The only reason I go in to the office is for social reasons (and it saves me money). It is quite isolating although we do a lot of video conferencing now over Zoom. I have a team meeting every week with 9 other people in 5 locations.
Changing culture of the workplace.
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JAZZMANB
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As a rule the bigger affluent business's or industries can be very forward thinking with how they do things
This holidays when you want wouldn't work in loads of places .Many open the doors every day and the work hits them.It isnt projects you finish a day early leaving you bored etc
The other stuff isnt that radical ,most do it to a point
This holidays when you want wouldn't work in loads of places .Many open the doors every day and the work hits them.It isnt projects you finish a day early leaving you bored etc
The other stuff isnt that radical ,most do it to a point
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Okay well thank you for letting me know.
Whatever the benefits are supposed to be, it looks absolute shite.
Do you run that service or something?
Its got nowt to do with me. Its just an example of how public sector workers can get discounts on entry to themeparks/cinema & shopping etc which you claimed never existed.
I'm Spartacus
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Same with us and we’re on something like 20% less than we were 12 years ago if you take inflation into account.
Joe Public
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Difficult for smaller companies, but managed to be a part of pushing forward a few things at my place since getting bumped up.
Higher salaries
Annual bonuses when profits allow
Better pensions
Vitality Healthcare
Death in service insurance
Outsourced HR so disciplinary issues etc are done properly
Better IT and software so people have the best tools for the job
More training
Working on persuading the gaffa to introduce flexible working hours at the minute.
All the above come at a cost but improve the business, very few people leave, only 2 in the 11 years I’ve been there.
Higher salaries
Annual bonuses when profits allow
Better pensions
Vitality Healthcare
Death in service insurance
Outsourced HR so disciplinary issues etc are done properly
Better IT and software so people have the best tools for the job
More training
Working on persuading the gaffa to introduce flexible working hours at the minute.
All the above come at a cost but improve the business, very few people leave, only 2 in the 11 years I’ve been there.
Qwerty
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Not having set number of days holiday will probably lead to workers taking less. As some will prove their worth by taking as few as possible.
bu-bu-buchanon
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That’s what’s been evidenced by some of my friends who have that. I agree with everything else bar this one I think
Dave Herbal
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Which absolute arselickers wouldn’t take their full holidays?
With these unlimited holidays, could you book the whole year off?
The word unlimited would indicate that you could?
I know.
Then how does the company get any benefit from employing you?
There's gotta be a catch
I guess if you perform well and quickly you get to use the time saved as paid time off. If you perform well but slowly it won't apply.
On average, people take fewer holidays as it negates the mass giving away of holidays at the end of March, to those who haven’t used them all yet.
It also means managers can put pressure on people not to take leave as it creates a culture where your leave is earned.
What would the company do if somebody says "I'm taking the next 12 months off, then I'll be in for 2 weeks and take another 12 months off"?
Because you’ll have a set of deliverables to achieve and if you don’t, they’ll sack you.
See above.
Right that makes sense.
Dave Herbal
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All these modern companies sound great to work at. You’d be laughed out the room for suggesting some of these benefits at our place. The only thing that matters is profit, so anything that costs the company even £1 that they don’t need to spend is cut. We don’t get Friday afternoons off, unlike everyone else in the sector, and we don’t recognise bank holidays, cos the boss doesn’t understand family time.
bobpc30
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Great thought shower, need a helicopter view.
Equally, Management By Objectives (MBO) are increasingly used to determine bonuses. Key is to come up with targets which are not easily quantifiable so can be passed as achieved on the nod by your line manager
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