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 From:  koswix    29 Jun 2012 20:27 
 To:  MrTrent      52 of 128 
39653.52 In reply to 39653.50 
Compassionate leave springs to mind, as does the regs for carers... But given your a Legal, I'm going to say I don't know :C 



                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)   30 Jun 2012 12:36 
 To:  koswix       53 of 128 
39653.53 In reply to 39653.1 
So, how did it go?? I barely slept last night, tell me!!
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 From:  koswix    30 Jun 2012 15:33 
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)      54 of 128 
39653.54 In reply to 39653.53 

Msg:39653.44

 

 




                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)   30 Jun 2012 18:59 
 To:  koswix       55 of 128 
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Oh! so no then? :(
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 From:  Linn (INDYLS)   1 Jul 2012 01:45 
 To:  koswix       56 of 128 
39653.56 In reply to 39653.54 

You only said it was painful and horrible. All interviews are like that! No chance at all?

 

{{{Kos}}}
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 From:  koswix    1 Jul 2012 12:11 
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)      57 of 128 
39653.57 In reply to 39653.56 
Not unless the other candidates chose to smear their faces with their own poo and answer all the questions in the style of a paranoid, hunted man who'd been living in the woods surviving on instinct for the last 20 years with no real human contact.



                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  patch   1 Jul 2012 12:47 
 To:  koswix       58 of 128 
39653.58 In reply to 39653.57 
So there's at least a slight chance, then?
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 From:  Mikee   3 Jul 2012 16:20 
 To:  ALL 59 of 128 
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I don't have an 'issue' to talk about, so much, but there's a lot happening here right now!

 

A few months ago they got rid of most of the management team (I was lucky enough to stay) - about 4-5 people.
I got a bit worried and found myself a new place, which I start at in a few weeks..
Yesterday they made about 6 more people redundant...
Because of that, 2 people have handed their notice in today, and probably another very soon..

 

Crazy stuff. Company has shrunk from about 30 people to almost half the size in just a few months.
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 From:  JonCooper   3 Jul 2012 17:16 
 To:  Mikee      60 of 128 
39653.60 In reply to 39653.59 
do they know you plan to leave yet? (can you get made redundant too?)
Jon
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 From:  Mikee   3 Jul 2012 17:16 
 To:  JonCooper      61 of 128 
39653.61 In reply to 39653.60 
Yeah I handed my notice in over a month ago now.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   3 Jul 2012 17:47 
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Not exactly a question. But my contract ends on the 31st September. I better start looking for a new job. Not looking forward to taking a pay cut.
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   3 Jul 2012 18:37 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      63 of 128 
39653.63 In reply to 39653.62 
*30th (fail)
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   4 Jul 2012 07:39 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      64 of 128 
39653.64 In reply to 39653.63 
You've got one less day than you thought you had! :'D

bastard by name, bastard by nature
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   4 Jul 2012 10:50 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      65 of 128 
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:((
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 From:  DSLPete (THE_TGG)   10 Jul 2012 11:46 
 To:  koswix       66 of 128 
39653.66 In reply to 39653.1 
Am I too late to ask a question? It's not a problem just something I would be interested to see if there are any laws about.
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 From:  koswix    10 Jul 2012 12:33 
 To:  DSLPete (THE_TGG)      67 of 128 
39653.67 In reply to 39653.66 

I'm waiting to here if I have an interview for another, better job*, doing similar stuff, so shoot!

 

 

 

*better = less management stuff, fewer hours, twice the money




                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  DSLPete (THE_TGG)   10 Jul 2012 12:45 
 To:  koswix       68 of 128 
39653.68 In reply to 39653.67 

So I work in the UK for our UK company, however we have a subsidiary in the US.

 

I seem to find myself working out in the US office for 4-8 weeks a year in 2 week blocks, usually flying out at weekends and generally eating into "non 9-5" time as transatlantic flying would do. Obviously work provide accommodation/car/flights/spending money etc.

 

I don't have a problem with it (I like it, in fact) however is there anything I should be aware of, or anything particular they should be providing me, e.g. if I fly on a Saturday > Saturday I am effectively using up 3 weekends of my own time for the purposes of travelling for work. Should this be reimbursed somehow?

 

The same applied I guess for when I go to London for the day. The train typically leaves early and arrives back at 8-9pm, which is clearly longer than a typical office day.

 

Saying that I have no official contract that I have ever signed which limits me to certain working hours, so maybe I have no rights?
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 From:  koswix    10 Jul 2012 12:54 
 To:  DSLPete (THE_TGG)      69 of 128 
39653.69 In reply to 39653.68 

travel time should be counted/reimbursed in some form, the details would normally be in your contract. Do you have an employee handbook or anything? That would form part of your terms and conditions (regardless whether you have signed anything).

 

You shouldn't be working more than 48 hours in a week without having signed a Work Time Directive waver, but I'm not sure off the top of my head how travel time fits into that.

 

Essentially you are giving up time for which you are not being paid (directly). If you're happy with the amount of time you give vs salary received, then there's no problem really. But you are still giving up your weekends, unpaid, so you do have valid grounds to ask for some kind of recompense for that (extra holiday days? cash? whatever).




                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  DSLPete (THE_TGG)   10 Jul 2012 12:55 
 To:  koswix       70 of 128 
39653.70 In reply to 39653.69 

I see, as I thought then tbh.

 

They fly my family out too so can't (and don't) complain really.
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 From:  koswix    10 Jul 2012 13:13 
 To:  DSLPete (THE_TGG)      71 of 128 
39653.71 In reply to 39653.70 
Well that does seem like a fair exchange to me, it depends on whether you're happy with the arrangement tbh! 



                                                
                                                
                                                
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