v8kid
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 11:01 AM |
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B####R employers gone insolvent
First clue was no pay on Thursday, promised all was well and would be paid Friday because it was the banks fault - then the Receivers turfed us out of
the office Friday afternoon!!!
No communication, no explanation, nowt. Looks like it will be 3 or 4 weeks at best before any redundancy pay filters down from the government.
Ouch!!
At least the garage will get tidied now.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 11:03 AM |
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that's not good. Forget the garage, get your details on the job web sites like monster etc
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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zilspeed
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 11:05 AM |
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Never good news.
At least you can use the time productively.
Remember the whole thing to do with notice / leui of notice payment should you be fortunate enough to find a new job in short order.
[Edited on 28/9/09 by zilspeed]
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scotlad
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 11:16 AM |
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Bu**er 
Wonderous is our great blue ship that sails around the mighty sun, and joy to everyone that rides along!
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BenB
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 11:34 AM |
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Arse!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 11:42 AM |
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As above - don't waste any time, get job hunting...
Don't fall into the trap of sitting around waiting for things to happen - they won't.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 12:37 PM |
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Thats shit, people just dont give a toss about their employees. At least some notice would of been nice !!!
Ben
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 12:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
Thats shit, people just dont give a toss about their employees. At least some notice would of been nice !!!
I mind when I worked for Schlumberger, their idea of making folk with over 12 years service redundant was to tell them the night before that if they
came it and found a letter on their desk to just go home!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 12:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
I mind when I worked for Schlumberger, their idea of making folk with over 12 years service redundant was to tell them the night before that if they
came it and found a letter on their desk to just go home!
The night before is not giving some notice
Ben
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tjoh84
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 01:29 PM |
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i had this happen to me 6weeks ago only just got my redunt paymet and they cap it at 350 a week all though i think it went up this month to 380
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 01:54 PM |
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bad, bad news.
I hope things work out well for you and you have a bit put by.
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motorcycle_mayhem
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 02:49 PM |
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Welcome to my world, it's not a nice place.
PricewaterhouseCoopers walked in one day, unexpectedly end of last year, and that was it. 10 yrs building the laboratory (and team) into something
quite phenomenal, all gone.
It's taken me a while (and so many false hopes) to accept a few facts, I'm over qualified, too experienced and too old for all employers,
finished, the South West is dead.
I've sold the house, liquidated what I can, ready for my partner's job to go - won't be long :-(
I'm then off round the world, spending all I have, so when I return, ready to be spoon feed baby food in a care home...
I can't be alone in planning this.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 02:52 PM |
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How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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MautoK
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 05:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
... I worked for Schlumberger ...
Me too, until end of '06... they've just laid off a number of folks where I was (Stonehouse).
But to lose your job like v8kid is down to bad management.
John.
He's whittling on a piece of wood. I got a feeling that when he stops whittling, something's gonna happen. (OUATITW/Cheyenne)
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scudderfish
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 05:20 PM |
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I worked with a guy who found out that he'd been made redundant when he came back from holiday and his swipe card would no longer unlock the
doors. I had to smuggle him past security so he could get his personal effects from his desk.
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v8kid
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 06:04 PM |
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Thanks for the encouragement chaps - bit of a blow to hear that it takes 6 weeks for the redundancy payment to come through.
The really annoying thing is that we were planning on taking a year out next spring and had been saving hard. Anyhow worst things can happen - better
brush up the CV!!!
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turbodisplay
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 06:29 PM |
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Feel sorry for you, I had that happen to me 5 weeks ago. Phone call at 4pm friday from the administrators, at 5 the office staff got chucked out.
I know what you mean by feeling stiched up, I booked a trackday the day before, could have warned me!
Redundancy payment takes 4 - 5 weeks, as mentioned before cap is £350. The difference from what you are owed and the cap should be paid to you from
the admnistrators as you are a preferential creditor.
Look as this as a good thing, you could find a new job or start working for yourself.
I was doing a digital dashboard, put it on hold as I was busy. Now I am going back to being self-employed, working long hours sorting it out, but at
least it is something I enjoy.
Darren
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JoelP
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 07:48 PM |
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good luck to all
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 28/9/09 at 09:02 PM |
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So sorry to hear it V8Kid (and others)...
Happened to me last year the day I returned from spending a fortune on wedding/honeymoon! 
As above, get on that CV and hammer every lead...
Fingers crossed...
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