HR advice – been called into the office at a moments notice…

HR – relief is at hand!

I'm beginning to feel a bit tense about it myself now. COME ON!!!

well bushwacked what's occurring mate ??

Just saw the thread (and skipped pages of political stuff, sorry to those of you who put effort into that) and it seemed very like when I was given a "compromise agreement". Or to put it another way "here is some money, now **** off, that should be enough to get you off our backs". Similar cost to redundancy (if you haven't been there too long) and in my case, gave me some cash and a kick up the arse to go back to Uni, so worked out for me.
Hope OP is out celebrating his good news though…

p.s. I was removed as unions were being mooted at work and getting close to a reality, and I was a little vocal, often. May have had no bearing on the matter but makes me smile to think about it 🙂

Bushwacked has been spotted in B&Q, wearing a suit, cackling maniacally, sweating and buying an electric saw, garden waste bags, patio slabs and a spade. 🙂

all of which are protected in law.

Aha! I'd got to the point where I'd forgotten what I'd copied and was ready to paste for three pages or so.

I'd like to think that employment legislation was sufficiently well applied to obviate the need for unions. I'm afraid I don't think your average medium size+ employer will necessarily be particularly concerned about the law. If we could trust employers to act as progressive and employee-centred organisations then I'd accept that argument as it is, faced with a pack of ravenous hyenas, I can fully appreciate why the average employee might want to take a pitbull to the 'discussion'.

But anyone, hats off to stoner for having the decency to come out politically. It's okay to call yourself centre-right these days – it's nothing to be ashamed of. Some of the more liberal members of the Conservative party and the newer factions in New Labour have openly displayed these tendencies without much scandal. And by supporting a mixed economy like 90% of the population you've successfully distanced yourself from swivel-eyed right wing idealogues like the good Captain F. 😉

But anways, bushwacked…what's happening man?

if you insist that "a freemarket ethos is does not exclude [me] from centre or left of centre politics" then I would insist that my political views do not exclude me from the left either. Or is it a political no-mans land?

The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?
On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

eg

I'm afraid I don't think your average medium size+ employer will necessarily be particularly concerned about the law.

I might be wrong about this but I don't think not being unconcerned about the law means the law doesn't apply to you.

If it's the same as happened to "a friend" then it'll be a compromise agreement. Bastards caught "my friend" when "he" got back off holiday, complete and utter shock it was. Three months on jobseekers now. Private sector and no union. If they want you out then you're out.

Get legal advice.

Bushwacked where are you…….

skidartist – does the fact that Lagavulin 16 is my favourite whisky mean I am a right-wing fascist then? 🙂

…and no Bladnoch in the chart!

skidartist – does the fact that Lagavulin 16 is my favourite whisky mean I am a right-wing fascist then?

It means we both are! But thats because I'm a facist, I had to learn to like Lagavulin to look the part.

…and no Bladnoch in the chart!

Bladnoch is so far off the chart! Its the sort of tipple usually enjoyed by the tyranical bad guys on science fictions. The Mekon likes Bladnoch. Just like Kim Jong Il buys most of the worlds Hennesey.

beginning to think this might have been one of the most successful trolls yet (not counting conveyor belts)

I don't think not being unconcerned about the law means the law doesn't apply to you.

Oh yeah, cos there's such a great history of corporate accountability and embracing the law in, um, everywhere.

Any news yet.

fascinated by whats about to/has happened to bushwhacker…

HeathenWoods is right. The big thing that "my friend" has learned is that company loyalty is strictly a one-way process. They will pay scant regard to due process if they can get away with it.

He, has been nominated for Im a celebrity get me out of here,in the jungle with Xfactor dancing on broken glass etc.

swivel-eyed right wing idealogues like the good Captain F.

Eh? What? Erm, no, actually. Never mind, though.

Anyway, back on track, where is the OP? What happened? A forum awaits!

We've been had.

Coyote- was "your friend" also told you cannot discuss or even mention this to anyone except your partner or it is all off, oh and give you a budget for legal advice? Mine was a few years ago so am not too worried about mentioning it 🙂

FFS, I read all that for this….

this is worse than the stolen mojo thread….

Although the whisky chart was good…

Actually, didn't the OP say he was out on the lash regardless of the outcome?

"He" was indeed Mr. Tracker1972, he was.

you dont just abandon a thread if your the OP, we should have our own meeting with him to discuss this in….

I think he's being held for ransom by Somali pirates…

is that as far as we are???
I thought there would be something by page 5. I'm going to see if anything has happened in the news that may be related

BUSHWACKED!!!!!!??????????????

If what happened to the OP is the same as what happened to "my friend" then he may be in a state of shock and some distress. "He" had been there for 14 years and it came right out of the blue. The way "he" was dealt with was very cold and cynical, but obviously "he" is not allowed to speak about it…

If what happened to the OP is the same as what happened to "my friend" then he may be in a state of shock and some distress.

Surely the FIRST thing that people do in that situation is pour their heart out to Singletrack?! It's happened many times before on many memorable threads so where the hell is Bushwhacked now? Very slack of him – if he was this slack at work, I'd have fired him too!

He's having dinner, be patient..

Oh yeah, cos there's such a great history of corporate accountability and embracing the law in, um, everywhere.

Mate you really need to learn the art of nuance. I said not being unconcerned about the law means the law doesn't apply to you. I didn't say that this would then hold everyone to the law.

The law needs to be upheld and if broken it can be thus upheld. That is the point of the rule of law. It's first priority is to act to keep people within in it bounds; it's second is to provide justice when that fails.

Perhaps we need to call him into the office tomorrow and speak to him about his behaviour.

Well he hasnt defected to bike radar as yet.

I reckon bushwacked's boss & HR officer have done away with him.

I reckon he's been summond to head office HR for a breakfast meeting first thing tomorrow.

Nah – I'm here! Went biking with Jedi after getting the news and just got home. Good to have a distraction! 🙂

Basically went to London, 3.5 hour drive and they read a letter out saying my role is being proposed to be made redundant. Why the F*** they couldn't tell me over the phone I don't know!!

Next step is to meet them and discuss something but they've not really explained the process. So I don't really know what is happening. Out of my team of 5 sales managers, I'm the only one being made redundant – work that one out!

I reckon bushwacked's boss & HR officer have done away with him

Or he's tied them to their chairs, doused them in petrol and is currently skipping round them in his underwear with his tie round his head cackling like a hag and brandishing a zippo…
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[edit] Do'h! Not quick enough!