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@Bones You gotta stop that. He thinks he is impressing/bonding with you and nothing you are doing is breaking him of that misconception. It might take some interrupting once in a while, but if the only thing you are getting out of these meetings is another fucking anecdote, then it's wasting your time, and you'll end up being this guy's blankie forever. If he's seeing you as dude who is SO IMPRESSED by my stories then he's not seeing you as someone valuable to the workplace whose time is precious. Maybe because you are remote? You need to break him of that. Talk about your projects. Talk over him a bit until he learns to shut his trap and listen rather than speak. But do not indulge him further, cos he will only get worse as he feels more pressure.
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@Bones Don't give him the opportunity. Assert yourself. He needs to think of you as Bones the dude who gets shit done from home, not Bones my anecdote dude.
On a side note, what is his boss like? Maybe he doesn't get a chance to speak or be personal there, so he wants another outlet and you're the lucky one.
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@JC said in Fern Helpline:
This is a great idea for a thread. I’m unlikely to be able to give any practical help though, as I’m not much use for anything.
#metoo should we start our own thread for fullas who dont be good at nuffing?
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Outlook is driving me crazy. Keeps going to "not responding" anytime I click back to it, click on an email, try scroll, anything. Stays that way for about 2 minutes then lets me do about 20 seconds of stuff. You can help with that right?
Shit, it's taken it's cue from my boss!
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@Bones best bet is to re-boot your PC/laptop!
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@taniwharugby said in Fern Helpline:
@Bones best bet is to re-boot your PC/laptop!
You're a shill for Big Reboot.
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@Bones you got 99 problems mate. Relax
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@R-L yeah yeah, get busy with your journal.
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@Bones Hows your job affected by covid. Opportunity to redefine the parameters of the meetings? I light of I think it would help us both if we kept it to x long and had a specific outcome or set of deliverables we want to achieve. I hate fucking meetings for the sake of them so they have to have a purpose. Shooting the breeze informal chats are good in their place but you have to manage your manager
What makes him tick. Make the agenda satisfy his immediate wants might make it easier to keep him on point.
Failing that I find most managers don’t like being challenged / argued with and will find a reason of their own to avoid the meetings. Thats a high risk strategy though -
A heads up for anyone looking for work or for workers - Work and Income has a new employment website at https://www.jobs-during-covid.workandincome.govt.nz/hello
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@Bones said in Fern Helpline:
Outlook is driving me crazy. Keeps going to "not responding" anytime I click back to it, click on an email, try scroll, anything. Stays that way for about 2 minutes then lets me do about 20 seconds of stuff. You can help with that right?
Shit, it's taken it's cue from my boss!
That'll be your anti virus software. It scans the shit out of everything you do in Outlook. Get on the phone to IT and tell them to sort their shit out.
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@No-Quarter said in Fern Helpline:
@Bones said in Fern Helpline:
Outlook is driving me crazy. Keeps going to "not responding" anytime I click back to it, click on an email, try scroll, anything. Stays that way for about 2 minutes then lets me do about 20 seconds of stuff. You can help with that right?
Shit, it's taken it's cue from my boss!
That'll be your anti virus software. It scans the shit out of everything you do in Outlook. Get on the phone to IT and tell them to sort their shit out.
I ended up finding out Office 365 desktop was available so ditched 2016 and installed 365. Problem fixed! But thanks, I'll keep it in mind if it happens again (not sure I want to criticise McAfee though).
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