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11 minutes ago, Fullerene said:

In theory the notice period is intended to help the company reassign your work to other people and maybe even hire a replacement. 

Sounds like they are not really doing that and simply asking you to do the notice period because that is the way it is.

If they inspired loyalty you would have no difficulty finding things to do.  Obviously they don't.  Not your problem.

I've no loyalty to them at all due to the way theyve treated ex colleagues and myself, the whole project is a shambles due to the way they treated staff from the old company. Since January, a colleague and myself have being doing the work of 4 specialised staff (we're not qualified to be doing any of their work) and firefighting the many issues left by not having these people in place, the woman I was doing it left on Wednesday leaving just myself, luckily by Thursday I had the new job offer in and had my notice handed in friday, f**k knows whos going to do the work now. 😂

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25 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said:

New job starts at the end of this month, if I could have started sooner I would have, just the way its worked out.

Any scope for using holidays over the next few weeks?  In my work folk generally hand in their notice and use left over holidays to finish up earlier.

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39 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said:

Dont know if this is the correct thread but f**k it, I've been in a full time job since I graduated from University last May, at first it was great, proper enjoyed comingto wrok every day even though I was vastly inexpierenced (I still am) and there was (still is) so much to learn. All was well until about 3 weeks before Christmas, when the company I worked for went bust, leaving me and my colleagues in the shit just before christmas. Luckily for us we were TUPED over to a french company who are continuing with the projects of the old company. Under TUPE we were all told by the administrators that we would be paid fully and nobody would lose out. This turned out to not be the case, the new company said they wouldnt pay us the two weeks we were "out of work", and expected us to come back in the week before christmas and resume works again (which we did).


Being my first job, the whole expierence fucked with my head quite a bit and ruined the couple weeks off at christmas to a certain extent, luckily I'm in a good position as I still live with my parents and dont have too much to pay for other than the usual stuff (digs, phone, motor). I can't think how others that had kids and a mortgage felt. However, after negotations, the  new company said they would pay us 1 week of the missing wages in our January pay, and the other in March as a good will gesture under the terms that we were still employed. January comes around, wages totally incorrect, panic ensues again.


The whole thing has been a total shit show from start to finish, and luckily I have found a new job just last week, I now have a months notice to serve and although its nice to not have to worry about work, I feel like Im robbing a living by not being arsed or getting stuff done. Am I an arsehole? Or am I right to take my foot off the pedal.

You are robbing a wage off them if you're not working right up until you leave. 

It isn't right, no. 

It is, however, exactly what every normal person on the planet does. 

Remember to take a load of stationery too. 

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2 minutes ago, The Moonster said:

Any scope for using holidays over the next few weeks?  In my work folk generally hand in their notice and use left over holidays to finish up earlier.

Our holidays just got refreshed this month, so only two days which Ill be taking on my last week.

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1 minute ago, Senor Bairn said:

I've no loyalty to them at all due to the way theyve treated ex colleagues and myself, the whole project is a shambles due to the way they treated staff from the old company. Since January, a colleague and myself have being doing the work of 4 specialised staff (we're not qualified to be doing any of their work) and firefighting the many issues left by not having these people in place, the woman I was doing it left on Wednesday leaving just myself, luckily by Thursday I had the new job offer in and had my notice handed in friday, f**k knows whos going to do the work now. 😂

F*** 'em.  If there was financial benefit for the company, they'd probably make you redundant despite knowing that would also inconvenience you somewhat.

It's a dog-eat-dog world, and they will eat your dog.

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29 minutes ago, coprolite said:

You are robbing a wage off them if you're not working right up until you leave. 

It isn't right, no. 

It is, however, exactly what every normal person on the planet does. 

Remember to take a load of stationery too. 

The last company I worked for got me a load of new business cards just before I left.  I guess they had no idea I was about to leave.

Obviously I threw away all those cards but the plastic containers they came in have been useful for storing my own business cards.

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I've always been a bit ambivalent about trade unions. On the one hand, I've never been in a job where union membership was required or been in a job where there was a union at all, so I've never had the benefit of being a union member. On the other hand, I've been on the wrong end of union action, e.g. being inconvenienced by strikes. 

On balance however, I think unions are a plus, and if there is one in your work place, I think you'd be better off as a member.

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41 minutes ago, coprolite said:

 

Remember to take a load of stationery too. 

Smuggle it out over the next four weeks, rather than trying to take it out in one go.

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I've always been a bit ambivalent about trade unions. On the one hand, I've never been in a job where union membership was required or been in a job where there was a union at all, so I've never had the benefit of being a union member. On the other hand, I've been on the wrong end of union action, e.g. being inconvenienced by strikes. 
On balance however, I think unions are a plus, and if there is one in your work place, I think you'd be better off as a member.
You've never been as inconvenienced by strikes as those participating in them.
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1 minute ago, Bairnardo said:
5 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:
I've always been a bit ambivalent about trade unions. On the one hand, I've never been in a job where union membership was required or been in a job where there was a union at all, so I've never had the benefit of being a union member. On the other hand, I've been on the wrong end of union action, e.g. being inconvenienced by strikes. 
On balance however, I think unions are a plus, and if there is one in your work place, I think you'd be better off as a member.

You've never been as inconvenienced by strikes as those participating in them.

I wouldn't know, having never been a union member, striking or otherwise.

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4 hours ago, Senor Bairn said:

Our holidays just got refreshed this month, so only two days which Ill be taking on my last week.

They sound like the kind of mob who won't pay you for those 2 days holidays so I'd be taking them asap and if they don't pay you them in your wages just leave 2 days before you're due to without phoning in. 

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On 04/03/2020 at 19:41, ICTChris said:

I’m only interested in unions if I can go around murdering people on their behalf, like in the Irishman.

Dennis Nilsen was a branch rep in the CPSA when he worked the DHSS, I knew people who knew him.

He was surprisingly down to earth and very, very funny.

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