Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
sp: send/ second On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Ant Miller wrote: > There's no standards war inside the BBC- there are a large number of very > clever people, and in areas where new technology is to be developed and > deployed, there are often intense discussions of what the best course of > a

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
There's no standards war inside the BBC- there are a large number of very clever people, and in areas where new technology is to be developed and deployed, there are often intense discussions of what the best course of action is. To be honest, that's one of the best bits about working here- pretty

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 7 September 2010 11:00, Ant Miller wrote: > Yeah, we really should get our job descriptions checked for plain english- > the BBC has a whole language of it's own in many areas, and unfortunately I > think it can act as a barier to getting people in. > I really thought that was the idea. I m

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Richard P Edwards
Aha, thanks Simon ... confusion over. :-) On 7 Sep 2010, at 11:39, Simon Thompson wrote: > 9 is the pay grade, not the number of days - 9D means a grade 9 person on > days conditions. > > It may be a continuing or fixed term contract. > > > On 7 September 2010 10:23, Richard P Edwards wrote:

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
Yeah, we really should get our job descriptions checked for plain english- the BBC has a whole language of it's own in many areas, and unfortunately I think it can act as a barier to getting people in. If people would like to give us feedback or send us questions regarding this job add we'll try a

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Simon Thompson
9 is the pay grade, not the number of days - 9D means a grade 9 person on days conditions. It may be a continuing or fixed term contract. On 7 September 2010 10:23, Richard P Edwards wrote: > This is why I find the 9 days bit intriguing. In the "old" days I used to > put in 120 hour weeks, so

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Richard P Edwards
This is why I find the 9 days bit intriguing. In the "old" days I used to put in 120 hour weeks, so I know exactly what you mean by addiction... the interesting part is that the UK seems to have gone to part time contracts where, as Simon says, you can work an 80 hour week with no overtime. OK,

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Simon Thompson
Nope, on days condition you get paid for each day you work - overtime is only available if you work more days than you should in a week. So you could work 80 hours over 5 days and get 0 overtime. (Overtime is paid in days off in lieu - except in special circumstances) On 7 September 2010 09:20, R

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 7 Sep 2010, at 09:20, Richard P Edwards wrote: > Is that a 56 hour week with overtime only after that point then? I doubt it - someone who excels at a job as cool as this one - is likely to be very hard to control - and won't let himself or herself limited to a mere 56 hours :) This type of

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Richard P Edwards
Is that a 56 hour week with overtime only after that point then? RichE On 7 Sep 2010, at 10:06, Ant Miller wrote: > it sort of makes sense, in that we still have some operational support > roles that are shift based, and some part time. having days and hours > terms for role grades ensures these

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
it sort of makes sense, in that we still have some operational support roles that are shift based, and some part time. having days and hours terms for role grades ensures these peoples pay and conditions are always part of the collective terms of employment. On 9/7/10, Gordon Joly wrote: > On

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
it sort of makes sense, in that we still have some operational support roles that are shift based, and some part time. having days and hours ares for role grades ensures these peoples pay and conditions are always part of the collective terms of employment. On 9/7/10, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 0

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Gordon Joly
On 07/09/2010 08:40, Ant Miller wrote: and that's "days" as opposed to "hours" in case anyone was wondering if there was going to be a nocturnal equivalent role. How very quaint... and out of sync with modern employment practices (bar the Post Office). Gordo -- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@po

Re: [backstage] Internet Standards role

2010-09-07 Thread Ant Miller
and that's "days" as opposed to "hours" in case anyone was wondering if there was going to be a nocturnal equivalent role. On 9/6/10, Tim Dobson wrote: > People might be interested in this role that seems to be creating a bit > of a buzz > > http://jobs.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=