Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
news from here is i can feel a redundancy coming on - new job i started in the spring was partly based on additional government funding that was (then) impending, which still hasn't actually been handed over, and there's a growing feeling in this line of work that it's just not going to happen now (although that won't be clear until after the budget happens.)
in theory, i'd be one of a pool of 3 on the same grade made 'at risk' but the 2 who were there before me both have enough service in to mean they would attract redundancy pay, and i know how it tends to work.
Current job was a bit of a hasty decision to escape a disaster of a job change late summer last year, it's some distance from home, but i only need to go there once or twice a month, so a long day every now and then, and an occasional overnight stay somewhere if i need to be there 2 days, or need to be sure of being there for something the next morning. I was keeping an open mind whether to move somewhere nearer the job (north of london) or somewhere nearer ageing mum-tat (SE London) on the basis that i'm probably going to need to go round there more often than i go to the office. the latter would probably have involved raising a bit of finance, which is going to be less easy now than it was a couple of months ago.
Part of me is inclined just to wait and see what happens, but I've seen two adverts this week,
one is for something fairly undemanding but do-able (if they don't think i'm overqualified / too old / not got the right sort of experience) in SE London that would mean moving, and a bit less money than i'm on now, but i'd not really need to run a car any more.
other is fairly local, but is a 2 year contract doing the sort of thing i do and a higher level. but that would mean being here another 2 years, and by the time it ends, i'll be close to 55 which is probably a bit old for getting something else and moving house (especially if that involves raising any finance) but a bit young for doing this as a final fling before retirement.
bugger.
in theory, i'd be one of a pool of 3 on the same grade made 'at risk' but the 2 who were there before me both have enough service in to mean they would attract redundancy pay, and i know how it tends to work.
Current job was a bit of a hasty decision to escape a disaster of a job change late summer last year, it's some distance from home, but i only need to go there once or twice a month, so a long day every now and then, and an occasional overnight stay somewhere if i need to be there 2 days, or need to be sure of being there for something the next morning. I was keeping an open mind whether to move somewhere nearer the job (north of london) or somewhere nearer ageing mum-tat (SE London) on the basis that i'm probably going to need to go round there more often than i go to the office. the latter would probably have involved raising a bit of finance, which is going to be less easy now than it was a couple of months ago.
Part of me is inclined just to wait and see what happens, but I've seen two adverts this week,
one is for something fairly undemanding but do-able (if they don't think i'm overqualified / too old / not got the right sort of experience) in SE London that would mean moving, and a bit less money than i'm on now, but i'd not really need to run a car any more.
other is fairly local, but is a 2 year contract doing the sort of thing i do and a higher level. but that would mean being here another 2 years, and by the time it ends, i'll be close to 55 which is probably a bit old for getting something else and moving house (especially if that involves raising any finance) but a bit young for doing this as a final fling before retirement.
bugger.
