Reality check headed my way

[FJRider]

Good to hear ... on with your life now ...

[tigertim20]

Well thats sorted,thankfully both of us kept our jobs,sadly theres still about 18 to go and the poor buggers have to wait around another week until they find out.If ive learnt anything from going through this its just how completly selfish people can be at times,and as for unions whilst i see theres a place for them there only as good as the guys running them and in our case what a fucking shambles,7 of the people yet to go can thank there union for costing them there job.

Im glad you kept your job bud, but it will suck to see a few more people/friends leave without a job, that fucking sucks.
look on the bright side eh? you still have a few more months to get fit walking to work and back . . .

[98tls]

Im glad you kept your job bud, but it will suck to see a few more people/friends leave without a job, that fucking sucks.
look on the bright side eh? you still have a few more months to get fit walking to work and back . . .

Indeed i doSadly from my point of view when a vote was taken to take up 3 8 hour shifts 5 days a week as opposed to 3 12 hour shifts with the loss of a further 7 jobs the union didnt get there facts right re the $s involved and 90% of the members voting took the selfish way out and agreed to the 12 hour shifts therefore voting 7 of themselves out of a job,fucking idiots.Wonder how thats going to feel when those going get told "wow i voted myself outta a job"Would be funny if it wasnt so sad.

[Andy67]

Well thats sorted,thankfully both of us kept our jobs,sadly theres still about 18 to go and the poor buggers have to wait around another week until they find out.If ive learnt anything from going through this its just how completly selfish people can be at times,and as for unions whilst i see theres a place for them there only as good as the guys running them and in our case what a fucking shambles,7 of the people yet to go can thank there union for costing them there job.

I've been plucked off the deck of the titanic more often than I care to remember, I work in finance.....scarey shit all round. I am glad it's worked out for you. Just remember people will say and do a lot of things quite out of character, it's normal in times of extreme stress. Let it wash as much as you can. As the French say ( lets face it, they have a few social integration issues but..) to understand is to forgive.....

[98tls]

I've been plucked off the deck of the titanic more often than I care to remember, I work in finance.....scarey shit all round. I am glad it's worked out for you. Just remember people will say and do a lot of things quite out of character, it's normal in times of extreme stress. Let it wash as much as you can. As the French say ( lets face it, they have a few social integration issues but..) to understand is to forgive.....

Cheers fella and i hear what your saying i just find it hard to swallow the fact that 90% voted for a further 7 people to lose there jobs.I like the rest of them liked the 4 days on 4 off thing that we have done for years but only working 8 hours a day with every weekend off wasnt the end of the world i thought and the fact that if it wasnt accepted then 7 of there workmates (possibly themselves) would lose there livelihoods seems well fucked up to me.

[Oakie]

I sort of want to say "good for you" but having been on both sides of that one I know that sometimes the ones who are staying can feel worse than those who are leaving. Survivor's guilt and all that. Pleased you kept your job anyway. Sounds like the other couple of people I know there kept their's too ... well at least I haven't heard they lost them anyway.

Any McFelins still working there? They seemed to be a mainstay of the place back in the 80s.

[Andy67]

Cheers fella and i hear what your saying i just find it hard to swallow the fact that 90% voted for a further 7 people to lose there jobs.I like the rest of them liked the 4 days on 4 off thing that we have done for years but only working 8 hours a day with every weekend off wasnt the end of the world i thought and the fact that if it wasnt accepted then 7 of there workmates (possibly themselves) would lose there livelihoods seems well fucked up to me.

Yeah mate it is and you are right. My company has shed 60,000 in the last 18 months and no sign of stopping.......

[98tls]

I sort of want to say "good for you" but having been on both sides of that one I know that sometimes the ones who are staying can feel worse than those who are leaving. Survivor's guilt and all that. Pleased you kept your job anyway. Sounds like the other couple of people I know there kept their's too ... well at least I haven't heard they lost them anyway.

Any McFelins still working there? They seemed to be a mainstay of the place back in the 80s.

Not that i know of O,weird place with the 4 on 4 off as i wouldnt really have a clue who works on the other 2 shifts,once my 4 days are over we tend to not even mention the place in this house.

[98tls]

Yeah mate it is and you are right. My company has shed 60,000 in the last 18 months and no sign of stopping.......

All the best to you then eh,hope you to get lucky.

[Andy67]

All the best to you then eh,hope you to get lucky.

Thanks and me too, still change is often good, even if it's not planned or wanted. I will always work, always have. I m not fussy.

[98tls]

I sort of want to say "good for you" but having been on both sides of that one I know that sometimes the ones who are staying can feel worse than those who are leaving. Survivor's guilt and all that.

With it being a small town etc theres plenty of couples working there,all things considered not to bad a place to be ie cheap housing etc with the mill paying quite well so people get set up accordingly,weird at the moment with still jobs to go theres couples there who stand to lose both incomes and all that goes with it,very sad.

[98tls]

Thanks and me too, still change is often good, even if it's not planned or wanted. I will always work, always have. I m not fussy.

Thats about what i had decided before i found out i was keeping my job mate,had a job jacked up in Ch-Ch and was intending on staying with good ole mum and coming home in the weekends,not ideal but at least the mortgage would have been paid.