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[PaddockLad 19329]

Congrats Dave  

 

 

[Monkeys Fist 45838]

Well done Fish old chap. 
 

Are you married then? 

[Toonpack 11809]

Congrats Fish

[Gemmill 51212]

I mean there's already far too many of us, but aye congratulations I suppose.

[Alex 37287]

3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

I mean there's already far too many of us, but aye congratulations I suppose.

Well there’s one of you, so I would have to agree 

[Gemmill 51212]

[Renton 24199]

There's more than one of you? Slightly scary prospect. 

 

[Blastronaut 1368]

Aw Jesus cunting fuck. Just been alerted by Mrs B who saw a "really fucking massive wasp" at the top of the stairs in our new house. Got there in time to see something drop from the ceiling and then just fucking vanish.

 

Fucking February in Scotland. I was liking this house but now I'm gonnae need to climb into the bastard loft and actively look for a fucking wasps nest. Global warming can fuckoff. As can wasps. 

 

 

[Jimbo 175]

13 hours ago, The Fish said:

 

How long ago was this? The pressure must be building on all companies to provide decent parental leave these days, right?

 

Mind you, my mate works in the states and what they get over there is fucking risible. 

 

Might be wrong, but I think they are allowed 12 weeks unpaid parental leave. 

 

The wife is taking about a year; some of it full pay, some statutory, and some unpaid. But the company calculated the total amount and spread it evenly across the duration of the leave. Again, shit like this makes it easier to budget, and reduces the stress significantly. 

 

The land of the free = the land of no free time.

 

and congrats !

[The Fish 11344]

14 hours ago, Gemmill said:

I mean there's already far too many of us, but aye congratulations I suppose.

There are never enough mes though.

 

Eldest is already a loquacious braggart so job done on that front.

[Holden McGroin 7762]

14 hours ago, Gemmill said:

I mean there's already far too many of us, but aye congratulations I suppose.

According to Elon Musk populations are in decline and are the greatest threat to humanity.
 

I cant be arsed to check this though. Im more concerned about single use plastic in the ocean.

Edited February 19, 2024 by Holden McGroin

[Gemmill 51212]

I know the birth rate is meant to be too low in this country so we're headed for an ageing population with not enough people to wipe their arses.

 

Luckily I keep a tight ship back there and I don't see that changing in my twilight years.

[Gemmill 51212]

It's the standers who need to worry about getting their brown butterfly pattern chipped off.

[Holden McGroin 7762]

Do standers default to sitters at a certain age? 
 

@RobinRobin ? 😛

Edited February 19, 2024 by Holden McGroin

[RobinRobin 12669]

1 hour ago, Holden McGroin said:

Do standers default to sitters at a certain age? 
 

@RobinRobin ? 😛

Fuck off - I can't remember 

[Renton 24199]

12 hours ago, Blastronaut said:

Aw Jesus cunting fuck. Just been alerted by Mrs B who saw a "really fucking massive wasp" at the top of the stairs in our new house. Got there in time to see something drop from the ceiling and then just fucking vanish.

 

Fucking February in Scotland. I was liking this house but now I'm gonnae need to climb into the bastard loft and actively look for a fucking wasps nest. Global warming can fuckoff. As can wasps. 

 

 

 

When I had a wasps nest I paid the council to take care of it. £30 iirc. Mind that was I. 2006 so probably £3392 now. 

[Alex 37287]

1 hour ago, Holden McGroin said:

According to Elon Musk populations are in decline and are the greatest threat to humanity.
 

I cant be arsed to check this though. Im more concerned about single use plastic in the ocean.

The only thing you need to know about Elon Musk is that he’s a cunt 

[Renton 24199]

11 hours ago, Jimbo said:

 

The land of the free = the land of no free time.

 

and congrats !

 

A lot of companies here are merging or being bought out by American firms or private equity and importing their fucking disgusting working rights practices here. We'll see how this pans out, in my industry the best people will simply move to a UK or European based job. 

[Alex 37287]

US-style capitalism. Another Brexit bonus 

[Gemmill 51212]

The place I just moved to as recently as last year implemented a new policy whereby you can just book no-questions-asked time off if you've got something going on in your life.

 

So if something happens to a family member or you need to take time off for your own mental health or anything. You just tell your boss, book it in the system, and off you go.

 

I was amazed, given the way the rest of the country is going.

[Renton 24199]

1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

The place I just moved to as recently as last year implemented a new policy whereby you can just book no-questions-asked time off if you've got something going on in your life.

 

So if something happens to a family member or you need to take time off for your own mental health or anything. You just tell your boss, book it in the system, and off you go.

 

I was amazed, given the way the rest of the country is going.

 

TBF every job I've had has been like that, at least unofficially, if you have a decent line manager. Aren't they called "personal days" in the US? What I would be wary of is how much you can use it. Think in the states you get about 5 a year and they count as your a/l which is often a total of 10 days a year. No way could I hack that. 

[Gemmill 51212]

Nah ours is entirely separate from sick or annual leave.

 

When I worked in America, I had 20 days holiday and then sick time came separately, but lads I knew from other firms had a bank of personal days that EVERYTHING came out of, including sick time. Mental.

 

Americans fucking love work though, they take the most pointless amount of holidays and if someone comes along wanting 2 weeks (me), it's like "Oooo a proper EUROPEAN style vacation."

[Renton 24199]

Aye, when I've been to the carribean, it's been common for young Americans to rock up to the hotel and stay 3 nights before flying back. I know it's closer for them but fuck that, barely get unpacked. 

[NJS 4639]

A mate of a mate moved to the US about 20 years ago to work for the same firm over there. He made it a condition he'd keep his 25 days or whatever it was instead of going down to 10 which they agreed as long as he kept quiet about it. I couldn't see how the latter would work as I'd imagine a few people would notice. 

 

The Americans have it wrong of course about lfewer  holidays meaning increased productivity - the Germans are a lot more productive and have shit loads of leave when you count all the religious holidays they have. 

[RobinRobin 12669]

Americans get most things wrong