What did you find odd today?

[luvdids]

Think you'll find it's the residual plus remaining principal plus whatever their early termination fee is (usually 30% of remaining interest for commercial loans). Option B hot favourite.
WTF is people and culture?!
More time for painting your place

[luvdids]

Think you'll find it's the residual plus remaining principal plus whatever their early termination fee is (usually 30% of remaining interest for commercial loans). Option B hot favourite.
WTF is people and culture?!
More time for painting your place

[partypie]

it could be a good thing! the last time I was made redundant, in 1990, the Pies won the flag. A sharp colleague alerted the club to some radio hosts saying some derogatory stuff about Darren Millane after a clash in a game (I think it was Fitzroy) which led to the club going to the Supreme Court which led to the tribunal hearing being dropped and Darren being free to play in the finals, when he might have got a few weeks off.

Seriously, its not a pleasant experience, even when you are not terribly happy with your workplace.

[think positive]

[think positive]

[ronrat]

I was offerred early retirement at 53 after nearly a year of sick leave for depression and having to return. A couple of work place "exclusions" and it became obvious that they were digging a hole for themselves. Ok I am not rich but I got about 15 months pay and got a pension at 55. You will find that you need to make no plans for the first few weeks. Sleep, as my then therapist said, is the best thing. 12 or 14 hours is not a problem. It is a data dump. Go and have a late breakfast at a local cafe near a park and catch up on things you never did. Go to a library, read a newspaper or a magazine and take home a few books. If you have friends nearby who have retired contact them and organise a round of golf and a counter attack afterwards or whatever floats your boat. Spend a day throwing out junk. Maybe manuals or training material accumulated over the journey. I filled a recyclable bin from a neighbour who was away (was in a unit and they tasked us to collect the mail etc) and threw out some other irrelevant (now) stuff. Then had a shower to wash the dust off and wandered down to the local bottle shop and grabbed 3 cans of JD and coke and washed the clothes. Then had a nap and went to the pub.
Went on holiday. Jetstar.Not me. Went Singapore airlines and visited Singapore , Borneo and Thailand.
They rang me up to arrange an exit interview. After I pointed out that not one bastard had rang me, or emailed me (except to say NOT to attend a Xmas function) while I was on sick leave for 12 months and that after 34 years I didn't even get a farewell card nevermind a gift and they charged me 2 bucks for a poxy morning tea I respectively decline your offer. Very nicely say but is part of our procedures. I then said is it also part of your procedure to not manage a sick employee . Of course not. Then give the exit interview to someone who deserves it. My understanding is that some disciplianry action was taken involving job swaps and the like and the stupid HR case manager was removed for all time from HR after she sent a threatening email to me about comments made by my GP who was somewhat upset and contacted the AMA. That news made my day even better and I treated myself to a 50 dollar bottle of red with rack of lamb and a few american honeys (Then a few weeks later a few Indo, philipino and Thai honeys).

[swoop42]

Stage 2 of becoming the next Unabomber now complete.

[partypie]

[Mugwump]

[K]

What's odd is how I currently feel.

I've been pissed off with work for a while now. Yesterday I had a meeting with the boss and she told me my jobs being made redundant.
...

It was a good team, we had a good run, but all good things come to an end.

If we can come to terms on 1 sticking point, pro rata LSL, I'll probably be unemployed within 2 weeks. If not, I may be forced to make a pr1ck of myself and drag things out, which I don't want to do but I will if I have to.
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Sorry to hear the bad news, Stui.

[stui magpie]

Thanks all. I'm coming to terms with it quickly. In reality, this is perfect, exactly what i needed really.

The plan will be to take a couple of months over Xmas and January to just chill, keep occupied around the houses doing stuff and see if I reach the point where I actually want to go back into an office again. if so, I'll start looking.

Think you'll find it's the residual plus remaining principal plus whatever their early termination fee is (usually 30% of remaining interest for commercial loans). Option B hot favourite.
WTF is people and culture?!
More time for painting your place

The wanky new brand for HR. And yep, painting, cleaning up, building a deck. Looking forward to it.

it could be a good thing! the last time I was made redundant, in 1990, the Pies won the flag.

here's hoping

Seriously, its not a pleasant experience, even when you are not terribly happy with your workplace.

yep, but I think I'll move on reasonably quickly.

Stage 2 of becoming the next Unabomber now complete.

That reminds me, I've got the Unabombers manifesto somewhere, I might have to print that out and re-read it.

[David]

[stui magpie]

Cheers David,

last week I was having some issues with communication, but sorted everything out on Monday. I finish up next Friday and the boss came to the party with what i asked for (which wasn't really a lot) so all is good.

I'm working out the period, preparing handover notes,taking care of a few things that keeps my brain occupied and generally supporting my team. They've all had to go through the change cycle twice, once for me and once for them.

Once they all got it that I was cool with what was happening, their thoughts naturally turned to what it meant for them and there's been some anger, angst and tears. It's been somewhat gratifying (in a perverse way) seeing the reaction from people I've worked with even for a short time. I've had 3 separate people tell me that they thought that they were going over and above in their jobs because of a sense of loyalty to the organisation, but once the announcement was made, they realised it was out of loyalty to me and they no longer had those feelings toward the organisation.

I spoke to my wider team on Monday, around 45 people, and made it clear I was happy with the outcome now that I'd processed it and had good discussions with my boss. I wasn't bitter and twisted and there was no reason for anyone else to be.

I do want to be able to walk out next Friday feeling positive about the place and having it feel positive with me. I don't want to leave a bad taste.

They had a large team meeting for the directorate this morning which I skipped with the bosses endorsement as she wanted to talk about the restructure and felt people might talk more easily about me if I wasn't there. Got some feedback afterwards that some very nice things were said, I may have to get the Aloe vera for a sunburnt butt.

[stui magpie]

Surely there's more odd things than me?

Anyway, left the old girl up bush for 2 weeks while I do some bathroom renovations. She's been living with me now for near 2 years, and it just felt really strange, or odd even, having the house to myself after so long.

Little things like being able to crank up the radio in the back room at 7:30am, dishes not doing themselves, just the feeling of being alone. I like it, but I'm not used to it.

Can't afford to get too used to it, I have work to do and have to bring her back in a couple of weeks.

[HAL]

What does "it" refer to?