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How to Avoid Phonecalls in the job you hate
*** Warning this just for laughs *** Every day my Manager asks what new businesses will order and how many calls I’ll make. The truth of very few on both counts seems to displease him. I reluctantly agree to make 25 calls a day, although I don’t particularly…
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Getting Ahead Whilst Being Black
The marvellous, moving seminar ‘Getting Ahead Whilst being Black’ hosted by Professor Robert Livingston of Occupational Psychology at the University of Westminster highlighted the nature and causes of discrimination facing ethnic minorities in the workplace and society, and how these dynamics differ in the US and the UK. The answer…
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How to sabotage a client visit
Before every client visit Management warn me to behave appropriately. I conspire with colleagues and we decide to set a pig loose in the office, but this is London and farmyard animals are hard to find. We are already on final warnings over a recent bout of impromptu singing to…
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How to defeat the office seating plan
After several days of myself and two colleagues singing to customers down the phone the moderator picked up on this. A seating plan was introduced and I was moved to the other side of the room. I set about overcoming this seating plan by still conversing with my wayward colleagues…
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How to Manage a Hangover in the Job you Hate
*** This post should not be taken as advise, it is purely for entertainment purposes only *** I delight in mid-week drinking, gulping my beer happily and deciding whether I can get away with another sick day or not. As a stoic Northerner I usually turn up the…