AcousticallyChallenged Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: If you knew what my line of work was, you would realise how onicronic that post is. You might’ve forgotten your m there somewhere for your hilarious anagram. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: If your employees can’t effectively work from home by now, they’re probably not as good as you think they are. It's only pen pushers who can realistically decorate, garden, sunbathe, work from home. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: If your employees can’t effectively work from home by now, they’re probably not as good as you think they are. I think the promenade workers have been working from home. Look how successful that's been. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 minute ago, finlo said: It's only pen pushers who can realistically decorate, garden, sunbathe, work from home. Trillion dollar companies would beg to differ. They wouldn’t be keeping remote working if it was costing them money and productivity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Trillion dollar companies would beg to differ. They wouldn’t be keeping remote working if it was costing them money and productivity. How can you replace someone's boiler from the comfort of your lounge? ETA or a million other tasks? There seems to be a long held misconception that every bugger works in an office! Edited December 12, 2021 by finlo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Just now, AcousticallyChallenged said: Trillion dollar companies would beg to differ. They wouldn’t be keeping remote working if it was costing them money and productivity. It doesn’t matter how big the company is. You can’t fit a kitchen in someone else house from home. You can’t stack shelves from home. You can’t work on an engineering shop floor from home. etc etc. By nature of being able to work from home you can pretty much also distance and use email etc measures at work. The people who can’t work from home are more often the ones who work in close quarters with others. Binmen and millions of other examples. Getting a few people to work from home is pointless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ramseyboi said: It doesn’t matter how big the company is. You can’t fit a kitchen in someone else house from home. You can’t stack shelves from home. You can’t work on an engineering shop floor from home. etc etc. By nature of being able to work from home you can pretty much also distance and use email etc measures at work. The people who can’t work from home are more often the ones who work in close quarters with others. Binmen and millions of other examples. Getting a few people to work from home is pointless. A few that more, than probably outnumber, the ones who have to work hands on, certainly in the Western World 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcousticallyChallenged Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, finlo said: How can you replace someone's boiler from the comfort of your lounge? ETA or a million other tasks? There seems to be a long held misconception that every bugger works in an office! Ah. But, I was simply questioning Ramseyboi‘s claim that remote working means reduced productivity of office workers. If it did, it wouldn’t be being kept by the trillion dollar tech companies, as well as an array of big and small organisations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 minute ago, AcousticallyChallenged said: Ah. But, I was simply questioning Ramseyboi‘s claim that remote working means reduced productivity of office workers. If it did, it wouldn’t be being kept by the trillion dollar tech companies, as well as an array of big and small organisations. I was including civil servants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Blonde Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Ramseyboi said: If you knew what my line of work was, you would realise how onicronic that post is. Bankers' PA? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Raffles said: Boris has just announced a national emergency, work from home if possible and a huge ramp up of jabs, with all adults to be jabbed within the month. Silence from Alf and the gang? Would think they would at least suggest working from home. That should kill off the hospitality businesses on the island then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Interesting article covering a theory gaining some traction from South African experts on how the Omicron variant may've emerged... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/11/why-uncontrolled-hiv-may-be-behind-the-emergence-of-omicron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Cambon said: Ok. If you take a quick and simple look at the UK stats, in April /May last year, there were literally very few cases compared to the current figures. However, there was a massive spike in deaths. In January this year, they had a massive spike in cases and also deaths. Possibly their worst time. However, since the relaxing of measures at the beginning of the summer, deaths have been very low, even though positive cases have been high. Almost as high as the January figures, but deaths very low. Omicron, moronic, omigod, whatever you want to call it is another excuse. Get vaccinated. Get your booster and crack on with life before it leaves you behind! April last year there was very little available testing, hence fewer cases. Look at the increase in excess deaths however and you’ll see April last year was twice as bad as last winter’s wave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 7 hours ago, quilp said: Interesting article covering a theory gaining some traction from South African experts on how the Omicron variant may've emerged... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/11/why-uncontrolled-hiv-may-be-behind-the-emergence-of-omicron It’s interesting but I would wait until the theory is reported in a more reputable/factual media outlet before attaching any merit to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, joebean said: It’s interesting but I would wait until the theory is reported in a more reputable/factual media outlet before attaching any merit to it. Ooh! PK will not like that criticism of his beloved Grauniad. The theory about the virus variant being propagated within immuno-suppressed patients was suggested when this new variants first emerged. Quite what is done about it is a massive issue because of how AIDS/HIV is dealt with in sub-saharan Africa, and it is more than a purely medical issue, it is societal and cultural. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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