Re: FN-FORUM a little legal advice

date posted 24th May 2001 20:40

tut tut ruth!, me knowing everything? was that sarcasm?! :)
is it my fault i hate being wrong so much i *have* to know everything - i
have a monstrous ego to support! lol! :)

i've already got 4 interviews lined up for 'permie' jobs on more than i was
on, had 1 ex-workmate discuss working for me(!), and got some contacts for a
freelance jobby. and im stress-free and getting paid to sunbathe for 4
weeks so im still walking on the sunny side of the street :)

the company on the other hand has currently has no sales, a huge bill for
software (they've been using illegal software since i started) and is
top-heavy, get this, they have 4 directors (one of thems been bankrupt 3
times.), 4 managers, 3 designers and 3 developers... nuts... in january
there were 30 staff, now theres 18 and it looks like its set to decrease
further. at least the company has a high turnover... of staff! :)

i think i got the best deal with this redundancy business, i must do it more
often! :)

as for the project, yup they can shove it up their arses alright as far as
im concerned all they said to me was that they were going advise DHR to come
to me for updates to the project which i'll happily discuss with DHR.

dave ecky

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Arnold" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM a little legal advice


> Hi Ecky,
>
> I can't believe the idiots made you redundant! Am I right everyone -
doesn't
> Ecky know pretty much everything about everything on this forum? You are
> indeed Mister Advice!
>
> Sigh - what prats! Really... but don't worry as you'll get another, better
> job in the blink of any eye I'm sure. And like you say, this may be a
> perfect time to go freelance properly anyway.
>
> As for finishing the project you're working on, I think I'd tell em to
stuff
> it up their arses if I were you ;-)
>
> Way to go Ecky, this could be the start of something a lot more rewarding.
>
> ruth arnold
> spacehoppa.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ecky" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 1:58 PM
> Subject: FN-FORUM a little legal advice
>
>
> > yesterday i was made redundant and put on 'gardening leave' and today i
> get
> > a phone call from them regarding a site i was doing and was awaiting
> client
> > feedback from. they asked about me completeing the project...
> >
> > now as my redundancy letter states i was made redundant on the 23rd and
> > todays the 24th does this open a can of worms that leads down the rocky
> road
> > of unfair/wrongful dismissal? after all to be made redundant is to say
> that
> > the company has no need for you in any requirement? also they still
have
> an
> > advertisement on their site for people with sql server skills, which is
> one
> > my core skills.
> >
> > if anyone could help id be grateful.
> >
> > as a sidenote to show how stupid the company is they made me redundant
> > before id finished securing the 2 sql boxes (them along with the web
> servers
> > you could drive cattle through the security holes), and the lad with the
> > task of doing that now, as well as network duties, VB and ASP/database
> work
> > is a trainee being paid 2.50 an hour because he's doing an NVQ... which
> he
> > needed me as his mentor to write a letter to his tutor about to complete
> it
> > and go onto a proper wage. he also knows jack shit about databases,
which
> > is something of a problem when you have to deal them on a regular basis.
> >
> > well at least it gives me time to pursue my freelance career properly
and
> > get out of permie roles :)
> >
> > tia
> >
> > dave ecky
>
>
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