I blame the Labour govt and their new free pensioners' bus passes (national from next year), not the boss - made all the company's software obsolete. He was visibly regretful at having to do this.


>Its always a big shock even when you've maybe been anticipating it for some time. Baseball bat and a big cushion (thats the management) give it hell.
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>>Yes I finished earlyish on Monday, just after getting the redundancy
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>>>So are you finished now ?
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>>Gives me some breathing space
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>>>Seems quite common in computing to let people out without working any notice at all.
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>>You mean mcl. I guess you're right. Doesn't really bother me. You been to the site and seen me then? AWFUL picture (only one not looking at the camera, makes me look computer nerdy. PLUS they inverted the pic :-)
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>>>Better get them to take you off their web site.
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>>>>Done a bit of web seaching for technical author, training people on Word, Excel (used to do that a lot), .net, etc.
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>>>>Plus trying to learn guitar
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>>>>Plus enjoying some free time (I did have 4 days vacation owing anyway)
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>>>>>In the meantime you have any plans?
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>>>>>Like learning something else. Exploring something else...
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>>>>>>Merci beaucoup, mon brave.
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>>>>>>>I hope that you'll find something else soon. Good luck Terry.
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>>>>>>>>Sitting here waiting for a meeting with my boss (in half an hour) where I'm expecting to be made redundant (say 95% sure) as there's no more s/w dev to be done. Who's gonna fix their lousy old sanskrit when it needs it I don't know (maybe I'll be called in ad hoc as a consultant). I won't have to work my 3 months's notice, which I may get tax-free, plus my severance pay - maybe I'll get equiv. of 6 months' net.
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>>>>>>>>But t'ain't no FP jobs roun' these pards
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>>>>>>>>Farewell cruel world.