OP
OP
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I mostly do....
Work ‘personal goals’ - Stretch target....
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OP
OP
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Why oh why do we put up with this endless crap...
Chislenko
Veteran
That's what I did, incredibly when I was 55 my work, box ticking in my book, wanted to put me through a university course that would see me have a qualification I have not needed to do the job for the last forty years.
Personally I was counting down by then not looking for new goals / challenges!
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
There I was, all relaxed after four years of retirement, ready for another calm night's sleep and you have ruined it, @Fab Foodie 
Taken me straight back to the hell hole. Nightmares tonight!
Taken me straight back to the hell hole. Nightmares tonight!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
It's all L.OB. and exists only to give something for HR to do.
Human talent and capacity for learning and/pr attainment is finite, as is the requirements of any particular job role, so why the need to keep attempting to push a notional boundary? I can stretch all I like, I ain't never going to play my bass like Jaco.
We had a similar thing in the police and if you hit the target you'd qualify for an SPP payment, a couple of grand extra. Once they binned that a load of us stopped playing the game - by law they had to make an 'assumption of competence' unless there was evidence to the contrary, so they couldn't penalise us for not stretching.
No penalty for not doing so, no longer any incentive to do so, so hordes of us did simply did not do so.
Time for retirement Foodie before all this happy clap bollards breaks your brain for good. Tell the peace hippies that youve spoken to the stakeholders and after consultation have placed the idea on the back burner in readiness for any opportunity to grab the low hanging fruit, because you don't have the bandwidth to get all your ducks in a row year after year. That should validate your position and square the circle for them.
Human talent and capacity for learning and/pr attainment is finite, as is the requirements of any particular job role, so why the need to keep attempting to push a notional boundary? I can stretch all I like, I ain't never going to play my bass like Jaco.
We had a similar thing in the police and if you hit the target you'd qualify for an SPP payment, a couple of grand extra. Once they binned that a load of us stopped playing the game - by law they had to make an 'assumption of competence' unless there was evidence to the contrary, so they couldn't penalise us for not stretching.
No penalty for not doing so, no longer any incentive to do so, so hordes of us did simply did not do so.
Time for retirement Foodie before all this happy clap bollards breaks your brain for good. Tell the peace hippies that youve spoken to the stakeholders and after consultation have placed the idea on the back burner in readiness for any opportunity to grab the low hanging fruit, because you don't have the bandwidth to get all your ducks in a row year after year. That should validate your position and square the circle for them.
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OP
OP
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
And this is the point. The best us old experienced journeymen can do is share experience mentor the young and keep the customers satisfied....
Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
This sort of thing is what made me go self-employed in my 50s. I realised if I stayed in my job I would have been on the receiving end of jargonised crap like this for the next 10-15 years. To make things worse I actually had to ask people to do the same and pretend I believed in it.
In some companies you can fight against this sort of thing but in others, if you want to stay, you have to play the system until the next new thing takes over.
In some companies you can fight against this sort of thing but in others, if you want to stay, you have to play the system until the next new thing takes over.
irw
Quadricyclist
- Location
- Liverpool, UK
Here's a step by step guide:
1. Sit at your desk (or wherever you like to call your place of work)
2. Reach out in front of you, then move your arms out into a scarecrow pose.
3. Choose any object you can see that is beyond the arc that your arms make, but that could conceivably be within your grasp if you made a bit more effort. There's your new stretch target...
irw
Quadricyclist
- Location
- Liverpool, UK
In fact for extra down-with-the-kids smugness, you could tell them you came up with the aforementioned target whilst doing your 'deskercise'.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Sometimes its better to take your time and do a thorough job...
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qj0RrSmQEo
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qj0RrSmQEo
OP
OP
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I think I’m going to try and lick my elbow....Here's a step by step guide:
1. Sit at your desk (or wherever you like to call your place of work)
2. Reach out in front of you, then move your arms out into a scarecrow pose.
3. Choose any object you can see that is beyond the arc that your arms make, but that could conceivably be within your grasp if you made a bit more effort. There's your new stretch target...
Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
Or you could lick your boss's.......... he probably doesn't know his ar*e from his elbow.
