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| schestowitz[TR2] | "Over the last few months we’ve seen Microsoft (among a few other companies) push the idea that the future of Windows is as an “Agentic” AI system. | Dec 12 04:10 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | The focus on Windows being “Agentic” has been extensive, including adding what they have termed AI “Agents” in the Windows Taskbar. | Dec 12 04:10 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Now, The Linux Foundation has created the “Agentic AI Foundation”… with, you guessed it, Microsoft as a founding member. | Dec 12 04:10 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It’s worth noting that Microsoft sits on the Board of Directors for the Linux Foundation (and pays the Linux Foundation for that Board seat)." | Dec 12 04:10 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "ANNEX 1: Template email to your manager | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Please use only the parts which apply to you and that you feel comfortable sending. Delete or | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | adapt the rest. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Dear [Name], | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Thank you for our meeting of XX regarding objective setting / I have | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | considered the targets set for 2026 / [OTHER INTRODUCTION WHICH YOU | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ARE COMFORTABLE WITH]. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | On [DATE], my objectives were set at [FILL IN]. As always, I commit | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | to working to the best of my abilities throughout 2026. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | However, I regret to inform you that I cannot commit to the proposed | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | objectives for the following reasons: | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - The objectives represent an increase in production of + [FILL | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IN]% and + [FILL IN]% in productivity compared to 2025. AND/OR | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The objectives include the following additional tasks: [LIST NEW | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | TASKS YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ACCOMPLISH]. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - These increases are not aligned with the EPO’s Financial Study | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2023, which foresees an annual productivity increase of +2.1% | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | per FTE. Over the past [FILL IN] years, my targets have increased | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | by [FILL IN]p.p., which is much higher than the Financial Study’s | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | requirements. I therefore kindly request that my targets be | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | adjusted accordingly. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - My targets seem to have been set without considering my | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | experience, the complexity of the files I must treat, or my | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | additional responsibilities. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - I value challenging but achievable objectives. This is | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | particularly important given that I had little or no input in | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | defining and setting my final objectives. The Central Staff | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Committee as well as the Local Staff Committee The Hague6 have | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | repeatedly requested a bottom-up approach, but these requests | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | seem to have fallen on deaf ears. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - During a recent meeting with the LSCTH, VP1 stated that the | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | target setting process “must remain fair and transparent”7. I do | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | not believe that the current exercise meets these standards. | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | [ADD FURTHER REASONING IF NEEDED] | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - No plan has been presented on how I am expected to reach these | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | objectives. Without instructions, guidance, or a feasibility" | Dec 12 04:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "4 | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | assessment, it is unclear how these targets can realistically | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | be met. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - Therefore, my intention to work together with the team to achieve | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | good results finds its limits in my duty to adhere to the | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | requirements of the EPC and PCT, the decisions of the Enlarged | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Board of Appeal, and the Guidelines for Search and Examination. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If the objectives implicitly require working beyond these | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | boundaries, I respectfully kindly request written instructions | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | and a written plan on how to do so, so that (1) the responsibility | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | for the quality of “products” and the consequences thereof will | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | not be placed at my door, and (2) an objective gap analysis can | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | periodically be performed. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - The SP2028 mentions: “putting the wellbeing of our people first” | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (p.17) and stresses the need “for a complete and accurate search | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | covering all aspects of the invention and a thorough written | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | opinion.”, (p.42). I cannot meet the assigned targets without | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | compromising my health or the quality of the final product. I | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | therefore kindly request written instructions that clarify how | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | these objectives are to be reached without such compromises. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - My time capacity does not seem to have been calculated correctly. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | My parental leave/ home leave / unpaid leave/ part-time / | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | [PLANNED MEDICAL INTERVENTION] were not deducted from the total | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | working days. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - Significant time spent on training, (team) meetings, system | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | disturbances, etc… amounting to approximately [FILL IN AN | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ESTIMATON OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS THIS WOULD TAKE YOU] days, has | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | not been taken into consideration. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - The EPO-endorsed working tools have not evolved in a way which | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | could help me increase productivity since 2025 and nothing has | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | changed in the way I am expected to work. My 2025 target was | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | [FILL IN YOUR TARGET FOR 2025], and I see no operational | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | development that would justify the increase. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - According to the EPO intranet8, “the Office will continue to | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | simplify and digitalise its processes, advance PGP tools and | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | leverage AI to meet evolving user needs”. AI tools are being | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | touted as productivity boosters, but I have not received a time | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | budget for training on AI tools nor clear guidelines for their | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | expected use. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - The ratio Search / Actions without point / Grants is influenced | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | by management decisions and/or change of work priority during | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | the year, all of which are beyond my control. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | - The files in Search/Examination allocated to me may fall outside | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | my technical expertise, as has already happened in the past OR | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | as already announced. These take substantially more time to | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | process in EPC-compliant manner." | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I therefore express strong reservations against the production and | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | productivity objectives that are set for me for 2026. Nevertheless, | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | as stated above, you may of course continue to count on me to work to | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | the best of my abilities in 2026, as I always have. | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Best regards | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | [YOUR NAME]" | Dec 12 04:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "In this paper we recommend - as advised by management - to re-discuss high targets, and provide an updated template email to your line management../ To help us build a comprehensive picture of what is happening across the work floor we would appreciate it if you could forward a copy of your email to xxxx. Your questions, comments and requests for assistance are as always more than welcome." | Dec 12 04:21 |
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