'Government jobs.'
 

I did my apprenticeship at a company that built equipment for the MOD, but 'Government job' meant a 'homer' and was used to get access to materials without signing for them or to get priority for machining work (and of course extra care taken).
My full-time employer later was a vehicle manufacturer. Such jobs were known simply 'homers'.
Rumours suggested that bodywork repaints were being done on nightshift, and this came to a head when a new range of colours was introduced including a striking bright orange. After the first batch of body-shells had been painted (but before completed vehicles had reached the dealers) one 'turned up' in the employee carpark. :confused:
It didn't take long for security to spot it (stupid boy!) and several employees 'left' soon after . . .

The bigger the company the worse it was, visited a workmate at his house and his front door and window frames were all in company colours - 'can't be proved' says he.

one place i worked we called a homer was a GUVVIE,:cool:

People near the top of the tree are just as bad, this manager had to order 30 TV's and the well known fact was only a company who could supply 31 TV's for the price of 30 would get the job - the other one was for himself.

I am sorry to be a killjoy, but it sickens me.

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Government Departments, Agencies, Wholesale.

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Mans inhumanity to man.......