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Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:08 pm
by Lightning McQueen
Booney wrote:Would you consider returning to a previous employer?


I didn't burn my bridge, I blew the f****** thing up!

He was an arrogant c***.

I worked here from 97 to 05, then from 07 to now, I had a stint elsewhere in between.

My computer used to take 10 minutes to turn on, he brought me a new one that sat next to my desk for two months, he wouldn't let me set it up on my own, on my last day there I rang cleanaway to collect our big blue bin and chucked in all the software that accompanied the new pc, some other important documents may have fallen in with it too.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:26 pm
by MW
I would go back if you left on amicable terms.
I am about to change roles internally, but means different reporting structure, no direct reports to me (yay), different office site away from the factory, (much) more money, likely hood of more WFH, more travel (which I enjoy) and more flexibility with time not tied to the factory work hours.

All in all it sounds perfect, but I won't know until I start.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:37 pm
by Lightning McQueen
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.
I am about to change roles internally, but means different reporting structure, no direct reports to me (yay), different office site away from the factory, (much) more money, likely hood of more WFH, more travel (which I enjoy) and more flexibility with time not tied to the factory work hours.

All in all it sounds perfect, but I won't know until I start.

Sometimes it's better the devil you know.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:38 pm
by MW
Lightning McQueen wrote:
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.
I am about to change roles internally, but means different reporting structure, no direct reports to me (yay), different office site away from the factory, (much) more money, likely hood of more WFH, more travel (which I enjoy) and more flexibility with time not tied to the factory work hours.

All in all it sounds perfect, but I won't know until I start.

Sometimes it's better the devil you know.


The devil I know is making me the devil though

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:47 pm
by Lightning McQueen
MW wrote:
The devil I know is making me the devil though


I ended up hating it here the first time around, they employed a GM that was known to make staff cuts, I made sure it was me that left our area.

The day after he left they rang me to see if I'd come back, a couple of dinners and some negotiations I was back.

They were drawing a wine raffle on the day I returned and I won $1000 worth of wine for $2 worth of tickets.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:58 pm
by Brodlach
They have to want him back too.


Just looking at the other side.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:59 pm
by MW
Brodlach wrote:They have to want him back too.


Just looking at the other side.


Who doesn't want an oracle :lol:

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:02 pm
by Dutchy
amber_fluid wrote:Where’s Daisy?
Did he get the boot?
Unlike him not to post most days


not banned

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:21 pm
by Booney
Meeting the old manager for a coffee on Tuesday, the email exchange :

Put it this way, what I was sold coming here isn’t what I have ended up with and the grass isn’t always greener. We should meet for a coffee. Tuesday, 9am at the old local?

Perfect – and excited.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:23 pm
by Booney
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.


Absolutely it was, there was nothing making me move other than being ready to move, after 14 years the timing felt right to go and look elsewhere but as noted, where I've landed isn't what I was expecting.

Whilst I haven't made up my mind, I've made up my mind. Everything old is new again.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:26 pm
by amber_fluid
Booney wrote:
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.


Absolutely it was, there was nothing making me move other than being ready to move, after 14 years the timing felt right to go and look elsewhere but as noted, where I've landed isn't what I was expecting.

Whilst I haven't made up my mind, I've made up my mind. Everything old is new again.


Are there other options out there or is it a ‘ selective’ type role with limited jobs in Adelaide you’re in?

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:28 pm
by MW
Booney wrote:
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.


Absolutely it was, there was nothing making me move other than being ready to move, after 14 years the timing felt right to go and look elsewhere but as noted, where I've landed isn't what I was expecting.

Whilst I haven't made up my mind, I've made up my mind. Everything old is new again.


Interesting game of chess. Who wants it more!

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:28 pm
by amber_fluid
Dutchy wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:Where’s Daisy?
Did he get the boot?
Unlike him not to post most days


not banned


MIA then

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:53 pm
by Vamos
amber_fluid wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:Where’s Daisy?
Did he get the boot?
Unlike him not to post most days


not banned


MIA then


Internet reception is generally poor in bunkers

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:54 pm
by Booney
amber_fluid wrote:
Booney wrote:
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.


Absolutely it was, there was nothing making me move other than being ready to move, after 14 years the timing felt right to go and look elsewhere but as noted, where I've landed isn't what I was expecting.

Whilst I haven't made up my mind, I've made up my mind. Everything old is new again.


Are there other options out there or is it a ‘ selective’ type role with limited jobs in Adelaide you’re in?


Reasonably narrow field of what I did and may do again, probably 3 or 4 spots the same in Adelaide.

The one I'm in right now, probably 12 or so.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 2:55 pm
by Booney
MW wrote:
Booney wrote:
MW wrote:I would go back if you left on amicable terms.


Absolutely it was, there was nothing making me move other than being ready to move, after 14 years the timing felt right to go and look elsewhere but as noted, where I've landed isn't what I was expecting.

Whilst I haven't made up my mind, I've made up my mind. Everything old is new again.


Interesting game of chess. Who wants it more!


I've put my asking price in.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:13 pm
by Vamos
I've recently gone back to my old role after 4 years, albeit within the same company. No good comes from lying in bed at night thinking about work.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 8:55 am
by Booney
Much of the reason I left was the change over to the new owners and two projects we were managing at the time.

The contract negotiations, the uncertainty, the projects that were completely absorbing us all took their toll, along with 6 years one-on-one with my Manager. Prior to that 6 years we'd had people in the office from time to time making it 3, sometimes 4 in there creating a different dynamic.

If I go back I'll be number 4 making it a different place to the one I left. I'll know when I see him tomorrow.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:32 am
by Lightning McQueen
amber_fluid wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:Where’s Daisy?
Did he get the boot?
Unlike him not to post most days


not banned


MIA then

Posted in the supercoach footy thread.

Re: I need to know....

PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:52 am
by Lightning McQueen
Does anyone know if you cash in some annual leave do you get taxed at a higher rate or is it just a myth?