Mar 2023
6:06pm, 10 Mar 2023
144,021 posts
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GregP
Excellent
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Mar 2023
6:27pm, 13 Mar 2023
68,916 posts
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GlennR
I know everybody loves a cardboard box – so that’s why we in Manuscripts are giving away about 30. They’re 39 x 34 x 25 cm as per attached photo.
First come first served – when they’re gone, they’re gone.
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Mar 2023
10:45am, 14 Mar 2023
20,852 posts
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flanker
I'm starting the car...
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Mar 2023
5:43pm, 14 Mar 2023
18,023 posts
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NDWDave
I just had an email from our Head of People
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Mar 2023
7:09pm, 14 Mar 2023
144,134 posts
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GregP
God and Mary save us.
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Mar 2023
8:40pm, 14 Mar 2023
20,786 posts
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3M
We too have a "People" department. It's very difficult grammatically when you're talking about a singular entity that has a plural title.
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Mar 2023
8:58pm, 14 Mar 2023
6,613 posts
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ThorntonRunner
I always felt (maybe cynically) that the shift from personnel to human resources reflected a shift from management dealing with people to dealing with units of labour that could be moved around or disposed of much as any other resource required for production, with little regard for the implications of those decisions on the sentient beings involved.
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Mar 2023
10:35pm, 14 Mar 2023
60,528 posts
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LindsD
Agree. Our HR has just been rebranded as 'People and Culture' and my husband once worked somewhere where it was called 'People Squared'
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Mar 2023
10:41pm, 14 Mar 2023
27,493 posts
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Lizzie Whizz
Letter I saw today, from one hospital consultant to another, went something like: Dear X Re [patient name] I completely agree with what you said in your letter of 12th March. Yours sincerely Y
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Mar 2023
10:10am, 15 Mar 2023
77,309 posts
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Diogenes
Purple bicycle shed closed permanently
Please be aware that the purple bicycle shed (behind the Finance department) is now closed permanently. The bicycle shed by the helicopter pad is still available to use.
[bad news for anyone with a purple bicycle]
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