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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Jul 13, 2012 12:12:03 GMT
Totally unhorsey but getting really fed up.
In our office there is another lady and I that work part time and whilst we do different jobs in the section we work opposite halves and so I call her my other half!
Anyway her children are grown up at university and so she has got a new job that is full time and I am really pleased.
She got the new job about 2 to 3 weeks ago and has accepted the offer and completed CRB forms etc but is still saying she does not know whether or not to take it as the location has changed from being about 5 minutes away to about 15 minutes away.
As the new job doesn't start until 1st September and she can transfer her service for pension purposes she does not need to give her notice in until the end of the month.
She has told our line manager that she is definitely going but whilst she keeps saying that I will need to do this and need to do that in September (if she goes I will be doing both jobs at least for the autumn term) but then she says she just does not know whether to go for it.
I am sympathetic to the fact that the job has moved a short distance further away from home but I am also getting frustrated because with less than 2 weeks to go until the end of term I do not know what hours I will be doing when I get back in September. Plus I do not know whether I am doing a collection for her birthday or her birthday and leaving.
I think part of the problem is I am a decisive person and make my mind up quickly and once my mind is made up that is what I will do. Also on a personal note I think it would be morally wrong if she turned round now and told the new company she isn't going to take up the post (they believe she will be starting on 3rd September).
Whatever she decides I and my line manager just want her to be happy but at the moment are treading on eggshells around her - one day she wants to talk about it the next she doesn't!
Sorry for the rant just needed to get it off my chest.
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Post by crazyshetlandlady on Jul 14, 2012 12:24:53 GMT
Oh dear, it's always slightly annoying when people are like that.. I have a similar situation with a friend who I am looking after ponies for!!
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Post by nia2311 on Jul 17, 2012 0:14:16 GMT
I'm working for my Dad over the summer as a tour guide and we are working with THE most indecisive man in the history of the world. He is really getting my Dad and myself down with his constant need to change arrangements, then put them back to the original plan at a moment's notice.
We have been contracted to take junior (aged 13-18) foreign language students on tours of various places around the NW of England and not one visit has gone without a hitch. On Saturday, he tried to alter the 2-stop trip to 1-stop whilst the students were boarding the bus. He then spent 20mins saying "yes, no, yes, no, yes, no" and eventually the coach driver butted in and said he was told 2-stops, so that was what it remained.
The students are supposed to leave Liverpool on their tours by 9.30am each day, but not once have they boarded the buses on time. Then, when the time schedule slips, we get blamed. On Sunday, we had to wait 30mins because this bloke forgot to tell the hotel the students required packed lunches.
And on another vein - he is also incredibly incompetant, as well as indecisive. He is supposed to supervise the students with his "team" of youth workers. In reality, they all stay together talking at the back, whilst my Dad and I try to shepherd between 50-100 foreign students around a city or other venue. We have complained today about the lack of assistance from these youth workers who are supposed to man the line and keep the students together in a group. They turn up not knowing how many students are on each trip, so instead of doing a head count, as we do normally, they have to go round and look at individuals to decide if everyone is there. They failed to notice a student missing on Sunday and it turned out she'd lost her group and we had to send a taxi to retrieve her.
If they would only let my Dad's company organise these trips, as is our business, things would be so much smoother. We know the coach companies, have made hundreds of group bookings previously with all the venues, so we know the right people to talk to, and the short cuts. But no, the language academy does not want to pay for our time to organise, they just want to pay the day rate for the tour..... Consequently, we have had coaches not paid for, too few coaches booked, no group tickets pre-booked for Conwy Castle and no notice paid to the fact that on Sunday, Manchester City Centre was closed off for a bike event. They refused to alter the trip when notified of this, and then complained when I had to arrange for the coach to drop us on the outskirts of the City and we had to walk the 60 students in on foot. Our usual coach drop off point was on a closed road.
ARGH!! Dad is not going to offer his services for this contract next year, its too much hassle.
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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Jul 17, 2012 20:29:29 GMT
He sounds very frustrating Nia no wonder you and your dad are tearing your hair out.
My colleague has said today that she is working on the basis that she wont be going but she hasn't told them that they still think she will be starting with them in September. She has emailed them to try and find out where they are going to be located in September so that she can make a definite decision but they have not got back to her and she doesn't want to phone as the lady talks too much - if it was me I would ring.
They are having a meeting tomorrow so everyone can get to meet and I suggested that they may be going to announce location then but she doesn't want to go in case she doesn't end up going there but personally I think it is a missed opportunity and if she does end up working there it will make her look antisocial.
Still hoping to know by the end of the week - fingers crossed.
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Post by nia2311 on Jul 17, 2012 21:26:36 GMT
I hope your colleague makes her mind up ruftytuftyrider!! Indecisiveness isn't something I have suffered from, if anything I am too impulsive and would benefit from taking my time over decisions sometimes......
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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Jul 18, 2012 12:03:00 GMT
She is off to a meeting this afternoon and hopefully her question about location will be answered and she can finally make a decision - fingers crossed!!!
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Post by nia2311 on Jul 18, 2012 21:42:22 GMT
Well my Dad has rung me today, tearing his hair out. Since we reported the issues with the youth workers and other employees not supervising the trips correctly, plus complaints from the foreign groups of the chaotic organisation, the whole language academy has descended into proper, uncontrolled chaos and my Dad is considered chucking the contract in the bin and walking away.
He has pointed out that if they gave him a list of dates, desired visits and group numbers, we can sort it all out with coach companies, venues etc and have it properly organised, but still they do not want to pay him £10 an hour to do this. They are only willing to pay the daily rate for guides on the day. These junior groups are NOT going to come back next year and the organisers in the home countries will not recommend the academy to groups in the future. Its all so simple, yet they cannot organise a party in a brewery!
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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Jul 19, 2012 12:38:38 GMT
My colleague has come back to say she is definitely staying so at least I get to keep my part time hours/day off so won't have to miss out on horsey time :-).
I do feel sorry for my colleague because I know she fancied the job it was the travelling/location that was the problem and Birmingham City Council being a Labour Council are putting up obstacles to every site the free school finds because free schools are a Tory initiative - at the end of the day it is the children who are going to lose out and the Councillors should be ashamed of themselves but that is a completely different rant altogether.
I hope, Nia, your dad has a better day today and the academy have sorted themselves out.
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Post by nia2311 on Jul 19, 2012 20:52:13 GMT
He cancelled the walk today due to lack of interest..... The academy forgot to put the poster up on the activities board. So, he travelled in this morning for no reason. He is 73 - at least it was on his free bus pass!! Totally re-writing schedule for August now, just glad I am off on my hols but feel guilty leaving Dad to do it all....
Glad your colleague made her mind up, finally!!
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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Jul 19, 2012 22:02:53 GMT
Your dad sounds like a remarkable man. Glad he has his free bus pass because it would have been worse if he had driven and had to pay to park.
Hope you have a great holiday, you deserve a lovely break after all you have been through.
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Post by nia2311 on Jul 21, 2012 23:40:24 GMT
My Dad is 73 in body, about 33 in the head (apart from he is getting a tad forgetful). The tour guiding is his retirement business. He was a financial advisor and retired at 65. Then he got bored. He did some volunteering in 2008 when Liverpool was Capital of Culture and spotted a gap in the market for tour guiding, so started up in 2009. He's now able to employ between 2-4 guides at weekends throughout the summer (one being me!). He also works on the open top tour bus in Liverpool (NOT the red one people, please go on the yellow, orange and white one!). If you fancy an open top tour of Liverpool, make sure your guide is called Tony!
And yes, cannot WAIT for my hols. Bought some nice shorts and cozzies in the Next sale so am all kitted out. My son is horrendously excited, as he's having his 10th birthday on the beach!!
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Post by ruftytuftyrider on Jul 22, 2012 21:10:36 GMT
Hope you all have a fab holiday and your son has a wonderful birthday on the beach :-)
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