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« Reply #8550 on: 08:49:54, 14-11-2008 » |
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Agreed Rubes. What on earth Waterstone's think they are doing. They should've let the Police know after all, it's their job?
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« Reply #8551 on: 09:01:00, 14-11-2008 » |
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I have just discovered that our truly ghastly Senior Management Team aka The Coven have sacked our Chaplain. Oops sorry, correction. They will now not be renewing her contract. That, of course, is a different euphemism thing altogether. Her crime? She hasn't attended enough meetings. All the great work that she has done with patients and their families? Nope. She doesn't tick the meetings box so, out. Jeez, she's only there part-time because she's Chaplain at the local hospital as well, so she's rushed off her feet. The poor woman has been bullied and harassed for the last 2 years and the previous Chaplain got the same treatment. He gave up in despair eventually and left. It's a bloody disgrace that a hospice, of all places, should treat someone attending to the spiritual needs of patients as though they are dross. a very  Mort |
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« Reply #8552 on: 09:04:46, 14-11-2008 » |
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I have just discovered that our truly ghastly Senior Management Team aka The Coven have sacked our Chaplain. Oops sorry, correction. They will now not be renewing her contract. That, of course, is a different euphemism thing altogether. Her crime? She hasn't attended enough meetings. All the great work that she has done with patients and their families? Nope. She doesn't tick the meetings box so, out. Jeez, she's only there part-time because she's Chaplain at the local hospital as well, so she's rushed off her feet. The poor woman has been bullied and harassed for the last 2 years and the previous Chaplain got the same treatment. He gave up in despair eventually and left. It's a bloody disgrace that a hospice, of all places, should treat someone attending to the spiritual needs of patients as though they are dross. a very Mort That's disgraceful. Might they listen if patients complained? for you... |
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« Reply #8553 on: 09:17:49, 14-11-2008 » |
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Only if the patients had lots of meetings about it to discuss the cost implications, came up with a list of 'goals' and a 5-year plan subject to regular reviews |
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« Reply #8554 on: 09:24:45, 14-11-2008 » |
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Is attendance at a requisite number of meetings a requirement of her contract, Mort? Is there a case for unfair non-renewal here?
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« Reply #8555 on: 10:00:29, 14-11-2008 » |
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Is attendance at a requisite number of meetings a requirement of her contract, Mort? Is there a case for unfair non-renewal here?
I suppose they're not going to be under any obligation to renew a contract if it's expiring though are they? Most of ours have options to renew at certain points but certainly no obligation.  |
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« Reply #8556 on: 10:03:43, 14-11-2008 » |
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Is attendance at a requisite number of meetings a requirement of her contract, Mort? Is there a case for unfair non-renewal here?
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« Reply #8557 on: 10:18:43, 14-11-2008 » |
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And so she should! It all sounds like a load of management *******t to me!
I hate things like that, it's all so unnecessary.
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« Reply #8558 on: 11:17:40, 14-11-2008 » |
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Baby rantette - nothing serious, just need a vent. God - don't you hate it when people forward e-mails to other people without checking what's in the content?? I just sent an e-mail to someone, starting "We can't run with those titles" and being fairly straight about why it was wrong and needed changing - not rude or abusive, just straight. It's just some training titles that could be very easily changed without involving the person who requested them about 2 months ago. The reason I was so blunt was that I was annoyed that it hadn't been done properly - there was no way we could have known what the titles needed to be 2 months ago and we didn't even know they'd done it. Anyway - the person I sent it to replied, copying in the [senior] person who sent the request through, meaning I had to ring her quick and get her to recall the e-mail. It might have been OK, but given the knowledge that this woman had to be involved I would have phrased it more delicately. Which I just have done. Forwarder's excuse? "Oh I didn't think...." No...you rarely do... Rantette over.  |
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« Reply #8559 on: 11:39:53, 14-11-2008 » |
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Hello all Thanks again for your kindness. Today's better and I'm sure tomorrow (if that's how you spell tomorrow!) will be better still. Slowly reducing the dose & eating something which is good. I tried to think of something amusing to say, but I can't and Mum says she can't too Look forward to returning soon and spinning (as in CDs!). Best, SH |
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« Reply #8560 on: 12:28:20, 14-11-2008 » |
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Baby rantette - nothing serious, just need a vent. God - don't you hate it when people forward e-mails to other people without checking what's in the content?? I just sent an e-mail to someone, starting "We can't run with those titles" and being fairly straight about why it was wrong and needed changing - not rude or abusive, just straight. It's just some training titles that could be very easily changed without involving the person who requested them about 2 months ago. The reason I was so blunt was that I was annoyed that it hadn't been done properly - there was no way we could have known what the titles needed to be 2 months ago and we didn't even know they'd done it. Anyway - the person I sent it to replied, copying in the [senior] person who sent the request through, meaning I had to ring her quick and get her to recall the e-mail. It might have been OK, but given the knowledge that this woman had to be involved I would have phrased it more delicately. Which I just have done. Forwarder's excuse? "Oh I didn't think...." No...you rarely do... Rantette over. Oh dear, the golden rule - never write anything in an internal email you would not be happy to have read out in court (it actually happened to a former boss of mine). There is of course an entire vocabulary of circumlocution to be used in internal emails. I sent one yesterday in which "this report is complete b*****x" (my actual view) was expressed as "I am having some difficulty in making any sense of this report". Responses so far have included: "There needs to be considered and thoughtful work on this topic" "I found this paper is difficult to understand in its current form" "The evidential base could be expanded" In other words, my peers think it's b******x too. We all know what we mean and, for the benefit of the casual reader, the proprieties have been observed. (Note the use of the personal pronoun to suggest that the problem may lie with the reader) |
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« Reply #8561 on: 12:35:56, 14-11-2008 » |
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Her crime? She hasn't attended enough meetings. All the great work that she has done with patients and their families? Nope. She doesn't tick the meetings box so, out. Not the crime, just the excuse. Management's way of rationalising post hoc a decision they had taken for other (and probably illegitimate) reasons. Nauseating. |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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« Reply #8562 on: 12:44:16, 14-11-2008 » |
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Absolutely PW. This all rather smacks of setting a person up to fail, an acknowledged bullying tactic and the technique favoured by our Management when they want to get rid of someone. So far, it's always worked.
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« Reply #8564 on: 16:29:32, 14-11-2008 » |
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Good that your mother is making some progress SH. All the best!
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