Not a bad time to be getting struck in to a 6 month early works package alright. Half our jobs would be on finishing trades now and plasterboard and painting (Chinese) and tiling (Korean) look high risk trades. I’d expect a suspected case by the end of the week, and we’d have to shut the site down. The whole industry (moreso than others) is reaching a critical point. We will be ok but you’re going to have dozens of subbies going belly up and bringing builders with them.
Force majeure is typically deleted from contracts here or else it’s definitively…eh… defined. It’ll come down to client goodwill and common sense to grant an EOT.
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we’re driving on full bore here
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You’re some man to be hammering away, and studying on the side. I wasn’t sure if anyone worked here.
I’m work from work naturally but I’m off today and tomorrow. If there’s still an airport open, I’ll probably need to be there Wednesday. Lot of talk about redeployment for the lower staff but us important types will need to be present.
The missus appears to be WFH. She’s the laptop out anyway.
I’ve no idea what she does for a living
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I have a strong view it on it myself of course, but I’d like to take a temperature gauge of the rest of peoples feelings before expressing it, as I don’t want to colour peoples views with my own. I’m conscious that this is an unprecedented situation, with no right or wrong answers and I don’t want to shut anyone’s idea’s off before they’ve been fully considered.
So eh Bill, what do you think?
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An hour in and I’ve nearly fucked the laptop out the window. I worked from home for years before but this fucking thing [the laptop, not me] is coming towards the end of its life.
I’ve limited my interactions to the absolute minimum required to get my work done. So just a standard Monday here.
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yes - in the fullness of time ill probably figure out that i am running from something and doing this to fill a chasm that exists deep in my subconscious
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I hoped you washed your hands afterwards, it’s probably riddled with viruses.
That’s a stunning post.
Keep well Mickeee. You’re an alright sort.
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About to take a fucking hammer to the thing.
Will do what I can do via the iPad for rest of today, and hope to fuck this auld machine starts cooperating come tomorrow
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thanks man - its a day for a walk in blackrock
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We’re exploring splitting the office into Team A and Team B. Each team works a week from home, in rotation until such point that we feel everyone needs to go home. Waiting on the rubber stamp from above but aiming to start Friday.
It’ll be like picking teams at PE in primary school again. I’ll try and patrol the fuckwits into the opposing team.
The micks have been doing that in plenty of places since late last week.
Good to see Mick tackling the incredible infection rate.
You should use the ABBA system which was trialled for Penalty Shootouts.
Just to mix it up a bit like.
We might take a chance on that.
Fuck sake I think the civil service are even st that