Debs, I'm so sorry to hear your news. As other said, latest arrival should be redundant. It's hard to everyone, but younger people might easier find new employment. Finger crossed for you!
LB, I'm glad that Cricket is settled in his home. He looks very comfortable.
Hazel, hope you had restful night, and that you feel better.
I'm off to school. Another spring morning with wind. After school I'll go to GC to collect potatoes and onions. They called my yesterday that my order arrived. My finger was like shish kebab yesterday, but now is much better. No pain at all, just lovely colour.
Good morning Ante and all later arrivals. Off to the GC at 09:00 today - luckily it is predominantly undercover. I'll let you guess why. I am going to sow some of the tomato seeds I saved from last year's crop - following that hint from Monty. If the germination fails I will still have time to buy some seeds. I can just imagine the colour of your finger Ante.
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Good morning Ruby. If it is anything like my weather where you are today, I cannot see you getting into your garden so it could be a crafting day maybe?
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Good morning all. Torrential rain here today. I am trying hard to not to stress about work but not looking forward to the next few weeks as everyone is naturally very distressed and anxious. Not a good atmosphere at all. I wish I could just leave but I can’t afford to and I don’t feel ready to retire yet. My colleagues are friends and the whole situation is horrible.
Hope your finger improves soon @Ante1 @Ladybird4 lovely photo of Cricket, have fun at the GC.
Thanks for your concern everyone hope you all have a good day today.
Morning all. Damp, raining, windy and miserable here this morning. Electrician coming any time now.Better nights sleep and feeling brighter this morning.
Debs, the situation you and your friends are in is very stressful and an anxious time. maybe during this time of uncertainty you could start to plan and keep an eye out for alternative employment. ( hopefully you won’t need to implement the latter). I did this when the Civil Service was decreasing its numbers of employees, shutting offices and merging Departments and we had to fight for our jobs by preparing what our skills were with examples and all sorts of other things. I tried to prepare myself for the worst and best scenario and made plans to put finances in order and generally allowed myself the time to process the idea of any changes which may affect me. We even had to go through a degrading process of attending a motivational Speakers meeting, where the chap doing the talk was getting paid £6000 for telling us how to cope. We were in this state of limbo for two years whilst the powers that be decided what they wanted to do to achieve their goals and targets. Degrading time all round and no way to live really. I am hoping for the best for you.
Thanks @Songbird-2. I think the younger full time staff are already job hunting and I know I should do the same. If this had happened pre covid I could have just left work and been supported by fiancé but his health and the impact on our savings of the pandemic mean that’s not possible and I think he feels awful about that.
I was just hoping to stay in my job, maybe reduce my hours a little and enjoy the last few years before retirement. You have rightly pointed out that lots of people face worse all the time. That period of uncertainty must have been terrible for you. I am so sorry you had to go through it.
Onwards and upwards. I am going to look for another job I think. I don’t have a lot of skills but there is plenty of unskilled work out there. Thanks again.
Our friend has just rung to say they can't come to stay today as she isn't well. Thinks it's a UTI and if her GP gives her antibiotics they may come tomorrow. OH is disappointed, he has known them a long time.
I planted my new bare root rose yesterday, Purple Skyliner.
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Morning all. Good session in the garden yesterday but it's damp again this morning so might do a trial pack. Really hoping I can get away with a smaller wheeled suitcase rather than an alternative larger but rather unwieldy bag. Fortunately we're light travellers compared to many people.
Ante - ouch - your poor finger. I can swear in 3 languages but Croatian isn't one of them. Suspect I might have learned some new vocabulary on Monday....😂
LB - That Cricket is looking like one chilled dude.
BL - Glad you had a good time at PB's - I'm probably overdue a trip there.
Debs - I am so sorry to read of the problems at work. Been there, done that. Very upsetting and disorientating especially if it was unexpected. I can only echo what Hazel said re spending the next few weeks in preparation - both to fight for your job and to look for a new one.
I know this is easier said than done, but is there anyway in which you can look upon the possibility of redundancy as a new opportunity? Is there any job you've always wanted to do? an interest, skill or hobby you could turn into a business? a chance to work alongside your fiance? You've just had a big birthday but you still have enough working years ahead of you to make a new career.
Presumably you would receive a redundancy payment which you could put towards realising these dreams by paying for equipment or retraining or provide a financial buffer if your dream job was lower paid or you needed to do some unpaid work to get a shoe-in? We did it many years ago when OH was a miner. It was a nail biting and unsettling time but we made the very difficult decision for him to leave a well paid, stable job (but with a doomed future) and apply for voluntary redundancy at a time of our choosing. Somehow it just felt better that we were more in control of the situation. The redundancy payment allowed him to take a much lower paid job in his new career. That gave him the required experience and hours to move on to better positions. Leaving mining was, ultimately, the best thing we ever did.
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I'm sorry to hear of the uncertainty. The very idea of the possibility can cause immense turmoil - especially if you can't do without it.
Debs, I'm so sorry to hear your news. As other said, latest arrival should be redundant. It's hard to everyone, but younger people might easier find new employment. Finger crossed for you!
I'm off to school. Another spring morning with wind. After school I'll go to GC to collect potatoes and onions. They called my yesterday that my order arrived. My finger was like shish kebab yesterday, but now is much better. No pain at all, just lovely colour.
Wish you a nice day and see you later.
@Ladybird4 lovely photo of Cricket, have fun at the GC.
Debs, the situation you and your friends are in is very stressful and an anxious time. maybe during this time of uncertainty you could start to plan and keep an eye out for alternative employment. ( hopefully you won’t need to implement the latter).
I did this when the Civil Service was decreasing its numbers of employees, shutting offices and merging Departments and we had to fight for our jobs by preparing what our skills were with examples and all sorts of other things.
I tried to prepare myself for the worst and best scenario and made plans to put finances in order and generally allowed myself the time to process the idea of any changes which may affect me. We even had to go through a degrading process of attending a motivational Speakers meeting, where the chap doing the talk was getting paid £6000 for telling us how to cope. We were in this state of limbo for two years whilst the powers that be decided what they wanted to do to achieve their goals and targets. Degrading time all round and no way to live really. I am hoping for the best for you.
Our friend has just rung to say they can't come to stay today as she isn't well. Thinks it's a UTI and if her GP gives her antibiotics they may come tomorrow. OH is disappointed, he has known them a long time.
I planted my new bare root rose yesterday, Purple Skyliner.
Ante - ouch - your poor finger. I can swear in 3 languages but Croatian isn't one of them. Suspect I might have learned some new vocabulary on Monday....😂
LB - That Cricket is looking like one chilled dude.
BL - Glad you had a good time at PB's - I'm probably overdue a trip there.
Debs - I am so sorry to read of the problems at work. Been there, done that. Very upsetting and disorientating especially if it was unexpected. I can only echo what Hazel said re spending the next few weeks in preparation - both to fight for your job and to look for a new one.
I know this is easier said than done, but is there anyway in which you can look upon the possibility of redundancy as a new opportunity? Is there any job you've always wanted to do? an interest, skill or hobby you could turn into a business? a chance to work alongside your fiance? You've just had a big birthday but you still have enough working years ahead of you to make a new career.
Presumably you would receive a redundancy payment which you could put towards realising these dreams by paying for equipment or retraining or provide a financial buffer if your dream job was lower paid or you needed to do some unpaid work to get a shoe-in?
We did it many years ago when OH was a miner. It was a nail biting and unsettling time but we made the very difficult decision for him to leave a well paid, stable job (but with a doomed future) and apply for voluntary redundancy at a time of our choosing. Somehow it just felt better that we were more in control of the situation.
The redundancy payment allowed him to take a much lower paid job in his new career. That gave him the required experience and hours to move on to better positions. Leaving mining was, ultimately, the best thing we ever did.