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Tilly, they won't, because it's a poorly performing organisation where the big ticket triumphs mask the daily litany of negative decisions and in-fighting.
I applied for 2/3 posts I identified, they're based with local authorities, so I wouldn't expect to hear anything until the last minute. I didn't apply for the 3rd as it's c. 45-50 miles away and I can't justify the cost of the commute on such a low wage (relatively).
Stuggling to find anything else, I look every couple of days and use a broad range of sites.
Just needed to vent, the internet is a safety valve!0 -
I am sorry about what is going on at your work Ed.
Keep up the applications and come and have a moan on here whenever you need to.
Sending (((hugs))).
MCIMortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
OP's to Date £8500
Renovation Fund:£511.39;
Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)0 -
Keep your pecker up chuck
GG xA positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
Hang on in there, Ed x (well - for now, at least)I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200
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Keep on plodding.Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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I am going to be really annoying. In five years will you give a monkey's bum about this?
Hugs though. They are clearly all d ic kh eads0 -
:wave:
I believe Alchemilla has a phrase for the phase you're going through.
I hope something good comes through soon!
Oh and if you can't vent on your own thread, where can you?!Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
House: Decluttering 322 / 365
Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE]
GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early0 -
I am going to be really annoying
Thank youIn five years will you give a monkey's bum about this?
Yes, like all INFJs, it !!!!es me off when my world view cannot be imposed on the disordered universe of the average office :rotfl:
Seriously annoying day though, at one point I was having vivid fantasies about wrapping my coffee mug round the back of our Head of IT's head
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I hear you!edinburgher wrote: »Yes, like all INFJs, it !!!!es me off when my world view cannot be imposed on the disordered universe of the average office :rotfl:edinburgher wrote: »Seriously annoying day though, at one point I was having vivid fantasies about wrapping my coffee mug round the back of our Head of IT's head
Hugs. It's nearly the weekend! 0 -
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"Seriously annoying day though, at one point I was having vivid fantasies about wrapping my coffee mug round the back of our Head of IT's head"
To be fair - who hasn't imagined inflicting serious damange to an IT manager!:pGOAL:- £400k in Savings by March 2026 SAVINGS: – £392,951 COMPLETE GOALS - Debt Free, Mortgage Free, £350k Savings Save 12k in 2025 #41 = £26,473 / £25,0000
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