One of the fascinating aspects of long-term participation in the PDML is the soap opera aspect - reading and hearing about the changes in everyone's lives - marriages, babies, house moves, illnesses, work and so on. In the time I've been on it I have had about 7 different jobs, mainly contracts. For the last 5 years I've been in the same job, but for 3 different companies as a result of mergers and acquisitions.
Well, the long-trailed process of redundancy finally began today with a meeting of all of us who are 'at risk of redundancy'. They have to follow a clearly-defined process but some time in the next 2-6 weeks I'll be available again. Fortunately I have 5 years of continuity and we have a good redundancy package, so I will come away with about 7 months' pay, of which 5 are tax-free. With modest outgoings, no debts other than a relatively low mortgage, some small savings, and with even my holiday already paid for, it'll be a while before the wolf's at the door so I'm not bothered about it yet. But no new toys for a while... :o( Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
