I'm so glad that Iain has been offerered a job! He's even gone for a run today which is a sure sign he's feeling more positive. I stopped off and got a bottle of cava on the way home last night. Classy!! But couldn't afford champagne! ....
... so now it looks as though my job isn't safe either. Great. Apparently although we're still turning a profit, the powers that be have decreed that not only will our pay be frozen, but if sales don't pick up there will be more redundancies ....
Iain's now ex company have been really messing him about. So far they've taken off about £7k from his payoff. He can't protest as legally they only have to give him the bear minimum, but it still is a bit crap to say the least. He saw ....
When Iain came back from work on Monday after being told they're all redundant he was actually on a bit of a high. They're giving him a pay off, so all he could see were the numbers! He was philosphical about it - said it couldn't go on forever ....
Iain called me today while I was wandering round Sainsbury's. They've received an email at his work telling them that there's going to be a meeting about the future on Monday afternoon. He knew that the company would be making redundancies ....
My Mum is very fussy when it comes to clothes, so I suggested that we should maybe start looking for an outfit for her to wear at the wedding. She and my Dad came over yesterday, and while Dad continued in his quest to get the Morris Minor going, Mum ....
At this rate we're going to end up with about 15 model Ford Capris in the house! I found a nice silver model one on ebay, bid on it, won it - and we thought that was the job done! We'd got a model Morris Minor car to go on top of our wedding cake ....