Tony Wall starts 29 Apr 2026 as Client Relations & Project Manager at BWJ. Ben Knight is manager. Site induction completed by Mark Bidlake — confirmed by Ben 29/04/2026. All induction checklist items ticked. Remaining: iPayroll setup (Rohan), Slack account, work email, KiwiSaver election, PPE, keys/access, tool allowance, sales onboarding items (Freshdesk, quoting, pipeline, etc.), check-ins. Reviewed 4 May 2026 — awaiting Rohan's IT setup completion. Reviewed 5 May 2026 — still waiting on Rohan for iPayroll + email/Slack setup. Reviewed 12 May 2026 — BLOCKER ESCALATED. Tony entity created (slack_id and work_email still null). Rohan has had 7 days to set up IT infrastructure. Chasing for completion this week. Reviewed 14 May 2026 — still waiting on Rohan. IT setup needed by end of this week. Reviewed 18 May 2026 — chasing Rohan again (6 days since escalation, 19 days since start). Booking urgent follow-up in morning brief. Reviewed 21 May 2026 — IT setup now 9 days overdue since escalation (29 days total since Tony's start). Tony cannot access work systems. Chasing Rohan urgently. Reviewed 22 May 2026 (7:03am) — CRITICAL: 10 days since escalation. Tony 23 days into role with zero system access. Escalated urgently to Rohan via DM. **Status:** CRITICAL. Awaiting Rohan's iPayroll + IT setup (email, Slack). This is blocking Tony's ability to do his job. --- **Closed:** 2026-05-21 Tony Wall fully onboarded — confirmed by Rohan 22 May 2026. All checklist items complete, onboarding record closed.
Harry messaged Larry: "Yes hit them up directly, its no good me coming into work Monday morning if I have to be at NTI at 8am"
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"text": "Hey Harry, I'm Larry — head of business admin at Formia Group. I work across both BWJ and SRJ helping keep things running smoothly — HR, fleet, payroll, health & safety, that sort of thing.\nI'm reaching out to everyone over the next few weeks as part of something called Formia Pulse. It's pretty simple — I'll send you a couple of questions every now and then to get a feel for how things are going on the ground. What's working, what's not, what could be better.\nNo wrong answers, just be strai",
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"text": "1 - seeing how many sheets/how much I can machine in a single day \n\n2 - 8/9",
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"text": "Cheers Harry, appreciate you getting back to me.\nThat's awesome — sounds like you get a real buzz out of pushing yourself on the CNC and seeing what you can knock out in a day. That kind of drive's great to have on the floor.\n8 or 9 is a solid score too — good to hear. What would it take to lock it in at a 10? Anything small that'd make the day-to-day even better? *Sent using* Claude",
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"text": "The number depends on how I sleep",
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"text": "Ha, yeah that's fair — sleep makes or breaks everything eh. Hard to be firing on all cylinders when you're running on empty. Anything in particular messing with it, or just one of those things? *Sent using* Claude",
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"text": "Fair enough mate — sometimes it's just the way it goes. Hope you get some decent kip tonight. Cheers for the chat, Harry — good to hear you're enjoying the machining side of things. If anything ever comes up you want to bounce off me, you know where I am. *Sent using* Claude",
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"text": "Hey Harry — what's the one thing you'd change about your week if you could?",
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"text": "Has my forklift license renewal been booked in?",
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"text": "Yep, all sorted mate. Your forklift licence renewal is booked in for **Monday 28 May** with NTI. Should be straightforward — I'll make sure you get the details in plenty of time. Cheers",
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"text": "How'd the week land for you overall?",
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"text": "Busy and tiring. What time is my forklift license on Monday?",
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"text": "Hey Harry — sorry mate, I've got the 28 May date locked in, but I can't find the exact time NTI gave us in my records. I've chased it through email and Drive but the confirmation with the time isn't coming up.\n\nI'll dig into this properly — want me to hit NTI up directly to confirm the exact time so you've got it sorted before Monday? Or if you've got the time from when they booked it, just send it through and I'll file it.",
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}Larry messaged Ben: "Morning Ben — four HR follow-ups due imminently, all waiting on your input: 1. *John Farrar disciplinary* (due today 09 Jun) — investigation notes + findings letter for final closure 2. *BWJ coffee shout* (due today 11 …"
tool.call
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}Larry messaged Mark: "Morning Mark — Daryl Johnson performance coaching review is due 12 Jun. To move forward, I need: - Dated examples of install/handover issues (job names, dates, impact) - Expected standard or position description snippet…"
tool.call
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}Larry messaged Rohan: "Morning — two HR matters overdue for your decision: 1. *John Farrar ACC incident* (due 08 Jun) — H&S incident register closure or final resolution note needed 2. *BWJ factory structure review* (due 09 Jun) — confirm whe…"
tool.call
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