Also funny to see all the “it’s AI generated therefore I hate” folk in the comments. Chill.

C’mon OP, it’s yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!

High up, with a window precariously ajar.

C-U-N-T

Perhaps you should seek a Geordie shipbuilder and see how that goes.

Nice one!

Sorry to hear that, not a nice place to be suspecting a chop after Christmas.

Nighed already mentioned reading through your contract, which is very important. You should also learn about your statutory rights in case of redundancy. In the UK after two years of employment your rights increase. Your statutory redundancy pay is also dependent on the length of service. As I’m not an employment lawyer I will not write specifics here is case I get some of it wrong. You better find out yourself.

Beyond the legal minimum, some companies offer enhancements on top to “soften the blow”. There might be enhanced redundancy pay on the table, support in finding a new job, training etc.

The company cannot just announce redundancies. They are required by law to consult about the redundancies, seeking measures to avoid them or mitigate their impact. If they do not consult in good faith with the affected people they are breaching the law leaving them open to compensation claims.

Each individual in scope should expect to have at least two consultation meetings. First meeting is to explain rationale why the individual role is at risk and offer the individual an opportunity to ask questions and make proposals to avoid the redundancy. Nighed mentioned “support clown” which I think refers to a support person one can take to redundancy consultation meetings. Second and any subsequent individual consultation meetings are to answer questions and proposals, and to make new ones if something new comes up.

A way to be awkward, should one wish to be, would be to have several questions and proposals to avoid redundancy in back pocket and drip-feed them over several individual consultation meetings to prolong the process and make it uncomfortable for the people managing the process as possible. All consultation meetings must be minuted in writing, by the way.

A redundancy becomes effective only once the individual consultation has concluded, and all questions have been answered and proposals considered. This is the point from which the notice period in the employment contract starts ticking.

Some things might be negotiable during the consultation. Examples would be whether one needs to work their notice period or can people get paid in lieu of the notice period. The points to try and negotiate about should be about avoiding the redundancies or mitigating their impact.

You might want to think what to ask and what to propose should it come to a redundancy consultation. For example, you might want to propose that they must pay for extra training and job seeking support. They must consider all questions and proposals and provide meaningful and reasoned answers.

But importantly, I’m not an expert, just somebody who’s been through that shitshow a few times.

Good luck!

It was quite stressful at work and then I picked a virus of some kind that forced me to bed for couple of days. On the positive side, I recovered from the virus just in time for the Christmas break, so I have that going for me, which is nice.

Looking good!

Yeah, load of rubbish from Streeting, not that I would expect anything else from him. If I was to be generous, and I’m really struggling, I would say this is out of political expediency to find cost savings, as opposed to simply being a nasty piece of shit.

Not bad, thanks. I managed to clean my study this weekend. Dust is gone, desk surface can be seen again, and the computer screen is once again clean.

How’s your week been?

I’m rather fond of a simple one word response to almost anything that has been said: quite.

https://plos.org/

Chicken Tikka is Indian. Chicken Tikka Masala is from Glasgow.

Back to work after a holiday wasn’t ideal, but that’s the way it goes. This weekend was nice, though.

You just have to love the TFL staff who do this.

One could say that, but I don’t care one bit! I’m having a wonderful time and even enjoy walking in the wind and rain with our dogs.

Hah, I’ll just leave it.

Black Rock Sands beach tomorrow. Our dogs will love it. Maybe Goleudy Tŵr Mawr on Wednesday.

There are clear contrasts for sure.

Most people would struggle to see a difference between Oxford and Cambridge style, but contrast them to for example Colchester and the difference is night and day. The latter has the highest proportion of loud car exhaust mods in the UK, probably, which seems to be the young male style there.

Go to any town in Norfolk and you’ll struggle not to see tweed and Barbour coats. Most dogs will sport distinctly countryside coats in winter rain.

Bristol would be unique compared to any of the above. You’ll probably get a sense of a certain hippie style as you weave past the old style WV camper vans some people live in.

Newcastle has yet different style, especially on a weekend night. Typical ladies outfit could probably be best described as scant, any time of the year.

Then there is the smallest city of the UK (by area), the City of London. I’m not sure what to even say about their style. Actually, I don’t even want to comment further about those knobs.