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Post by PotterLog on Feb 9, 2021 17:56:50 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65.
What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary.
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Post by felonious on Feb 9, 2021 18:08:30 GMT
Surely this could be reduced to three days 11:50 to 12:10? £60 a week.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Feb 9, 2021 18:11:55 GMT
Can I compress me hours into one day? I'll be putting a request in to HR see what they say.....
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 9, 2021 18:27:11 GMT
Surely this could be reduced to three days 11:50 to 12:10? £60 a week. As you wish. but you could only ever go anywhere for a max of just under 4 days, Saturday 00:10 - Tuesday 23:50
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 9, 2021 18:27:41 GMT
Can I compress me hours into one day? I'll be putting a request in to HR see what they say..... Request rejected And no, there's no fucking union
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Post by dirtclod on Feb 9, 2021 18:36:47 GMT
This sounds like something MI5 would put you up to so I wouldn't go cheap...
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Feb 9, 2021 18:40:50 GMT
Didn't quite a few people already unknowingly do "most" of this in the process of commuting to their (when the world was normal) current jobs?
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Post by felonious on Feb 9, 2021 18:42:32 GMT
Surely this could be reduced to three days 11:50 to 12:10? £60 a week. As you wish. but you could only ever go anywhere for a max of just under 4 days, Saturday 00:10 - Tuesday 23:50 You're not thinking this one through, the best you can get away from the job is say, Saturday 12:10 to Monday 11:50. Would suit someone who done everything and been everywhere and lives fairly close to the station.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 9, 2021 18:43:18 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65. What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary. No holidays? Unpaid leave ok?
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Post by felonious on Feb 9, 2021 18:43:32 GMT
Can I compress me hours into one day? I'll be putting a request in to HR see what they say..... Request rejected And no, there's no fucking union This is not a wind up for Sheiky is it?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 9, 2021 18:44:27 GMT
Request rejected And no, there's no fucking union This is not a wind up for Sheiky is it? Citizen Smith?😀
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 9, 2021 18:46:46 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65. What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary. No holidays? Unpaid leave ok? Absolutely not
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 9, 2021 18:48:45 GMT
As you wish. but you could only ever go anywhere for a max of just under 4 days, Saturday 00:10 - Tuesday 23:50 You're not thinking this one through, the best you can get away from the job is say, Saturday 12:10 to Monday 11:50. Would suit someone who done everything and been everywhere and lives fairly close to the station. No it's Tuesday because you can choose which six days each week. So it would be work Monday-Saturday (00:10), Sunday off, Monday off, work Tuesday (23:50)-Sunday
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Post by dirtclod on Feb 9, 2021 18:57:36 GMT
Reminds me of "Last of the Summer Wine" French Benefits! What are the French Benefits?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 9, 2021 19:03:54 GMT
No holidays? Unpaid leave ok? Absolutely not Wouldn’t do it then😀
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Post by mattyd2 on Feb 9, 2021 19:54:46 GMT
We fade to grey.
Anyone know wtf I'm on about.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 9, 2021 19:58:42 GMT
We fade to grey. Anyone know wtf I'm on about. Steve Strange sang about a man on a lonely platform
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 9, 2021 22:11:54 GMT
No amount of money. Even if it was £million a year, I might be dead by the time I get to use that money. Being stuck at home the past year, I don't regret anything I've done, only 2 or 3 things I didn't do.
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Post by musik on Feb 9, 2021 22:26:53 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65. What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary. What is this? An experiment for a thesis? Minimum salary per hour or per year? Well, that kind of job might be worth £1 per working pass, so that would be a minimum for someone living nearby. But since I would have to get there by a private plane each day - and yeah I actually do know a pilot - my requirement would be £10M per year. Providing I could change my working 10 minute passes every now and then. 10 mins on Saturday morning at 07.00-07.10 (I'm NOT a morning person so earlier than that would be a nightmare) and the next working pass at Monday evening 23.50-00.00 would give me a 64 hours and 40 mins break each weekend.
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 9, 2021 22:49:42 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65. What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary. What is this? An experiment for a thesis? Minimum salary per hour or per year? Well, that kind of job might be worth £1 per working pass, so that would be a minimum for someone living nearby. But since I would have to get there by a private plane each day - and yeah I actually do know a pilot - my requirement would be £10M per year. Providing I could change my working 10 minute passes every now and then. 10 mins on Saturday morning at 07.00-07.10 (I'm NOT a morning person so earlier than that would be a nightmare) and the next working pass at Monday evening 23.50-00.00 would give me a 64 hours and 40 mins break each weekend. Annual salary musik, yes. And you can do your Saturday shift effectively on Friday night if you want (Saturday 00:00-00:10) to give you even more time. Would you not consider relocating for the role? £2m a year?
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Feb 10, 2021 0:59:47 GMT
Is this what's known within Network Rail as 'The Sam Vokes' Role?...'
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 10, 2021 1:15:53 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65.What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary. So what happens to you if try to leave after the first year?
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 10, 2021 1:47:44 GMT
You are offered a "job" which involves nothing more than standing on Platform 1 of Stoke train station for ten minutes a day, six days a week. You can choose which six days of each week, Mon-Sun, and you can do the ten minutes at any time of the day between 00:00 and 23:59. You get no holidays and you have to do it until you retire at 65.What would be your minimum salary requirement to accept? You get adjustments for inflation and a full retirement package on the same salary. So what happens to you if try to leave after the first year? You spend a certain amount of time in prison. The length of that time is determined by what your salary was at the station - the higher the salary, the longer the sentence and I definitely had thought of this scenario and haven’t just made this punishment up
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Post by mattyd2 on Feb 10, 2021 7:47:49 GMT
Would you take a job with a 3yr contract where in month 1 you get 1 pence. Months 2 its doubled to 2 pence, then to 4 pence etc etc etc. Most people instinctively say not a chance. In reality month 36 you would pocket almost £700,000,000...
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Post by lordb on Feb 10, 2021 8:21:01 GMT
Would you take a job with a 3yr contract where in month 1 you get 1 pence. Months 2 its doubled to 2 pence, then to 4 pence etc etc etc. Most people instinctively say not a chance. In reality month 36 you would pocket almost £700,000,000... But would have starved to death long before...
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 10, 2021 10:34:21 GMT
So what happens to you if try to leave after the first year? You spend a certain amount of time in prison. The length of that time is determined by what your salary was at the station - the higher the salary, the longer the sentence and I definitely had thought of this scenario and haven’t just made this punishment up Okay I'm interested. How much prison time do you get if your salary was £100k per annum and how much do you get if it was £5,000,000? Cheers
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 10, 2021 11:00:19 GMT
You spend a certain amount of time in prison. The length of that time is determined by what your salary was at the station - the higher the salary, the longer the sentence and I definitely had thought of this scenario and haven’t just made this punishment up Okay I'm interested. How much prison time do you get if your salary was £100k per annum and how much do you get if it was £5,000,000? Cheers One year per 100k p.a. 😊 (it’s meant as a deterrent against this kind of reckoning tbh 😉 )
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 10, 2021 11:19:06 GMT
Okay I'm interested. How much prison time do you get if your salary was £100k per annum and how much do you get if it was £5,000,000? Cheers One year per 100k p.a. 😊 (it’s meant as a deterrent against this kind of reckoning tbh 😉 ) That's an offer I'd seriously have to consider (as I'm sure, would also many others). £100k in return for one year standing on Stoke station 10 mins per day, followed by 12 months bird ... it's extremely tempting! 😉
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Post by mattyd2 on Feb 10, 2021 11:23:39 GMT
Would you take a job with a 3yr contract where in month 1 you get 1 pence. Months 2 its doubled to 2 pence, then to 4 pence etc etc etc. Most people instinctively say not a chance. In reality month 36 you would pocket almost £700,000,000... But would have starved to death long before... Or borrowed a few quid against future earnings, im sure the banks would help.
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Post by PotterLog on Feb 10, 2021 11:52:52 GMT
One year per 100k p.a. 😊 (it’s meant as a deterrent against this kind of reckoning tbh 😉 ) That's an offer I'd seriously have to consider (as I'm sure, would also many others). £100k in return for one year standing on Stoke station 10 mins per day, followed by 12 months bird ... it's extremely tempting! 😉 I don’t think that’s enough cash for a year inside! I’m more along the lines of thinking I’d just do it, for a handsome enough salary. So it would have to be enough to live in a nice house somewhere leafy in the region and take frequent weekend breaks around Europe without expense really being an impediment. Could even have a property in the south of France or something and join the family out there for two- or three-day stretches during holidays. Get the kids set up, not so they don’t have to work or anything, just not to have to worry about uni fees, good deposit for a house etc... plus you get the benefit of all the free time and then a dream retirement. I think I’d do it for 300k a year.
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