Recent content by Navy_Pete

Fair enough, but is that not more of an underlying corporate HR policy issue that was only really exposed by some people screwing the pooch? It seems like WFH is having a really good benefit for at least half the staff, so a fairly reasonable example of where 'one size fits all' is really...

Yeah, I get it; I would hate that too, but I guess it would be a referred anger at the general state of things. The flipside is when I get an HPR, chase down an OPDEF/PREQ and can't do anything about it, at least in WFH I can quietly hold my head in my hands for a bit before marshalling the...

Interesting article, but it's always a challenge to measure employee productivity in knowledge based jobs (especially when you aren't making widgets). I generally put in more hours WFH compared to WFO, and am able to adjust my schedule at short notice to support people in Halifax/Esquimalt...

I get that, and have had the same from both the ship side and within Ottawa, but that's really nothing to do with the merits of hybrid work vice working in the office (and there are still plenty of people on the coasts doing hybrid work, which makes sense for the jobs). The same people that...

Don't worry, they are looking at forcing all military members back to the office 5 days a week, regardless of what your job is and how successful remote work is, so the next CDS can look forward to a lot of pissed off people that have arbitrarily lost a benefit because someone with a corner...

It's sort of both; the hulls, piping and other basics are in bad shape, but we have thousands of obsolete widgets, sub systems and major systems that are at end of life and not supported by the OEMs. We replaced the DGs on the CPFs because there were only 54 left in operation in the world (12...

The NSS specifically rules out the 3 yards from ships over 1000 tonnes, so call me cynical why there are lobbyists 'recommending' Canada look at something in the 1500-2000 tonne range. The beauty of the MCDVs is they are small and cheap to operate while providing some capability without needing...

Aside from hosting the reserve units and usually some cadet squads, aren't those usually also part of various emergency response plans for the areas? Not a whole lot of places where you can quarter a lot of people in short notice, and thought they had some folks sleeping there for the wildfire...

Not sure if it's helpful, but found out last year you can add 'intermediary reviewers' so that it's not going from the author all the way up the chain to the RO (potentially skipping most of the CoC). That was something the Pace manager could add on, but may have been a unit thing where they...

The story was updated about a month ago that the charges were dropped against both members, and just against DND still. Seems a lot like ivory tower prosecution from someone down south, but good news for both the CAF folks.

It's closer to the convention center, but there are already some hotels closer to the airport that are 6-8 stories, so it's all relative. Easy enough though to get 50 units in a 6-8 story building without having a huge footprint, and 8 ish units per floor seems pretty common downtown, with more...

Was talking to someone getting posted in this summer; the waiting list for priority 1 folks is over a hundred (ie more than the PMQs if everyone there gets posted out). Not keeping a lot of the land after tearing down PMQs and SQs was another huge mistake, hopefully they don't start selling off...

This is always such a horse shit approach. Usually the attrition is the people you can least afford to lose, and the peopel that get paid well to make 'placemat summaries' or 'quicklook rollup tables' or whatever other executive info graphic BS flavour of the day just keep making up colourful...

Environmental regs aside, your shouldn't paint generally unless you properlly prep and have good conditions. Otherwise you lock in salt to the coating and create rust, and the paint doesn't stick anyway or cure properly. Steel ships rust in salt water, people just need to give their nuts a tug...

That annoyed the shit outta me, seeing whales and dolphins in the middle of the ocean is amazing, but the BWKs wouldn't usually say anything because it just meant paperwork (reasonable). I told them I'd write the message as the UEnvo if they saw something during the day and wanted to make the...