I hear what you say. `
Trouble is in the private sector you can't say much about it unless you are the top man. If my senior mgmt want to do this sort of thing, and they frequently do, then your arse is in the meeting at 7.30.

I would have gone up on the train the night before, first class, gone out for a curry and got a bit shedded and stayed in a hotel. And they'd have paid for all of it.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 10:24, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

That may be the difference, here that's a perfectly legitimate thing to say to anyone,
you're not making any trouble or being akward, just suggesting something that could help a number of staff.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 10:29, Reply)

fucking hell
we have 7.30am meetings all the time. ditto meetings that start at 7.30pm and go on overnight. if you're on a tight deadline to completion for contract races or tax deadlines or a court hearing etc etc, you have no choice.

this is how big businesses work.

it's also how they pay for the public sector!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:06, Reply)

ahem. you missed this. Just after "pay for"

"top end tax accountants to completely avoid paying for"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:21, Reply)

omg it's yesterday again
omg it's yesterday again
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 11:42, Reply)