Going on strike? What’s your view on it?
There’s a big strike on tomorrow and I’m very torn about it, are you? I have three children and one will be off school as a result. That means as a self-employed person, I cannot work tomorrow and I feel annoyed about that. On the other hand I’d intended to have that day as [...]
Teachers on strike – the Birds discuss…
As several of us regular Birds are affected by today’s public sector action, it really warrants some comment, and Linda raised the topic. The variety of opinion was interesting – some of us not working today because our kids are not in school, others with very firm ideas about the strike itself. So we thought [...]
Local Authority Staff?- No thanks
A report out today from Barclays Corporate and The Financial Times has shown that being an ex-local authority employee could make you unemployable in the private sector. Over 50% of firms asked would be loath to employ someone who had previously been employed by a local authority. Most claimed that it was due to the fact [...]
How much do you stash away into your pension each month?
Can you afford to retire? How much do you stash away into your pension each month? Do you even have a pension? Image via Wikipedia Fewer than half of British women are saving enough for an adequate pension and 25% save nothing at all. It’s unsurprising that single, divorced and widowed women make up a [...]
Sick of computers? Sick of work?
It is fair to say that at some point in our lives we are going to have to take time off from work because we are ill. Most employers manage sickness very closely and work a “3 stage and you’re out rule” and although effective it takes away the human touch and understanding which I [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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