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That's A Lot Of Jobs Gone!

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I thought this was another thread about Urmston Baths

My mate has worked there 15 years, hell get a good pay-off, he will be well sorted :pardon: , coats on already

My mate has worked there 15 years, hell get a good pay-off, he will be well sorted :pardon: , coats on already

 

Them days have gone plus 15 years is fcuk all service.

 

Anyhow to quote BN, "Mail sorting office rumours unfounded"

 

Link Here

 

Hope it is unfounded for the sake of 600.

aye

 

15 years at statutory - about 4500

 

wooo

 

don't spend it all at once

I hope it doesn't go, I'll have to find anither Saturday job!!

aye

 

15 years at statutory - about 4500

 

wooo

 

don't spend it all at once

Back in 1999, a bloke I worked with got made redundant when part of the business moved over to Munich. He was on about ?45K per year, and had been with the company for just over ten years, so he thought he would be able to take a few months off and then look for a job. He thought he was in line for a months wage for every year he had been there, plus obviously his months notice

 

Imagine the horror, when he realised he was only getting statutory, which equated to him getting just under ?3K, which wasn't even a months wage..........(he did get his months notice as well though I hasten to add)

 

He was Australian though, and a bit of a beef curtain, so I was quite pleased

My Dads put 40 Years in at Royal Mail, he will get a few bob.

My Dads put 40 Years in at Royal Mail, he will get a few bob.

About 12k.

About 12k.

After 40 years service, that's an insult really.

 

?12K is nothing these days is it, in fact I think it's probably less than half the national average wage

About 12k.

 

4 months salary going to last long.

 

Forgot to add, unless you find summut straight away.

Edited by Crew86

Yes, but.............

 

If he's got 40 yrs service, he must be close to his pension too.

So, if was due to retire soon anyway, he's better off.

Yes, but.............

 

If he's got 40 yrs service, he must be close to his pension too.

So, if was due to retire soon anyway, he's better off.

 

Very true.

 

Or like my dad, he got a ?20K pay off at 59, took his pension (good), then the buggers took him back on on the same money six months later with no loss of service, he's 67 and still there !!!

Edited by Crew86

Yes, but.............

 

If he's got 40 yrs service, he must be close to his pension too.

So, if was due to retire soon anyway, he's better off.

 

 

They would offer Early Retirement, and could make him an offer. He could get his FULL Pension pay out.

 

My Mum had 25 Years Service in and Retired 12 months ago, she got more than ?30 K......from a part time contract.

65 years work between them?

 

Not real Scousers, then!

65 years work between them?

 

Not real Scousers, then!

 

 

:rofl:

 

My mam is a fully fledged Scouser......and did have a perm, and does have a snappy temper!!

My Dads put 40 Years in at Royal Mail, he will get a few bob.

He while get 104 weeks wages under royal mails managing the surplus agreement

He while get 104 weeks wages under royal mails managing the surplus agreement

that'll be a decent amount of money then, probably knocking on for upwards of ?50K I would guess - I bet he's praying to get made redundant if that is the case

that'll be a decent amount of money then, probably knocking on for upwards of ?50K I would guess - I bet he's praying to get made redundant if that is the case

 

 

Im guessing that would be 104 Weeks a basic pay....less than ?200 a week, not even half 50k!

Im guessing that would be 104 Weeks a basic pay....less than ?200 a week, not even half 50k!

Sorry, I was going off the national avergae wage, and making assumptions

Sorry, I was going off the national avergae wage, and making assumptions

 

 

Be good if they included my Dad's overtime, then you would be getting to 50k!

 

They may Pension him off, or give him the option of VR, doubt thye will make him redundant!

 

For a start he is based at the Other place, off Blackburn Road.

Be good if they included my Dad's overtime, then you would be getting to 50k!

 

They may Pension him off, or give him the option of VR, doubt thye will make him redundant!

 

For a start he is based at the Other place, off Blackburn Road.

 

I`m surprised they havn`t tried to push your dad out before now Pablo if he`s got 40 years in, as there are hardly any old timers at the scrapyard/shithouse,it`s what the twats like Crozier likes to call `natural wastage.`

I`m surprised they havn`t tried to push your dad out before now Pablo if he`s got 40 years in, as there are hardly any old timers at the scrapyard/shithouse,it`s what the twats like Crozier likes to call `natural wastage.`

 

 

Never even been close to going. He was off last month for a week, and they couldn't cope, they ain't got a clue.

 

He is looking at taking retirement in the next 12 - 18 Months, then do some Haulage a few days a week.

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Mate of mine was in the Royal Irish Regiment and signed up for 4yrs in Home Service in about May 2002,anyhow with them disbanding the RIR Home Service in his last year of Service he got something like a few bob short of ?48,000,now he could of signed up for longer im not too sure but still that's a fair foooking whack!Wakes up this morn and he's sent me a picture of his nearly new Range Rover Vogue thingymebob complete with 22 inch Alloy Wheels and has gone away with the enemy to Ibiza for 2 weeks,then has the cheek to say you should of done Home Service rather than General Service!Gutted isn't the word!But good on the lad,you wouldn't turn it down! :angry: :roll:

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Mate of mine was in the Royal Irish Regiment and signed up for 4yrs in Home Service in about May 2002,anyhow with them disbanding the RIR Home Service in his last year of Service he got a something like a few bob short of ?48,000,now he could of signed up for longer im not too sure but still that's a fair foooking whack!Wakes up this morn and he's sent me a picture of his nearly new Range Rover Vogue thingymebob complete with 22 inch Alloy Wheels and has gone away with the enemy to Ibiza for 2 weeks,than has the cheek to say you should of done Home Service rather than General Service!Gutted isn't the word!But good on the lad,you wouldn't turn it down! :angry: :roll:

 

 

Does he have a career to fall back on though?

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