Hello, dole queue

Well, maybe. Who knows?

The chickens have come home to roost in that the main Board have decided
they're tired of our boss and he's 'taking early retirement'.

And we're being moved up to our offices in London, off Old Street.

Good points: my two major work gripes, the 80-mile commute and the boss,
won't be bothering me any more.

Bad points: there are going to be job losses. We have a three-month
'consultation period' while the Big Bosses sniff our every orifice.

Job cuts among support staff are certain. Accounts, subscriptions,
marketing, conferences: they're all going to take a bad hit. Editorial?
Well, no secret that some titles are doing badly. Not mine, thank the
Lord, but then who knows whether they're going to decide we aren't a
good 'fit'?

Either way, three months of uncertainty and hell await. And oh goodie,
that takes us up to Christmas where it now seems traditional to find a
P45 under your Christmas tree.

Hohum.

 

They wouldn't close it if profitable. If they sell it the new owner
needs an Ed who knows WTF to do.

 

Nah, been there, done that. New owners look for an editor who is
*cheap*. And I'm not.

That said, me and two colleagues are already putting together a buy-out
proposal if push comes to shove.

 

Is this another one of those freerice.com threads?

 

Hmm call me if you do!

And anyway given other plans...

 

So you may well have a bit of spare time on your hands? I'll book an
extra place on the ferry.

Indeed.

We've got major things happening where I work and whilst a part of me
is telling me to **** off quick before the headhunters know I need a
job another part of me is telling me that the financial incentives
being offered to stay are so good I'd be a **** to go. I'm greedy so I
guess I'll be staying.

 

Well, precisely. Anne and I have booked our flights to Chile in January,
and will be out hunting for somewhere to live.

 

OH Shit and I was going to try you for a loan if my giro does not turn
up!

I'll keep my fingers crossed that it works out OK. At least the tosser
got his just rewards!
IF a finance raising garage sale is in order I'll give you £50 for
that old pile of red 400/4 tat and another £75 for the knackered Duke.

<Dons tin helmet and assumes the brace position in prep for the reply>

Boxerboy

 

Well, they'll be pensioning off all four but only replacing them with 3
new ones, it would appear.

It's all a bit of a cost saving stunt dressed up as arms reduction
since, today, only one boat is on patrol at a time anyway, while the
other three are undergoing refit and other maintenance.

I haven't seen any mention of reducing payload on the patrolling boat so
I'm guessing there's a bit of smoke and mirrors going on.

 

I only work on new build subs these days and I'll be at retirement age
before the Trident replacement program is finished.

 

That quick eh?

 

The Older Gentleman wrote:

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Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue

 

My understanding is that one of the existing fleet will go and there's
no decision (or even a clue) as to how many replacements will be
built.

Nearly there but not quite. Google will reveal all but I really
shouldn't make it easy for anyone to know how it works.

We'll be building replacements in the near future even if it's only to
keep people at work and also to keep the merkins happy.

 

I said finished, not started you cheeky ****.

 

There was a time I could have told you the status of each boat in
detail, but that's long passed.

 

The trouble with letting out that sort of info on here is that you can
go to jail.

 

boxerboy said:

Heh! I'm waiting to see if he's gonna sell one of the beemers, starting
to get a graw for one!!

 

<cough>
Frankly you are more likely to end up in a cell knowing not where said
building is, not seeing the sunshine for days on end and there being nothing
resembling a lawyer between you and the horizon.

 

Bummer. Fingers crossed you're not on the hit list.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Ying & Yang