*Ey up its Thursday Chat Thread*10th November 2009

spud30

Evening all.

Sal, thanks for thinking of me and DS earlier hun :kisses3:

cat4772

Whinge alert....

four years ago my academic boss left the department and since then I've been without a specific academic fighting first for me - there's been four who have probably fought for me second in their priorities and I've felt this has put me at a disadvantage (certainly in the pay and progression stakes). It's taken seven months of maternity leave to fully work this out!

Uni-funding is looking dodgy and cutbacks are likely but I'm not feeling inclined to go back to it. I phoned my old senior lecturer and discussed that cutbacks are likely and that jobs in my year are likely to be reviewed but that some new opportunities are in the pipeline (these won't be advertised, more people will be suggested for the roles), but others are already earmarking me for their own support needs and this might not be in my best interest.

I want to be in charge of my own destiny (ok career) rather than be at the mercy of other people who haven't put my needs first.

So tomorrow I'm going in for a management meeting and then I'm going to speak with a "mover and shaker" to talk things through (find out about these new opportunities and make sure he knows to consider me for them)!

sallyx

you are welcome Spud

sallyx

Good for you Cat, its so hard when you are off on Mat leave because I found that basically you may aswell not work there and feel totally out the loop. You stand up and sing your praises because no-one else is going to do it...go girl!

Lucifa73

Sal - Cherry Garcia is faaaaaaab!:D

sallyx

Lucifa73 wrote: »

Sal - Cherry Garcia is faaaaaaab!:D

:j:j I might sneak some into the trolley

Lucifa73

scaredy_cat wrote: »

i have been reduced to watching celebrity wwf on freeview 21!

There is an off button you know...

And are you watching pandas (WWF) or men in tights (WWE)?

tenmah

scaredy_cat wrote: »

Tenmah, i lost 4 1/2 stone - it took me about 2 yrs - and in i put it all back on in about 18mths-2 yrs!. i stopped going to SW for about 3 yrs and only recently started again. i feel you have to be in the right frame of mind to do it. Go to the class, get weighed, then see if you feel like - right, enough piddlearsing about, i'm gonna do it! or if you feel ' i don't feel like it's the right time' - then stop. You can return when you are
ready.

Thanks Scaredy - well as I thought I had put on. It was a pound and to be honest I was expecting more! You are right, I have to totally be 'in the zone' and when I am, I am really focussed, but I just have to get there first.

I have paid for a countdown, so still have a couple of weeks to go on that and I am hoping I will find my way again soon!

scaredy_cat

Lucifa73 wrote: »

There is an off button you know...

And are you watching pandas (WWF) or men in tights (WWE)?

:rotfl: men in tights WWE.... :rotfl:

Lucifa73

sallyx wrote: »

:j:j I might sneak some into the trolley

£1.90 in mr Ms