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gunners1
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Post by gunners1 »

just starting revision at our office ,i am becoming member of focus group ,any of you done this ? hoping for plenty of :cuppa s but probably end up :arrrghhh
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Focus group in our office lasted for one session, then it became clear that rm didn't want to hear our view and did what they were going to do in the first place :arrrghhh
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Post by UnhappyGremlin »

I did one a couple of years ago, and as the above poster said, they will basically ignore you UNLESS you tell them what they want to hear.
And it is pointless coming up with sensible suggestions, they won't be interested.
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Sean Parry
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Just taken over as CWU rep for my office. big picture training tomorrow. anybody got any tips for me?
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Sean Parry wrote:Just taken over as CWU rep for my office. big picture training tomorrow. anybody got any tips for me?
Yeah take some matchsticks to prop your eyes open. :wink:
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General Mannerheim wrote:
Sean Parry wrote:Just taken over as CWU rep for my office. big picture training tomorrow. anybody got any tips for me?
Yeah take some matchsticks to prop your eyes open. :wink:
and be prepared to feel insulted - it treats you as though you were a toddler starting school next year.
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rocky46
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Post by rocky46 »

Big Picture Training.Its a union agreed process,its one and a half hours paid overtime which can be taken in duty time which doesn't involve driving a van,pushing a bike,pushing a trolley or carrying a bag on your shoulder.Its the first time the business has engaged the union and the members in a revision process which doesnt change your contracted hours,terms or conditions or take home pay and gives you an £800 bonus.The problem is?
All this and they pay us too!
kassie
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Our DIM says that the 1.5 hours overtime is only payable if you the go over on your finishing time. Is this correct, need written proof that he is wrong. Please help
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kassie wrote:Our DIM says that the 1.5 hours overtime is only payable if you the go over on your finishing time. Is this correct, need written proof that he is wrong. Please help
if you're doing it in your duty then you are doing it instead of your duty. Get a chunk of your duty covered, if you go over you get paid. Unless you're in the land of milk and honey. Starts with Milton and ends in Keynes.
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rocky46 wrote:Big Picture Training.Its a union agreed process,its one and a half hours paid overtime which can be taken in duty time which doesn't involve driving a van,pushing a bike,pushing a trolley or carrying a bag on your shoulder.Its the first time the business has engaged the union and the members in a revision process which doesnt change your contracted hours,terms or conditions or take home pay and gives you an £800 bonus.The problem is?
It won't make a blind bit of difference,so pointless I person make's 90mins o/t the rest get f--k all,and everybody get's shafted,thats the problem.
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Pat Ostman
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rocky46 wrote:Big Picture Training.Its a union agreed process,its one and a half hours paid overtime which can be taken in duty time which doesn't involve driving a van,pushing a bike,pushing a trolley or carrying a bag on your shoulder.Its the first time the business has engaged the union and the members in a revision process which doesnt change your contracted hours,terms or conditions or take home pay and gives you an £800 bonus.The problem is?
Don't make me laugh! The big picture has f**k all to do with engaging the staff. Unless engaging the staff involves placing a 'mail is down' plastic card on a whiteboard and the CWU logo on the propaganda leaflets.
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Lance Jack
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Post by Lance Jack »

Me and my mate done it, we done several sessions and, it was a waste of time. We came up with ideas that would work with a small cost and some ideas that costs nothing (shut the callers office door, the public won't hear us swearing at each other). You think you might change things a bit for the better but all you are really doing is wasting your breath.