Work - Life Balance

[lifetime fan]

Can only ask. Reckon I could get them to agree to it for 6 months.

[Champ]

Can only ask. Reckon I could get them to agree to it for 6 months.

You have a legal right to ask and they would be obliged to give you reasons if they turned down your request.

[Section_31]

 

 

Bored now.

[stringvest]

Mark, you need more work and less life mate.  

[stringvest]

Actually, that applies to all the Marks reading this thread.

[Hooch]

Mark, you need more work and less life mate.  

I'm starting to agree with this. 

 

Life's expensive and annoying. Working is quite a cheap pastime, hell you actually make a bit of money doing it.

[Section_31]

Once again facing the grim possibility of having to commute to greater Manchester in search of a half decent job, oweing to the fact Liverpool's media industry consists of a barman at Camp & Furness who once had a poem published in Hairy bastards today magazine.

[PestiRed]

Once again facing the grim possibility of having to commute to greater Manchester in search of a half decent job, oweing to the fact Liverpool's media industry consists of a barman at Camp & Furness who once had a poem published in Hairy bastards today magazine.

Bloody creative types, bet you have a Mac instead of a proper computer that excel works on. Manchester is the right place for your lot

[Section_31]

Bloody creative types, bet you have a Mac instead of a proper computer that excel works on. Manchester is the right place for your lot

I do actually have a Mac and a PC in work, I use the Mac's reflection to see if anyone is behind me while I go on TLW on my PC.

[Red_or_Dead]

I do actually have a Mac and a PC in work, I use the Mac's reflection to see if anyone is behind me while I go on TLW on my PC.

Schoolboy error that - make sure you have a desk with a wall behind you!

[TheHowieLama]

Actually, that applies to all the Marks reading this thread.

 

And the countless no marks.

[TheHowieLama]

Schoolboy error that - make sure you have a desk with a wall behind you!

 

Exactly - how can you hope to get a work/life balance with debilitating feng shui

[TheBitch]

Getting to a weird stage in life, all my uni friends are married with kids now and it's something I had always wanted badly. I am at the age (32) where I need to get cracking, but I love my single backpacking lifestyle now and could end up maintaining it until it's too late for that stuff. Will be interesting to read this post back in 5 years and see what's changed.

It's changed.

[Stouffer]

If I told you what I actually did (n't) for paid employment I'd be negged to fuck; even worse I'm sacking it off for no more money and more work because after 15 years I've had enough and want more work in a job I feel I can ethically do.

[Pureblood]

Hi, honey. I'm home.

[stringvest]

If I told you what I actually did (n't) for paid employment I'd be negged to fuck; even worse I'm sacking it off for no more money and more work because after 15 years I've had enough and want more work in a job I feel I can ethically do.

 

I'm glad to hear you giving up the Panda Vasectomy Tzar role Stouff. You're good. Very very good. But enough is enough. Find something better to do with those rudimentary blades and the twine

[Stouffer]

I'm glad to hear you giving up the Panda Vasectomy Tzar role Stouff. You're good. Very very good. But enough is enough. Find something better to do with those rudimentary blades and the twine

It's time I grew up; the pandas will just have to look after themselves.

[TheHowieLama]

It's time I grew up; the pandas will just have to look after themselves.

 

 

Peter Panda

[stringvest]

They will. You don't need to pander to the pandas

[stringvest]

Good luck in your new ethical role Stouff you humongous fucking hippy

[Stouffer]

Good luck in your new ethical role Stouff you humongous fucking hippy

It's not that ethical really; but nowhere near as bad as what I do now.

 

Cheers hombre.

[Gav]

Thinking of going down to a four day week. The bird would love me to give up work but it's just not viable, financially or practically.

 

If I could drop my hours and just do 2 long days a week and have 5 days off that could work out very nicely!

 

Depends on the money and work agreeing to it first though.

 

I did this when my daughter was born ,trialed it with parental leave first going for a 3 day week for a year..loved it and have been doing it ever since .I've the best of both worlds..I get to stay abreast of technical changes within telecom's,keep up my training and at the same time be a dad to my kids  instead of the fella they see at the weekends.

Work have really taken to it too,loads of younger parents in my office respect and even a tad jealous of me and the fact that i'm working away as a full time part-timer brings me plenty of good feedback from management..I'm the Token bloke doing this and fucking loving it

Quality of life has changed for the better too ,have my own routines with the kids,and the Mrs is delighted having the pressure eased on her

 

 

Best decision I ever made ..can't recommend it highly enough

[Remmie]

It's changed.

Fuck off, I'm reading this from Georgia*.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*on my (ahem), honeymoon

[Section_31]

Spill the beans Stouff, you not protecting us from communists any more?

[Anubis]

If I told you what I actually did (n't) for paid employment I'd be negged to fuck; even worse I'm sacking it off for no more money and more work because after 15 years I've had enough and want more work in a job I feel I can ethically do.

Are you the UK's Magic Mike?