to wonder what IPOAT stands for?

[Hullygully]

Oh fist shaking is fine.

10 fucking weeks though! That'll be fun for everyone

Jins - did you get the length of service sorted out?

10 weeks! Are they insane?

ten weeks

dp got 4 weeks, from "reviewing your position" to "out you go, old fella" and has just finished (as of yesterday).

He went from mild mannered Good Egg type in week 1 to fucking fuming in week 4

however he has managed to milk it and now everyone feels sorry for him and hates management

are you public or private sector, Jins?

...ignore if that's overly impertinent

4 weeks consultation period then 6 weeks notice period.

I'm private sector - you know the sector where they take plasma from a stone when they run out of blood

They had me down for a month less service as well. Still the 4 weeks consultation takes me into the next year

Instant Paranoia On Amphetamines, Tragically

well that teaches me for not realising this is an old thread. Sorry folks.

LOL - no worries babyheave

Always nice to see a new face

it's rotten, rotten I tell thee

dp also private sector.

can you do a lot of swanning around? or is there no scope?

I believe that I am entitled to reasonable time off for job hunting. I'm taking that as a day a week, maybe more

two at least, surely?

two sounds even more reasonable to me

Three. Fact.

But then there won't be any time free to be off sick!

Jins how about Fridays/Mondays sick, Tues and Weds jobhunting?

speaking of 'plasma from a stone' have just found out that HR at dp's ex company made twins who'd been working in the same office together for donkey's years apply for one job

...having twins myself am (possibly) overly sentimental about twins. Not my twins, of course. Just other people's.

What's dp going to do, shj?

And how come you are home-edding "accidentally"?

hold on- he needs pc to do JSA claim

back in a bit

there's your answer, I spose

Awww, dp. He is quite insanely optimistic about finding work, but I think his age might count agin 'im. If so, we are stuffed, as I have no transferable skills (shouting only)

he has only been at home for a day, and I find I am going to have to develop some sort of coping strategy (eg this is a person who, while wondering what he would do if he won the lottery- which he doesn't even do- says: "ooh, I would be like Marie Antionette, and dress up as Bo Peep, and have a pretend farm")

(oh, and within 5 minutes of redundancy yesterday evening managed to fill house with shoes and unblock the toilet with his bare hands)

Drugs are the answer. For all of you.

Well I wasn't going to post on this thread again, but what have you got on offer Hully?

Frankly at the moment I will take anything!

Ooooh I'm liking the shoes thing. I will fill the house with shoes when my redundancy pay comes through.

I don't think drugs are the answer Huls. Revenge is the answer! It is already happening :)

Revenge? De quel sort?

I don't have drugs, baby, the very idea! SHJ will have to get her own. What ails you?

at least I can get free prescriptions on the NHS now

[smug]

in the meantime will self-medicate with sherry

what revenge, Jins?

[eager]

I shall hit them where it hurts