That is the sound of total relief after finding out I wasn't one of the ninety who got made redundant at my place of work yesterday. We have been expecting the worse and thought that this time our section was out of the door, but to be told there were only two going from our section in total was a bit of a relief. One of those had already taken a job elsewhere and the other for whatever reason has decided to go and live in New Zealand, I think there was a good pay off in the offering so that helped a bit in the decision to go. Once again another cull survived not sure how many more I can survive as there has been numerous once since I started many, many years ago and i seem to keep dodging the axe!
Now we can get our holiday booked in August, to sunny old Melbourne so my wife can go home and visit the family. It is going to be a total differnt visit this time as the places we usually go and visit have been destroyed by fire and the landscape is going to be so different. Usually it is every two years we visit , but Mrs Stu, feels she has to go home this year and see her family. They have been like a yo-yo these past few weeks moving to safety andthen home again depending on the winds and the fires. We now just have to find some cheap airfares to get us there, at the stupid highly inflated prices just because it is the school holidays. It is looking towards Emirates as they are the cheapest again after going up a lot. Last year we flew QANTAS and they were great which was unexpected as Mrs Stu said they use to be very snobby.
It has been great here today weather wise...grey skies and rain all day with cold winds, what more could somebody ask for!
It doesn't get that cold there in August?
ReplyDeleteI think most people are living with the idea they could lose their job at any moment. I know we are. But in some ways it helps knowing that it could happen rather than an out of the blue loss. We are preparing ourselves for it, so if and when it happens it won't be such shock.
ReplyDeleteGlad the job front sorted itself out - scary times. Keep dodging!
ReplyDeleteYep I'm concerned too. If I can survive july then I'm safe...for now
ReplyDeleteGood to have you comming into town.
ReplyDeletedoanli - It's weird it's the Aussie winter and they are in coats, whereas I am in t-shirts but in their summer i would just shrivel up and die!
ReplyDeleteDD - I was resigned to the fact that I was going, so it never got to me that much because I expected it to happen and when it never it was kind of...ok then!
Lermontov - Just like the Aussie fielders will be doing come the Ashes and Pieterson is hitting them!
MickH - I hope all goes well with the job.
Barnesm - I look forward to it again!
If I can make it to Sept they have to pay me pro-rata long service leave. Counting the months!
ReplyDeleteMy brother in law got that a few years back and used his to come and tour my fair old isle.
ReplyDeleteWhew. Good job dodging the bullet! Still employed!!
ReplyDeleteThat's gotta be a long haul getting from the UK to Australia (Well, anywhere to Australia is a long haul). Don't envy you the flight there. Get used to hearing all the old Pom jokes again!
Especially as it will be just after an Ashes defeat at home!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you're still employed, keep up the fancy footwork.
ReplyDeleteComing to Melbourne sounds like a good excuse for a burger get together.
YD - Still employed for now and it is hectic just like I like it.
ReplyDeleteLERMONTOV - last time we won the Ashes I was down under in Oz and it was great walking around with such a smug smile, how I never got punched I don't know. I can remember staying in a hotel in Tassie at the time cheering out of the window every time an Aussie wicket got taken.
Bangarrr - We will have to try and make that happen and a beer as well!
Well done on the bullet dodge. I can imagine the nail bitting waits those times can feel like. Now, we just get to kick back and wait to read all about your Great Escape to Melbourne
ReplyDeleteThat's good news...glad you dodged that one. We were afraid my wife's job was in danger, but everyone in her section just got a raise, and her company just broke ground on a new building...which we are taking as good signs. However, one can feel uncertainty hanging in the air here in the states. Safe, for the moment.
ReplyDeleteRebecca Anne - The escape will come and it will be cold, we have to go during the kids summer holidays when it is winter there. So we may have to escape somewhere warmer further north.
ReplyDeletejadedj - The uncertainty is there and the banks need to sort out their problems and get the money flowing again after their stupidity with our money last time!