The Negative Thread

You are only a number Bully. I found that out. I had 5 weeks from work when I broke my jaw and cheek bone in 4 places playing football. I had only been back at work a week and I chopped a finger end off at work and had to stay off work another couple of weeks. I received a letter from work saying I had to see the manager for absenteeism😳
 
Charliejoejohn2 said:
You are only a number Bully. I found that out. I had 5 weeks from work when I broke my jaw and cheek bone in 4 places playing football. I had only been back at work a week and I chopped a finger end off at work and had to stay off work another couple of weeks. I received a letter from work saying I had to see the manager for absenteeism😳
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Work and work and work and work till you die
Cos there’s plenty more fish in the seas to fry

Paul Weller (Smithers Jones)
 
Bulmer1889 said:
Quick update got a call from work I’ve been given 3months notice will have had my appeal by then so hopefully get it cleared up before if not at least I’ve got 3 month to sort myself out
I said shall I come in Fri then no come in and deliver some pkts 🫤 so done a couple of hrs off out now for a few jars
Have a good un 👍
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Just seen this you should at least get a payoff depending on how long you worked there. I would be tempted to say to them that you will post your very negative experience on social media. Your employers do not need any more bad publicity. If you need some work I would look around for something part time. Lots of firms are looking for experienced part time staff as they cannot afford full time staff after Rachel Thieves business killing budget. Don’t give up on this though and fight your corner vigorously.
I hope it goes well.
 
Blade for Life said:
Just seen this you should at least get a payoff depending on how long you worked there. I would be tempted to say to them that you will post your very negative experience on social media. Your employers do not need any more bad publicity. If you need some work I would look around for something part time. Lots of firms are looking for experienced part time staff as they cannot afford full time staff after Rachel Thieves business killing budget. Don’t give up on this though and fight your corner vigorously.
I hope it goes well.
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17yrs m8 that’s half the problem they want rid of people on old contracts they want young uns on the new contracts don’t get paid as much don’t get door to door (junk mail) delivery supplements have to work Sundays for basic pay and sick pay is different too
 
Bulmer1889 said:
17yrs m8 that’s half the problem they want rid of people on old contracts they want young uns on the new contracts don’t get paid as much don’t get door to door (junk mail) delivery supplements have to work Sundays for basic pay and sick pay is different too
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Nearly 18 years I would be expecting £20,000. You could ask for that to go quietly and it would buy you some time to reassess.
 
Since the death of the country,s major industries, all done purposely and the birth of agency work, dismantling of trades unions, the lot and rights of the working man are now sadly piss poor. Sad times indeed!
 
Dave Burgess said:
Since the death of the country,s major industries, all done purposely and the birth of agency work, dismantling of trades unions, the lot and rights of the working man are now sadly piss poor. Sad times indeed!
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Spot on Dave. Some will still put the blame anywhere except where it belongs. The post office and Royal Mail have become a car wreck since they were given away ( Privatised) by the then Con-Lib coalition. It’s yet another example of privatisation failure for workers
 
Charliejoejohn2 said:
Spot on Dave. Some will still put the blame anywhere except where it belongs. The post office and Royal Mail have become a car wreck since they were given away ( Privatised) by the then Con-Lib coalition. It’s yet another example of privatisation failure for workers
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RM went down the pan when it stopped experienced posties with managerial capabilities and thought management would be better if they recruited university graduates with qualifications in media studies and English.
 
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Mahatmafoot said:
RM went down the pan when it stopped experienced posties with managerial possibilities and thought management would be better if they recruited university graduates with qualifications in media studies and English.
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Same with A lot of Public Sector, having experience,nothing beats appointing as leaders those who have started at the bottom and had many years of learning on the job instead of appointing graduates who have had 3 years of learning how to be left wing agitators.
 
Mahatmafoot said:
RM went down the pan when it stopped experienced posties with managerial possibilities and thought management would be better if they recruited university graduates with qualifications in media studies and English.
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Like just about every other mid to large UK based company since the 90’s. Then what they find is the graduates have zero life skills and in some cases can’t even answer the phone properly without training, so they need around a year’s induction and training before they’re even up to speed on the basics. Meanwhile non graduates are expected to be up and running between one and three months. I saw it first hand at a FTSE 100 company that I worked for and also at a major bank where I was contracting. Contractors by the way got an health and safety video in the morning and the rest of the day sat with somebody and that was it. I was there for 9 months and 3 graduates who’d just started when I arrived were still on induction in the IT department when I left. I was contacted twice after I left and offered a permanent job there. I didn’t take it but I did wonder if the grads ever made the grade after all that time.
I also wonder how and why so many companies decided on a strategy of replacing with graduates long term employees who were over 50, many like me that had worked their way up through the ranks and knew the business inside out? Even more puzzling was how they kept on with the policy even when it obviously wasn’t working, in they case if my own firm, it lost over 40% of it’s customer base within 2 years of the ‘cull’ and was then sold to a rival. Those with a suspicious mind would wonder if that was the master plan all along. Downsize and sell us off, but we were a constantly profitable service within a struggling parent company so it would make no sense to me.
 
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Long gone the days of the apprenticeships served by school leavers and taught by experienced skilled blokes on the job. Young sprogs dropped a bollock or got caught f..kin about a good clip around the lug oyle sorted em out. The days of a young sprog being sent to the stores for a box of sky hooks or a long wait confined to history. A youngster began to learn life skills very quickly! An NCO in the army would tell some fresh faced young toff from Sandhurst, "Keep your mouth shut, observe and learn proper soldiering!
 
If it were possible to buy, sell or teach common sense you'd be a millionaire in seconds.Bliar started the dive towards getting idiots degrees with his aspiration to get 50% of school leavers to geet university degrees.
The result-loads of 'well educated' entitled numpties with no life skills, no idea how to conduct themeselves in social situations or how to manage their own lifes never mind oter people.

Industry, trade , production and nous out of the window but they can use a phone, do selfies and expect to survive, nay prosper by farting about on social media in its myriad forms.
 
Spot on! Including my own grand and great grankids apart from the two currently serving, they are shit hot with the all dancing, all singing techno stuff but doubtful they know one end of a sweeping brush to the other!
 
The morning from hell had to take mrsB to the hospital for a 9am appointment so carers in early today to get her ready as I’m wheeling her into the car somehow managed to lose control and tipped her 🫣 😬 couldn’t get her back on 4 wheels myself had to get a passerby to help get her upright again upshot was I’ve done my back again got her in the car eventually and we’re off she then announces she feels sick couple of minutes later she launches it everywhere had to carry on to hospital as we were already running late got there eventually and no spaces on the blue badge floor dickhead car park attendant sent me round instead of up where I could see a space so had to go down 2 levels and push her back up after cleaning her up and covering her with reasonably clean dog towel 🥴 tried to check in it wouldn’t let me receptionist said we needed to be on C floor so up in the lift and again we can’t check in receptionist there takes her hospital no and informs me it’s in nov not Oct so no need to have come out in the first place 🙈🙄 so back home strip her clothes and in the wash with the sling then clean the car and mop it out and clean the wheelchair, prescription strength pain killers only working so much
What a day and it’s not even dinner time yet 🫤
 
Bulmer1889 said:
The morning from hell had to take mrsB to the hospital for a 9am appointment so carers in early today to get her ready as I’m wheeling her into the car somehow managed to lose control and tipped her 🫣 😬 couldn’t get her back on 4 wheels myself had to get a passerby to help get her upright again upshot was I’ve done my back again got her in the car eventually and we’re off she then announces she feels sick couple of minutes later she launches it everywhere had to carry on to hospital as we were already running late got there eventually and no spaces on the blue badge floor dickhead car park attendant sent me round instead of up where I could see a space so had to go down 2 levels and push her back up after cleaning her up and covering her with reasonably clean dog towel 🥴 tried to check in it wouldn’t let me receptionist said we needed to be on C floor so up in the lift and again we can’t check in receptionist there takes her hospital no and informs me it’s in nov not Oct so no need to have come out in the first place 🙈🙄 so back home strip her clothes and in the wash with the sling then clean the car and mop it out and clean the wheelchair, prescription strength pain killers only working so much
What a day and it’s not even dinner time yet 🫤
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Bloody hell Bully, I hope it gets better from now on mate.
 
Bulmer1889 said:
The morning from hell had to take mrsB to the hospital for a 9am appointment so carers in early today to get her ready as I’m wheeling her into the car somehow managed to lose control and tipped her 🫣 😬 couldn’t get her back on 4 wheels myself had to get a passerby to help get her upright again upshot was I’ve done my back again got her in the car eventually and we’re off she then announces she feels sick couple of minutes later she launches it everywhere had to carry on to hospital as we were already running late got there eventually and no spaces on the blue badge floor dickhead car park attendant sent me round instead of up where I could see a space so had to go down 2 levels and push her back up after cleaning her up and covering her with reasonably clean dog towel 🥴 tried to check in it wouldn’t let me receptionist said we needed to be on C floor so up in the lift and again we can’t check in receptionist there takes her hospital no and informs me it’s in nov not Oct so no need to have come out in the first place 🙈🙄 so back home strip her clothes and in the wash with the sling then clean the car and mop it out and clean the wheelchair, prescription strength pain killers only working so much
What a day and it’s not even dinner time yet 🫤
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Tough day for both of you Bully.
You deserve a medal and, as I'm finding dealing with hospitals is a nightmare. Got a call last week to go for a CT scan the following morning. Asked where I was to go and told Turnberg Building. Phoned later that day to check definite location as there are 2 Radiology clinics on sute. Again told Turnberg building. Still struggling with walking any distance so wife drops me off at nearest point while she goes to try to find car park space.

Find Radiology and told I'm in wrong place. " Is it the other one in the Ladywell Building?" I ask. " No, it's in the green and gold building at the front, it's not in either Radiology clinic"

400 yd walk to get there- which is longest I've done since early July- by which time I'm knackered and my chest tightening.

You have my upmost sympathy having to care for your good lady, yourself and deal with the vagaries of our 'wonderful' NHS.
 
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