tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post6342456093897251247..comments2024-03-20T12:03:26.126+00:00Comments on Thin Pinstriped Line: If its a day ending in Y, then its time to attack the civil service again...Sir Humphreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-36786755006442868962012-05-27T20:57:59.841+01:002012-05-27T20:57:59.841+01:00To be honest I'm happy with my 7:24 as it is a...To be honest I'm happy with my 7:24 as it is and we're too busy not to have fewer people available. One good thing is that I can go home at 4PM on some days, though before the DM, or DT gets into a froth I start at 7:30AM on those days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-54531171942329364282012-05-27T19:37:26.170+01:002012-05-27T19:37:26.170+01:00The knack with the application, in my experience, ...The knack with the application, in my experience, is to work out how it will affect your colleagues and try to address those issues in the application. Also avoid taking Monday as a working day (you can lose out with P&P leave if your office closes on bank holidays - well not loses out but it feels like you do) although patterns which avoid Monday and Friday as non-working days tend to be easier to get.Ferretygubbinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-1792507483736025122012-05-27T02:06:12.988+01:002012-05-27T02:06:12.988+01:00I work for the Scottish Government and I doubt I&#...I work for the Scottish Government and I doubt I'd be allowed a Change Work Pattern in my area. Only people who I know have been given them are parents with young children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-84058072615332123762012-05-22T22:23:18.872+01:002012-05-22T22:23:18.872+01:00Ianeon - with flexible working, the individual isn...Ianeon - with flexible working, the individual isnt using extra leave. He is working a different pattern of hours, but is doing the same work, and delivering the same output. <br />This isnt leave, its just working at different times.Sir Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-31015817691297788092012-05-21T18:35:27.909+01:002012-05-21T18:35:27.909+01:00I like this blog too and very glad I found it. Lot...I like this blog too and very glad I found it. Lots of common sense and de-bunking of media pedalled myths. Regarding working hours I met a very interesting man from the home office once who told me about a civil service study that had been done proving that a 4 day week for all would reduce productivity by virtually nothing and then only for a short period of time while people adjusted. It made perfect sense to me I have to say. Like any job people are more productive when they are motivated and believe they are doing some good. Surely flexible working can only help in that. For all the people trying to do the best job they can I say shame on you to the journalists who write this rubbish, you should be taking a long hard look at yourselves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-83679708887692566932012-05-21T14:17:52.215+01:002012-05-21T14:17:52.215+01:00It's a while ago since I left the public secto...It's a while ago since I left the public sector and although there was quite a lot of media malice around then, you have my sympathy because it seems to have got worse.<br />To cheer you up I think your blog is doing well to be getting 9000 hits a month - it's taken me nearly 18 months and 156 posts to get about 1000 and I have only had 9500 in all!Western Independenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368666195785602803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-29385906217556028042012-05-21T11:14:45.164+01:002012-05-21T11:14:45.164+01:00The Telegraph article was a disgrace, but then its...The Telegraph article was a disgrace, but then its become such a bl**dy awful newspaper in recent years one shouldn't be surprised. However, I think Sir Humphrey doth protest too much. <br /><br />I did a spell with the Civil Service and the amount of feather-bedding, decision-avoidance, all round crap management and non-existent leadership soon forced me out. There are good people in the CS but its numbers could be dramatically cut without any loss to service delivery.HurstLlamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086351645473769872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-53953070508463854822012-05-20T20:10:53.154+01:002012-05-20T20:10:53.154+01:00Anonymous - if you work for DWP all you need to do...Anonymous - if you work for DWP all you need to do is submit an Application to Change Work Pattern to your line manager and Robert is your Father's brother. Of course you'll now be working 8 hours and 13 minutes per day instead of 7 hours 24. I fear though that the last sentence may not bolster the press' stance that we are all idle and workshy so that part may not be printed.Ferretygubbinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-67130357175738162972012-05-20T19:07:37.410+01:002012-05-20T19:07:37.410+01:00Work 37 hours myself, but I'd love an extra 36...Work 37 hours myself, but I'd love an extra 36 extra days a year annual leave. Where can I sign up for all these wonderful things that the DM and DT claim I can get as a Civil Servant?<br /><br />I'll happily swap jobs with a member of the Fourth Estate if they think I'm lazy and feckless. I'd love to see how they cope with a single day in my post. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-48370856336403397972012-05-20T15:31:40.023+01:002012-05-20T15:31:40.023+01:00As a Civil Servant myself (albeit in a different d...As a Civil Servant myself (albeit in a different department - HR processing for DWP) I would agree with what you have said above with one small caveat. The work pattern you describe above (10 days work over 9 days) is usually a contractual arrangement and so the non-working day should not be considered as TOIL rather it is a contracted non-working day.<br /><br />I think that it doesn't help that we often use specific CS terminology that can often be (deliberately?) misinterpreted by those with an axe to grind. Thanks for a very interesting blog.Ferretygubbinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-40542947871476044962012-05-20T14:53:45.779+01:002012-05-20T14:53:45.779+01:00Mike - thanks - the site is only 4 1/2 months old,...Mike - thanks - the site is only 4 1/2 months old, so is still slowly establishing itself. I'm averaging about 9000 hits per month, and trying to slowly build it up over time. As a one man blog though, I don't want to do too much too soon, as there is a physical limit to what I can write in any week.Sir Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-70509165620804575142012-05-20T14:28:53.824+01:002012-05-20T14:28:53.824+01:00here-here!
Just wish this site had a bit more traf...here-here!<br />Just wish this site had a bit more traffic...mikenoreply@blogger.com