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WAHAY! I kept my job!!!

  
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
08:48 / 27.02.02
And so did most other people where I work, where there's been a cloud of mass redundancies hanging over us like... umm... a cloud, I suppose. (Basically, we negotiated a good enough deal with management of a good pay-off for anyone who actually WANTED to leave, that more people volunteered to leave than they wanted to get rid of.)
Not much interest to anyone, in all probability, but I'm REALLY HAPPY!!! and my flatmate had gone to work before I got a chance to get all happy at her, so I guess you guys will just have to put up with this rambling post.
(Oh yeah- and we wangled a bonus of backdated holiday pay for A FUCKING YEAR for everyone who's staying!)
  
 
Sauron
08:52 / 27.02.02
Well done Snork lover. Shit, voluntary redundancy seem like a good idea to me ...
 
 
lentil
08:52 / 27.02.02
yeah, give me that fat payoff and let me loose!

moominstoat must have a more enjoyable job than you or i, sauron.
 
 
Ariadne
08:52 / 27.02.02
Congratulations Stoatie! Good news.
 
 
Sax
08:52 / 27.02.02
Yes, well done, Stoatie. And good news on that back-pay.
 
 
angel
08:52 / 27.02.02
What a relief for you! Hoorah!

And you must have been pretty good at that negotion table! Hmmmmm, maybe I need to steal some advice from you on that score!

Well done and I hope it takes a weight from your mind.

Love and Hugs

angel
xx oo xx
 
 
Shortfatdyke
08:52 / 27.02.02
i remember your worries concerning this. you must be very relieved. nice one!

did you end up being the workers' rep, btw (comrade)?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
08:52 / 27.02.02
Thank you, everyone!
And yes, sfd, I did... one of many (there were a couple of us from every shift from both firms). The only reason I actually did it was because a friend of mine (who I thought would have been so much better) said at first he wasn't going to do it- he ended up doing it as well, and, lo and behold, he was not only much better but also largely instrumental in sorting the whole thing out. (Don't get me wrong- I did my bit as well- he was just more organised than me, and doesn't back down as easily).
HURRAH!!! (sorry, I'm still very very happy about this unexpected turn of events, and therefore very drunk as well-or at the very least, on my way to being very drunk as well).
 
 
Naked Flame
10:32 / 27.02.02
Nice one, Stoatie refreshing when sanity wins the day isn't it?
 
 
Bill Posters
15:13 / 27.02.02
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
15:20 / 27.02.02
Yay! All small beasts shall have bows in their tails!
 
 
Magic Mutley
17:42 / 27.02.02
Yeah!!!
Beer is called for!
 
 
Mourne Kransky
17:42 / 27.02.02
Hooray for Citizen Stoat! Bathing in all that excess happy karma you're exuding, which is nice.
 
 
Baz Auckland
18:09 / 27.02.02
Congrats!
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
08:10 / 01.03.02
Thank you. Tis most cool.
Oh, and btw, Mordant- have YOU ever managed to figure out to what tune the "all small beasts" thing goes, cos everytime I read 'em it's different. And I can never make it scan properly.
Me still happy- and, and, AND, one of my best mates who I hadn't seen for ages and had lost touch with, but who ended up working at the company we're merging with, has not only also kept his job but is working on my shift!
 
 
BioDynamo
15:38 / 01.03.02
"All small beasts shall have bows in their tails", originally "Alla små djur ha rosett på sin svans" doesn't have a tune, I think, not even in swedish..

Anyway, congrats on the results. And don't forget: "educate, agitate, organize".
 
 
mr insensitive
20:25 / 01.03.02
Big fucking deal.
 
 
Sauron
20:42 / 01.03.02
Mr Insensitive, I've got all night. You are an utter Twat.
 
 
mr insensitive
20:46 / 01.03.02
Cheers.
 
 
Tom Coates
09:06 / 02.03.02
Ladies and gentlemen, the Conversation is available for *all* deals - big or otherwise. Now play nice.
 
  
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