail in an office full of Bell Cheeses.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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You have a wellbeing TEAM - not an individual - an entire team focussed on wellbeing. Your workforce must be in a dreadful state - you’re not by any chance an MP are you?
I'm not.
I do work for a national organisation though, so said team does cover the whole organisation rather than just the bit of it I work in.
You work at home, obviously
I thank the lord that being a university academic means I am measured by teaching hours and grant income once a year and otherwise nobody gives a flying **** where I am or what I'm doing (provided said above measure are acceptable, which isn't too hard a target, to be fair).
And to buck the trend, I have a great new HoD. Her predecessor, however, is someone I'd build a waterproof shelter for, if on fire, and there was the remotest danger of a light shower.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Christ on a bike, I love having my own business, we're so far behind all of you and don't have a wellbeing room or a gratitude jar, we tend to adopt the age old practice of saying thank you or bring in a packet of biscuits.
- Jul 10, 2003
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One of the first things I learnt many many years ago - a thank you can go a long way
(But maybe not as far as a tin of chocolate biscuits or a round of Magnums in the summer
)Indeed. Any sane person would immediately know that the most appropriate medium by which to express their appreciation would be an "appreciation spidergram". The idea that anyone would use a "tree" is absolutely ludicrous.