…by every metric.
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And all known statistics.
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At a nursing home just outside Soton to visit Bucks senior (here temporarily, after a spell in hospital, hopefully). A good place, decent standard and great staff. But it’s a reminder again that age catches up with all of us 
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Two of my colleagues were in Malabo EG on Thursday having an overnighter before travelling home to South Africs when they were both picked up by the EG secret service and charged with drug smuggling and then paraded on national tv with what looked like a holdal full of white powder.
At present still being held.
Company lawyers and top management from Exxon and US Embassey also involved. All Saffers on board saying if they do get home they will not be coming back. My B2B is in South Africa and may decide he does not want to risk travelling through EG so I could be here some time.
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Update the 2 guys are still in jail high faluting lawyers being flown in from Monaco to try and get them released but not looking good for either of them. Oil companies here are looking at what it means for the rest of us ex-pats and how we will operate if the govt try to or do arrest more of us.
Do you think they were set up? What do you think the reasoning is behind it if they have been?
Yes they have been set up by the EG govt the Presidents son just lost a big court case in South Africa and had a lot of expensive property confiscated its a tit for tat exercise but the South Africans still onboard say there govt will not intervene
This fella?
Thats the bugger
But they are still upset about the attempted coup by Mark Thatcher and a bunch of South African mercenaries a few years ago.
Would the oil Co chopper you guys off to a OSV and sail to a “safe” country
We could get a chopper direct to Cameroon which has been done before when the airport in Malabo was closed.
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This says more about the management/ owners of Amazon than anything else.
I’ve been doing some industry wide research with an industry group that shows productivity and employee engagement has actually improved since lockdown for most groups working remotely- not in all age groups tbf).
There are issues about engagement and training of younger staff but the media just jump at headlines
This is the real issue
They learn by osmosis, by sitting next to the best salesman or programmer etc
The best salesman can definitely work from home, it suits him. He hits his targets. But there is no added value
In the office he is an inspiration, a target, a mentor
The one thing that is lost on the middle aged stay at homers - These kids they can’t be arsed to train will ultimately be responsible for topping up their underfunded pensions. If they are shit the money will soon run out
Yeah, but the irony from our research is that older experienced folk actually want to be in the office.
I shit you not. I see this in my company.
I’ve implemented hybrid working with my guys - non negotiable time in the office v remote working.
Seriously, this works really well and I’ve the profitability metrics to prove it.
100% in the office is for dinosaurs unless the role actually requires it.
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Mrs P_F does Monday Tuesday in the office, arrives at 0745 leaves at 1600 due to train times.
Rest of work WFH, starts up laptop at 0700 finishes about 2000 most days.
Does all her online interviews from home as she doesnt get idiot bosses walking in and interrupting her.
Way more productive and less stressed
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Update on my Colleagues they have been moved to Black Beach Prison after appearing in court.
Google Black Beach Prison its not nice.
The EG ambassador to South Africa has had a meeting with the SA Govt officials and the relatives of the two detainees but as yet still nothing resolved.
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Cobby-S wants the Saints job.
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Couldn’t make much more of a fuck up tbf
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Just read BBC article about air brushing the stories by Ronald Dahl.
Someone’s cloak is no longer “black” and some character called Mary is no longer described as white as a sheet.
No one is called fat or ugly.
What the fuck are they playing at?
Someone sensible said if the books offend us, they should just be allowed to go out f print, not altered.
Cunts.
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