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Priceless

Cost of using pre-existing 12 seater room: Nothing

Cost of partitioning 70 seater room on floor above for three months: Approx £5,000 + unquantifiable disruption to staff and students, not to mention permanent damage to the floor and ceiling

The expression on my face as I bang it against the desk at hearing the decision made: Priceless.

So I know there has been this project that is going on in HR for some time now to do with migrating information from one db to another. Rumours are its going to go very tits up and they are looking for a scapegoat. This is where IS come in.

As part of this migration they are employing 12 temps for a period of 3 months to do data entry of confidential information (presumably including my own so I do have a vested interest, although why they don't write some script I do not know, but hey). They don't believe its safe to have the documents leave the building (but they think its safe to get 12 people off the street - go figure), so need to locate a suitable room within the 12 floors/14,000sq ft available. They have approached the Head of Estates requesting the room, who not being able to see further than his nose hair or wanting to be a scapegoat has designated they have part of one of our rooms for the duration as there are no other rooms available. My arse. No, really. My arse.

However, I have been told we are not going to argue, because if we do we will get the blame for holding the project up. We did suggest alternatives, such as the 12 seater computer room on the floor below, but no, this is not what their boss has told them to do.

As such they will be taking a 72 seater computer room complete with fully functional AV equipment, and build a stud partitioned wall to restrict access to 12 machines (although a further 12 will rendered inaccessible), restricting usage for lecturers, disabling the AV, and generally ruining the floor and ceiling when its taken out. All of this because the Head of HR is looking for a scapegoat, the Head of Estates doesn't want to either be said goat or be perceived as having the intelligence of one, and no one in their respective departments will point out the stupidity of this project to either.

"There are some things money can't buy(intelligence for example), for everything else there's Management."

I wonder if I hit my head hard enough the pain will stop...

26 May 2004 16:24 | (0) comments | Work

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