And breathe …
And breathe …
I certainly had to indulge in some heavy breathing after reading this farrago of nonsense:
Civil servants have been given counselling manuals advising them how to deal with stress-related boredom and a lack of work.
Just savour that for a moment. Contemplate your busy day, the demands on your time, the endless worries about how you will make ends meet this month and then consider that even more of your tax is being spent on teaching people who don’t have enough work to justify their “jobs” how to be calm about the fact that they’re wasting their lives and stealing your money.
In one booklet from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, officials said stress-related problems could be caused by having “too little work or responsibility” and suggested that pressured workers take up a hobby to alleviate anxiety.
The Department for International Development’s book warned workers to avoid becoming lethargic from “too little pressure” but allow for 20 per cent more time to complete tasks they feel could add to stress.
“Breathe in and out heavily a few times and imagine yourself being successful,” it advises workers.
I’ve breathed in and out heavily a few times, I can tell you.
I think the yogis who came up with this inspiration have been spending a little too much time “on the mat”.
The head of DfID, earlier
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- March 26, 2010 at 08:39
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March 26, 2010 at 08:29 -
A sign of, acclimatisation, perhaps, Anna. But this didn’t surprise me.
I can’t blame the civil servants – they are hired by the c*nts who want our votes.
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March 26, 2010 at 08:42 -
Chill blood, we can finish this post laters
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March 26, 2010 at 08:44 -
A lack of work? I have the solution. Insert one lack of job. Simples!
Anyway, what a feeble excuse to put a picture of a fit bird on the blog. And I thought I was bad.
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March 26, 2010 at 11:22 -
Managers complaining of underwork are not managing their resources competently. In the short term, advantage can be taken of slack periods to catch up on “housekeeping” ie weeding files, stock-taking and clearing unnecessary documents etc to ensure efficiency and safety is maintained. Keeping staff occupied keeps them motivated. In the longer term staffing levels should be examined for the under-occupied section.
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March 26, 2010 at 11:48 -
It isn’t April fools day yet is it?
I had to read the article twice because i couldn’t believe it.
Stress due to lack of work, ok then if there are people getting stress due to lack of work then transfer them to an office that needs extra help.
If this has been published by the government then it says so much about how the government is run, there are too many people being employed by the government.
There isn’t enough jobs for the amount of people employed by the government.
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March 26, 2010 at 12:04 -
Thanks for a breathtaking insight into a world beyond imagination.
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March 26, 2010 at 13:36 -
I did not breathe slowly enough and have just made a hole in the wall with my forehead.
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March 26, 2010 at 15:06 -
Actually, a good and efficient manager should be bored – art of delegation!
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March 26, 2010 at 16:22 -
I think this daily mash article is quite apropos:
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March 26, 2010 at 16:43 -
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March 26, 2010 at 22:05 -
‘She even applied for a further 11 jobs using the false CV because she felt she was not busy enough at work.’
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