Salient lesson
Don't use company emails for anything other than company business, kids. It just ain't worth it.

Shortly afterwards we got told to institute a "flesh tone" filter as a matter of priority.
( Kroney, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:26, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

When I worked for Amazon we had to add a 'potty mouth' filter so that certain words couldn't be posted in product reviews.
This was a great opportunity when it was in development for internal emails to the code monkeys listing all sorts of sweary combinations.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:31, Reply)

haha you had a right laugh there didn't you

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:32, Reply)

Any opportunity to be puerile.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:35, Reply)

I hope they refered to you as the lost pygmy of the amazon

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:35, Reply)

European Head of Market Development
IIRC.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:36, Reply)

well thats not a funny title

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:52, Reply)

I led a team of about 60 people, opening new product groups & new sites (France, Japan). I was 25.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:53, Reply)

Why did you leave then?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:54, Reply)

Bigger job elsewhere - at that time you could earn a lot of money if you'd been at Amazon.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:55, Reply)

You realise that I am now imagining you
in a classic 70's jungle outfit, leading your team to safety
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:57, Reply)

You can tell the head office is in Uxbridge
as this flesh tone filter sometimes picks up pictures of furniture. Cherry wood, in particular.
( Kroney, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:35, Reply)

Nice.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:37, Reply)

I gave YM some cherry wood last night

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:52, Reply)

Knotty boy

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:54, Reply)

One of the IT weenies here let me have a look at the list of excluded words that they use on incoming/outgoing emails
I learnt some new words that day I can tell you.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:48, Reply)

Was Bum on the list
I cant think of a ruder word than BUM
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:52, Reply)

Oh yes. And also *rse.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:01, Reply)

those rude scamps

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:02, Reply)

What are they like to work for? One of their subcompanies was up for an interview.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:49, Reply)

The best company I have ever worked for.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:50, Reply)

They are meant to be great
as long as you aren't on the pick and pack floor
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 15:53, Reply)

A mate of mine got taken on in the run up to Xmas, but was assured that they were looking to keep people on permanently
The whole lot of them got emptied straight after Xmas.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:03, Reply)

He must've been shit.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:04, Reply)

I would expect so. He's a fuckwit stoner.
However I would have expected at least some of them to have been good enough to take on permanently.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:10, Reply)

Volume of sales = number of permanent employees required.
So if the sales level isn't growing significantly you don't need many more people.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:12, Reply)

Dangle the carrot to ensure the temp staff dont just toss it off

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:12, Reply)

That would appear to have been precisely the case.
It may rebound on them next year though as the stoner fuckwits may be less likely to get off their arses and do a few shifts for them.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:17, Reply)

There are always more stoner fuckwits
Isn't that right, tangles?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:17, Reply)

Or maybe the stoner fuckwits will have completely forgotten about it by next Crimbo?

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:19, Reply)

like tchyah

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:20, Reply)

Stoner fuckwits of the world unite!
When you can be bothered to get around to it.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:19, Reply)

Imma just skin up first yeah

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:25, Reply)

What she said ^

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:20, Reply)

Tough shit.
Manual labour on zero hours contracts = he should have worked harder at school.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:05, Reply)

hahahaha
Thanks for voting for reply 2212367!
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:06, Reply)

PEOPLE LIKE HIM NEED UNIONZZZ

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:15, Reply)

No, silly Rach.
HE SHOULD HAVE WORKED HARDER AT SCHOOL. As Batts says up there.

Why u no wrissen?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:18, Reply)

Unions on the whole are a good idea. However if you're stupid enough to sign a zero hours contract then you deserve any consequences.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:22, Reply)

I imagine it is sign
or the job goes to someone else.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:25, Reply)

+ who also should have worked harder at school.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:27, Reply)

why do people in a union think they deserve more employment rights than the law gives everyone, though?
we have much more modern employment laws than we had in the days of the unions and the blackouts.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:42, Reply)

Sweet, it's a slight sidestep on my skills, but i'll consider it a bit more.
Nice offices.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Feb 2014, 16:06, Reply)