Interruption to visits

[Barman]

Haven't done 35 years just a paltry 24 at this place, so no watch.

Am due for a meeting at noon where my fate will be determined. Have presumed that this was final, all done and dusted, but this morning have had an email from marketing girl saying that last weeks board meeting has decided to set up a working party to handle the re-branding of the company and I am included. Don't know what's going on now, if I go today what kind of message are they sending out to the rest of the company?

Strange or daft?

Neither... just driven by bean counters like most other businesses these days... 

Let it be known that you have taken up the muslim faith recently and will consider it an insult to Muhammad (PBUH) is you are let go... 

[tel]

Well that's it, the deed done.

Am now on gardening leave until 30th April. Just clearing my desk and saying goodbye to a few people.

[Barman]

Well that's it, the deed done.

Am now on gardening leave until 30th April. Just clearing my desk and saying goodbye to a few people.

Poor you... 

A good payout?

[Snoopy]

Sorry to hear that tel but it's an ill wind and all that stuff. Don't see it as an end but as a new beginning.

[Uncle Mort]

What Snoopy said.

[The Moan Ranger]

See you soon tel - should be at HQ by five o'clock.

[tel]

Will walk away with about a years money, half of that an ex gratia payment.

I will console myself with a pint of Youngs later at HQ.

[Snoopy]

Will walk away with about a years money, half of that an ex gratia payment.

I will console myself with a pint of Youngs later at HQ.

   Better than a kick in the crotch mate. Thing is to not waste the chance or the money. Bank it and seek new horizons.

Biggest problem I encountered was that the monthly bills still keep coming in and, of course, the credit cards still need servicing. I would suggest putting the cards on ice until a new position is found ... I've seen too many keep spending at their old level by using one card to pay off another etc. I knew I was not going to work again and had to accept that earnings/income was reduced by 66% so I cut up all cards and made arrangements with the card companies to freeze interest and accept token payments until I got sorted. You are, fortunately, not in the position of not being able to seek more work but it may take a few months before you feel confident enough to resume living at recent standards.

[Barman]

Will walk away with about a years money, half of that an ex gratia payment.

I will console myself with a pint of Youngs later at HQ.

Don’t forget that redundancy pay is tax free too! 

[tel]

Mortgage finishes in November. one loan to be paid off and no debt anywhere else, just the usual bills. Will have to sit and budget things out.

Will wait for my pension details to come through, could take it as I am over 50. Also have AVCs but don't know what I can do with them yet.

Basically no panic.

Boss was disconcerted by calmness, enough to comment about it, but then he should know me well enough to know that I don't do headless chicken routines.

[tel]

3 months notice money is still taxable and NI'able.

[tel]

I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.

[Barman]

I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.

I guess they knew you would take them or fuck them anyway! 

[Snoopy]

And of course you can claim no benefits (Job Seekers etc) until they deem you to have spent all your redundancy etc but you MUST still register at the Job Centre and suffer the humiliation of being "advised" by a spotted youth or stupid female returnee to work after the "having a family" gap of eighteen years the minute your employment ceases to get the NI credited or they will be chasing you for a lump sum to bring OAP up to date (they usually start that one just before your 60th birthday!)

[Snoopy]

I have also been told that I can keep all my computer kit and gadgets.

I guess they knew you would take hemor fuck them anyway! 

I think I understand that BM .... less whistling, more typing I feel