To be clear: if you book time off, or if the company tells everyone that Friday afternoon is knock off time, have at it. It's people who think that shit I need to get done has a lower priority than them skiving for the afternoon that annoy me.
2 May 2023
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We finish at "lunchtime" on Fridays during the summer. It's a great perk and I really appreciate it. Without being too mumsnet about it, it gives me a bit of "me time". I normally go for a swim and gym session, or cycle and pint.
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Fuck Friday meetings!
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We have a team rule no meetings on Friday afternoon's, and by result it's often my most productive part of the week.
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Which is lovely for you, but until my partners instigate similar I need people to actually do what they're paid to do.
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Since joining the post apocalyptic ranks of the terminally employed, I have arranged to make Fridays my Admin day. I only do Admin on Fridays. We finish at four (unlike the normal five thirty). This week I have accepted a thirty minute meeting at nine thirty tomorrow, where they tell me how they are going to measure my performance. In lieu of this I have explained to my line manager that I will have to leave an hour early to get in the pub before the traffic is too bad. They suggested I book a private meeting and fuck off early fully accounted for.
I don't think I have any actual Admin to do, except email a reminder to thirty people to do a thing they should have done, but haven't. I shall spend most of the day fabricating responses to assignment questions for eight training courses that are currently outstanding.
I'm definitely not taking a 2pm meeting from Russ, or anyone else for that matter, unless they are having a full on breakdown or are in an emergency safeguarding response situation.
Sometimes it's busy, but I'm hoping for once this might coincide with a forecast heatwave. Considering pub options near water.
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That’s one way to get people to log on.
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Friday afternoon meetings get logged into with mic and camera off.
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I’m a massive fan of Friday meetings. Because I don’t work Fridays.
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Typical Brits, the only thing that works is the mouth. Particularly on poets day.
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And cock out.
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Currently off to Newcastle for a meeting with one of the sales team. We will convene at a rather good looking sushi bar at about 1.
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I have a subscription to DAZN, I have done for many years. It gives me the Football League and the NFL, and generally I've found it a worthwhile service. I also have Fubo, who have the Canadian broadcast rights for the Premier League. Similarly, the value is ok.
I checked to see who has the broadcast rights here for the Europa League, fearing it would belong to one of the cable broacasters (TSN or Sportsnet) - I haven't had cable in years and have no plans to. I was pleased to see that it's actually with DAZN, and then far less pleased to see that they have introduced a "premium" service (basically an increased subscription to access certain competitions) called DAZN+, which of course I need to watch the Europa.
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Which cunt thought it was a good idea to employ the rather inarticulate Rooney as a pundit on MOTD. A man who can spend half an hour telling you that beige is a bit beige.
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Who better to talk about games than a man who’s greatest managerial achievement is, er, not getting as badly relegated as everyone expected?
Either that, or he played for ManYoo, I guess.
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Clive Myrie, reading the news on BBC1, saying Notts Forest.
