You know what really grinds my gears? The Gears Strike Back

The Corps and CCRS shoots that qualify Cadets for Competition Marksman are all Postal.

Hey guess what?

My flying is canceled :sob:

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Iā€™m due at flying tomorrow . . . Iā€™m not hopeful . . .

Where abouts you flying?

What a silly question, Iā€™ve looked at the weather forecast, guarantee we wonā€™t be flying. :laughing:

Oof well I guess thatā€™s England for you :joy:

2AEF have binned off Sunday

Being told at my mid year appraisal that Iā€™m ready for a bigger role at work. Bigger role is created in my team then filled with my managers mate who has zero experience in our fieldā€¦brilliant. time for bye byes I think

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It could be worseā€¦
My appraisal said to get a wage rise I had to get a promotion and take charge for The companies work in all of Scotland. I did that, now Imagine my reaction when I found that 6 staff were on between Ā£8 - 12k more than me and did no where near the work I did!!

We have an employee satisfaction survey meeting next wedsā€¦Iā€™m going straight for the jugular. Straw and camels back and all that jazz.

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Have you got one of those stupid employee councils too??

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I am so glad i do not work in a ā€œcorporateā€ company that does appraisals and satisfaction surveys. I cant publicly comment the things i call my director on a mostly daily basis.

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We do annual appraisals with a midyear review. The only thing is, HR donā€™t ever get a copy and if your manager moves (Iā€™ve had 7 in 2 years) they donā€™t share it with the replacement. Means I treat the appraisal meeting with the contempt it deserves and am only there physically.

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Ours gets fed to HR then put into a wider succession plan. We got briefed today halfway through I just stood up and walked out back to my desk like the toddler I am.

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GMG?? Did we really need an IBN to tell us to wear a seatbelt??

Wanna reduce the Admin Burden? Stop this bafoonery of unnecessary noise and chaff. Wearing a seatbelt doesnt need an IBN.

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it is the

With immediate effect.

that grinds my gearsā€¦as if we were thinking nah, weā€™ll wait until the new financial year first

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it was the ā€œrevised policyā€ bit that got me, as if the previous policy had been to flout the law. . .

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Seconded.

And is it me, or has the MOT IBN not actually state how often vehicles over 8 seats need to be testedā€¦?

I think itā€™s getting ready for appraisals and demonstrating that I exist time.

Obviously the people sending this are too young to remember ā€œclunk, click, every tripā€. How long before we get one saying ā€œlook right, look left, look right again before you cross the roadā€.
Maybe we could have a progressive training programme and give cadets Tufty or Green Cross Code badges for the brassards and show them the old ā€œCharley says ā€¦ā€ films.

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Next thereā€™ll be an IBN warning about the need to not run with scissorsā€¦