One of my first jobs, aged 18, (the first one that was medium term - I did 7 years for them in the end) had a uniform policy requiring staff to wear a company branded polo shirt. For some reason I di… (View Post)

I don't understand how this lot can be quite so bad at the basic stuff like this. They correctly identified a massive problem. They possibly identified the correct solution*. They then chose a route … (View Post)

My sister is on one. Suits her brilliantly, she's got a really good working relationship with her employer, between them they agree on an amount of work which she can manage around childcare (she's g… (View Post)

Is 23 miles really that un-typical a commute outside of cities? I'm currently doing exactly that distance to my work. Very rare it takes as much as 30 minutes, 65-70mpg from my old diesel car means i… (View Post)

It's an interesting question. I recently went to the National Railway Museum in York and requested to view a number of steam locomotive drawings which interested me, dating from between 1850 and 1875… (View Post)