REDUNDINATED

[kingandy]

I am officially no longer employed by Delivered Solutions Ltd. Apparently Len's negotiations are taking longer than expected (ie he is refusing to give in on some points that the administrators are, at this point, unable to change), and the administrators can't afford to keep us on the payroll during this process, so. I am now in Ilkley, about to proceed to the job centre because it's important to get that first point of contact in as soon as possible.

I'm not sure what this means for my two-home lifestyle. I would like to keep renting stsquad's room and basement as long as possible. I may actually be able to spend more time there now ... though I will have to drive back to Yorkshire fortnightly to sign on (unless I can get it moved), and petrol ain't cheap. And there's not a great deal of room there for clothing, if I want to move in on a more permanent basis.

It's possible that Len will even pull his finger out and offer us all further employment. I'm not certain I would accept. Work is work, but Len remains unchangeably Len.

Comments

[stsquad.livejournal.com]

Arse. Well I guess thats your choices made for you. Have you been there long enough to get any decent redundancy?

Don't worry about rent - give me a call/chat next time your manchester way. I'm sure we can come to an arrangement, I've housed the jobless before....

[zheers.livejournal.com]

SO what are you will to accept if not cash? you told me you wherent interested?

I should be going the job centre early next week as well, maybe we could get burly manual labour type jobs and hang around on street corners drinking endless cups of tea together?

[kingandy]

I don't know about burly manual labour, but I'm sure we could hang out some time. Assuming Len doesn't call. Which I am.

[zheers.livejournal.com]

hmmm. so. you have lots of free time?

let me tell you a little story, it involves everquest 2.....

SO what are you will to accept if not cash?

[anne-l-davies.livejournal.com]

Cleaning, generally. Products should still be under the kitchen sink....

[tallulahs.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell, it's job hell 'up north' this week.

[myki.livejournal.com]

Gizza job.. g’wan.. gizza job… gizza job…

[tallulahs.livejournal.com]

you could be my underdesk hygeniest.

[myki.livejournal.com]

My sympathy matey… I hope it turns out fine after fingers have been pulled out and suchlike. If your views turn towards moving to Manchester permanently (move to Bolton! move to Bolton! move to Bolton! move to Bolton!) and need a house matey, let me know…

[tallulahs.livejournal.com]

MOVE TO TAUNTON MOVE TO TAUNTON MOVE TO TAUNTON - we need more beautiful people down here.

[kingandy]

I am permanently moved to Manchester! My current Ilkley home address is merely a temporary aberration...

(Note that I include Bolton in Manchester, in the sense that it's not Yorkshire.)

Do you think you could live with a Bacony? I hear she's still interested in my companionship. Hell, if we get three more people we could probably buy that bigass house by the Lion...

[myki.livejournal.com]

She would be a lovely house person. Of course, they won't give us a mortgage unless we have jobs first y'know... And then not until we've worked at them for more than 6 months.

Regardless... Yes... that would be lovely.

[gowhonker.livejournal.com]

You now, they don't actually check what you tell them.
I didn't tell you that.

[myki.livejournal.com]

Hmm… Newsletter... Like… subscription

[spodula.livejournal.com]

This seems like a very bad month for people around here :-(

[blue-room.livejournal.com]

Mark W: Bugger, it's appears that businesses in the north have taken to giving people pink slips as a Christmas pressie :(. *hugs* And good luck in getting job stuff, January is usually a good time for this so use december to get ready for a big push and take some holiday :).

[morningstar-lj.livejournal.com]

Good luck. Im sure that the boundless love that the whole world has for Andy will encompass gainful emplyment very soon.

You should definitely sort out a place in Manchester, but the coolest part is undoubtedly more towards Bury than Bolton.

[arwel.livejournal.com]

Bum.

we have spare jobs

[ajon.livejournal.com]

Hi Andy,

Don't know if it's of any interest whatsoever but our sister company also in Blackburn has 'puter jobs going. http://www.prometheanworld.com/corporate/html/about/careers/publish/index.html

You wouldn't be working with me though (probably a good thing).

Al x

Re: we have spare jobs

[phil-girl.livejournal.com]

I never knew you worked for Promethian - we used to be resellers for their interactive whiteboards, but didn't sell any.

Re: we have spare jobs

[ajon.livejournal.com]

Promethean is our mother company - we were called TDS (terminal display systems) Promethean and then split into TDS, Promethean and Dynamax but all before I started. But kind of.

They have made a LOT of money from £6million 5 years ago to £65 million this year.

[angelic-angie.livejournal.com]

Bad news honey, hope you get something soon.

*hugs*

[samharber.livejournal.com]

How about this?

[kingandy]

Nice, apart from the bit about .NET. I don't know the first thing about it. Cheers anyway...

[jewelstar93.livejournal.com]

I'll be sending good job energy your way.

Hugs

[pkgem.livejournal.com]

Arse.
My advice is to apply for as many jobs as possible, at least as first, even those that you may not feel you are qualified for. Employers don't always know precisely what they want, agencies lie about job specs and its best to refresh your interview skills on jobs your not really interested in so that your prepped and confident for those you are interested in.
Good luck. You will find something.