{"id":1124,"date":"2019-06-28T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2019-12-16T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:06:22","slug":"overheard-on-the-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/06\/28\/overheard-on-the-spine\/","title":{"rendered":"OVERHEARD ON THE SPINE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overheard conversation between two managers (one senior) walking down the spine one lunchtime:<\/span><\/p>\n

– If they don’t like working here they should just leave.<\/span>
\n– Instead of moaning staff should appreciate how lucky they are working in such a nice environment.<\/span>
\n– It would be good to arrange a meeting to show them all the benefits they get from working here.<\/span>
\n– That’s a good idea!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overheard conversation between two managers (one senior) walking down the spine one lunchtime: – If they don’t like working here they should just leave. – Instead of moaning staff should appreciate how lucky they are working in such a nice … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[527,546],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-issue-189","tag-job-satisfaction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-i8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":321,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/02\/01\/a-dispatch-from-the-front-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":1124,"position":0},"title":"A DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT LINE","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"February 1 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The bomb shelter experience continues to be a popular ride for students and staff alike, leading in some cases to sessions being abandoned or students and lecturers wandering around in search of another teaching venue, traipsing off like a raggle-taggle bunch of travellers vainly looking for a home. subtext understands\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "news"","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":624,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/06\/07\/access-all-areas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1124,"position":1},"title":"ACCESS ALL AREAS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"June 7 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We are all mightily fed-up with navigating our way around the building site that is campus. 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