2010 YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread.

[Maggi Young]

Good to know that Roger's sense of humour didn't desert him even in trying circumstances!
It never rains but it pours.... this is hardly what your household needs at the minute ( well, ever, really ) I do hope that this is just a hiccup and that Roger is reinstated..... maybe the boss is having problems with erratic behaviour and has come to his senses. Fingers crossed.

By the way, did they find one? 

[Paddy Tobin]

Maggi,

Obviously, the "one" you refer to is the single brain cell that Roger's boss was born with.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

Quite so, Paddy.... I believe these brain scan machines are incredibly powerful and can identify MINUTE particles.......

[Anthony Darby]

Lesley, bosses tend to surround themselves with people they can bully and blame and who are usually not perceived as capable as they. They feel threatened by people who are capable and go above and beyond what is asked and try to remove them. What is that floats?

[Paddy Tobin]

Oh Anthony, I was the boss at work for 26 years and don't think I ever fitted into that description.

Paddy

[David Nicholson]

You must be very unfortunate Anthony. I spent over 40 years in the further and higher education sector, albeit in a sllightly different aspect of it than you are in, and the last 30 years as "the boss". In all of that time one of my major aims was to try to extend and develop the experience and potential of those working with me. Although I have been retired for ten years now I still get Emails, letters and Christmas cards from people I tried to help in that way, many of whom hold "high office" now. Most of these refer to the "happy ship" we sailed in and how helpful that had been in their career development.

[Lesley Cox]

Roger's boss has developed these difficult traits recently, along with epileptic fits and other things. It has made him very difficult to work with. But he's still the boss. But the firm in general is failing because of the hand at the helm being less than competent now. Roger expects the whole ship to go down reasonably soon.

My situation may be rather better, following a visit to my lawyer yesterday. They can't reduce my hours except with my agreement, though they may try to renegotiate pay rate. They may say they can't afford to pay me for my full 18 hours at that rate so make me redundant, but they can't do that either because they would need to replace me and they can't make someone redundant only to replace with someone else to do the same job. Even if they DO make me redundant, they have a new job coming up at a new, midweek market (starting Nov 3rd) and if making a worker redundant, an employer must in law give that worker a job in the firm if a job is available, that he/she can do. Which it would be. I've still to meet with the personnel committee which is doing all this, and my lawyer will come with me.

[fermi de Sousa]

Good Luck, Lesley!
It's unfortunate that small organisations sometimes think that Labour laws don't apply to them!
cheers
fermi

[TheOnionMan]

Good Luck, Lesley!
It's unfortunate that small organisations sometimes think that Labour laws don't apply to them!
cheers
fermi

It depends upon where you are, to know what laws apply.  When I was laid off without notice, after 20 years company service, they gave a 1-month severance pay.  Many of my friends said, that's unlawful, they owe more than that.  Not so, in the State of Massachusetts, in a private business, albeit a fairly large one (350 staff), State labor laws do not apply in terms of lay-offs, and whatever stipulated terms of layoff in their private policies govern... so if they give 1 month severance, that's it. 

There is only one major law here that applies to all private business owners that was enacted a few years ago, to protect against age discrimination, and that is upon termination, they must disclose the statistics (age only) of past employees who have been laid off... the thinking being, to discourage trends of laying off the most senior staff (to save $$$) in favor of replacing them with much cheaper younger staff... but companies know this, and when they want to make major cost cuts in salary compensation, they are careful to balance layoffs of very senior people with a number of easily expendable junior low-salary people.

Shouldn't this recent line of discussion be in the moan moan moan thread, doesn't seem happy to me.

[Anthony Darby]

You must be very unfortunate Anthony. I spent over 40 years in the further and higher education sector, albeit in a slightly different aspect of it than you are in, and the last 30 years as "the boss". In all of that time one of my major aims was to try to extend and develop the experience and potential of those working with me. Although I have been retired for ten years now I still get Emails, letters and Christmas cards from people I tried to help in that way, many of whom hold "high office" now. Most of these refer to the "happy ship" we sailed in and how helpful that had been in their career development.

Not just me. Vivienne's head teacher was effectively sacked on the last day of this session for alleged incompetence and bullying! An example of the stupidity of my previous head was when, one hot day, we had our work base window open and smoke from the smokers (pupils) two floors under started billowing in. I went to the greenhouse room next door and chucked a beaker of water over them. Five minutes later the head was in the work base, red faced and ranting, because they had complained! Er, hello - "why were you smoking there, or anywhere, for that matter"? OK, maybe the water was excessive, but why should I get it in the neck for tackling a fire hazard in the school grounds that should be stamped out by the senior management! The kids got what they deserved and didn't smoke there at lunchtimes again!

[mark smyth]

I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P-Y
I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P-Y
I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P-Y
I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P-Y, I'm H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P, H-A-P-P-Y
 

[mark smyth]

I got the job!

hi ho, hi ho, its off to work I go

[Maggi Young]

Yeah! That's great news..... I've been saving this gif for just such an occasion.....

[ranunculus]

Yeah! That's great news..... I've been saving this gif for just such an occasion.....

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... And I'm so happy for you Mark - I could wee!

"WEE!!!!!!"

[Martin Baxendale]

That's great,Mark!!