So........

My dgm (the one behind that bullshit pip i was on) has handed in her notice, without another job to go to. Her job was never at risk, but they reviewed her salary and were forcing a cut on her. So she's rage quit.

A covering Manager at the imax has handed his notice in, got a job that more closely matches his career plans. 2 more managers at my site have resigned, one due to salary drop, the other because she's realised she'll get a decent payout because of time served; gonna use it as a cushion while she cares for her mum and looks for another job.

Hearing rumours that all of parkheads managers are opting for redundancy, same at silverburn. We've went from too many managers and not enough jobs to too many jobs and not enough managers.

Looking like i could turn up to my interview on Tuesday half pished with my junk hanging out and still keep my job.

HawBawJaws wrote:

Looking like i could turn up to my interview on Tuesday half pished with my junk hanging out and still keep my job.

So, the usual Tuesday then?

In all seriousness, that's great news.

Arrrghh.

I've been a medical secretary now for about a month (exam results not back yet and they in fact lost the test papers in the post our end initially but have now found them so add a couple months more delay on that to marking).

I caught out my consultant doing private work on NHS time yesterday. We got a letter from Bupa asking for professional advice on a previous patient he'd seen at the hospital because he was making a pension request. I got the letter typed and most things organised but then he asked me to type an invoice and also attach copies of scans that were in this person's patient notes. This seemed not totally proper so I rang my secretarial bosses who paused in surprise then told me no, Bupa needs to contact a department we have for this sort of thing called Access to Records and a payment needs to be made to the hospital itself since it's using hospital resources. More than fair. I'm happy I asked.

Come Monday I'm going to have to basically tell my consultant "sorry but no because - " and also ring the contact at Bupa. I am a little worried this will sour my relationship with him as he could take it as if I've cheated him out of an easy £100 for being a jobs worth. Also it bothers me I am potentially delaying this guy's pension request simply for protocol which from an empathetic stand point bothers me.

On the other side of the argument you are gaining the NHS £100 at a time when every penny is desperately needed.

Tempy wrote:

So what you're saying HawBaw... is I have a chance

You have a chance??

The way it's looking now, they'll probably go on the street with a big net, first person they catch is the new manager......

Who employs you bollo, the NHS or the doctor?

Yeah, sounds like the right response to me. Not only are you doing the right thing as defined by policy, but you're also being loyal to your employer. Plus, if he's not paying your salary it's hardly right for him to expect you to produce work for him during your working hours that he alone is going to profit from.

GW with the Copy Editing Job advert which I'd love to go for If I didn't have a 6 month lease on a flat in Glasgow. Let me copy edit from here you jerks.

I don't particularly want to go back to Nottingham either to be honest.

So I got about halfway through my list of ‘agencies to email my CV to’ on Friday.

I have an interview at lunchtime, another this evening, one on Wednesday night and a fourth on Thursday night. A fifth agency have invited me in for a beer and chat next week. I’m waiting on confirmation of date for an interview with a sixth.

This is going better than I expected. I’m slightly emotional now.

@popro, are ISO on the list?

W O R K B O I

Is there a new collectors edition coming out then?

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