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Scott328i

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18,188 posts

216 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Due to unforseen circumstances the company has ceased trading.

You will finish on friday, no unpaid leave no notice period and you maybe lucky to get what you are owed.

So I have to wait until tommorow to see if I even get my wages for the month.

I have heard on the grapevine that the company is going to set up again, probably why he was so desperate to get all the computers up and running before I left (moved premises).

So now I have 4 weeks to find work if I get paid before I have to let the flat go and stump up the cash for the rest of the rent period (£1800 - our holiday savings).

If I don't get paid friday I owe £2400 and have to come home.

Lifes a bh.

If you see any IT Tech roles around essex give me a shout!

May give the photography a crack whilst I have the time.

Scott

Mattygooner

5,301 posts

219 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Probably better off looking in London for IT.

Mc Lovin

5,588 posts

236 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Feel for you man, thats not good at all!

Get on jobsite and check out whats on there, there seems to be loads of IT jobs on there, but not sure abut your area.

Good luck!!

oobster

7,442 posts

226 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Sorry to hear that Scott, hope something turns up for you soon.

Steamer

14,059 posts

228 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Thats nasty! if the company is going into receivership you can sign on straight away - I know that is absolutely no consolation at all, but you will get what you are owed eventually, same thing happened to me, but luckily mortgage protection saved my backside of ending up in the street.

Good luck with the photography - try looking at it a different way, I'm sure it will put a smile back on your face:

Scott328i said:
May give the crack photography a go whilst I have the time.
EFA

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

245 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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http://www.jobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.pl?sel...

Dunno what level you are, but that looks like it's Selex, and would be a rather good job if you could get it...

Bad luck on the current job - i work just down the road from Selex, and 150-odd design engineers have just been given 90days notice.

Not a good time for the UK, that's for sure...

Edited by Beefmeister on Thursday 21st May 11:24

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

249 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Scott328i said:
You will finish on friday, no unpaid leave no notice period and you maybe lucky to get what you are owed.
fk that. Go home. If they won't guarantee your money you may be working for nothing. Although if they were proper s they could use that as an excuse not to pay you.

Edited by Parrot of Doom on Thursday 21st May 11:29

ShadownINja

78,604 posts

297 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Good luck. Sorry to hear you're losing your job.

Scott328i said:
I have heard on the grapevine that the company is going to set up again, probably why he was so desperate to get all the computers up and running before I left (moved premises).
Dodgy if legal? Affects employees and creditors.

Edited by ShadownINja on Thursday 21st May 11:30

Oakey

27,939 posts

231 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Just renumerate yourself with office hardware? hehe

Scott328i

Original Poster:

18,188 posts

216 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Parrot of Doom said:
Scott328i said:
You will finish on friday, no unpaid leave no notice period and you maybe lucky to get what you are owed.
fk that. Go home. If they won't guarantee your money you may be working for nothing. Although if they were proper s they could use that as an excuse not to pay you.

Edited by Parrot of Doom on Thursday 21st May 11:29
I have taken the holiday!

MK4 Slowride

10,028 posts

223 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Scott, if they can't pay you then go to CAB they can arrange for you to be paid but you get no bouns just your basic. This is part of why you've been paying NI.

Best of luck getting a new job, it's pretty dire out there.

FoolOnTheHill

1,018 posts

226 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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3rd Line Server Support Analyst - Citrix PS 4.5


Location: London
Salary: unspecified
Company: Contract Connections
Job type: Permanent
Date posted: 19/05/2009 14:54:27

3rd Line Server Support Analyst - London - Professional Services - £40,000 - £45,000 - Citrix PS4 / Windows 2000 / SQL / Exchange / AD

Client : A UK Based Professional Services Firm with around 400 staff across multiple offices.

Role - As a member of the 3rd line support team you will support the firms Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 farm and Windows Server Environment. The firm has around 45 servers across a range of technologies including MS Windows 2000 / 2003 Server, Exchange 2003, SQL 2000 / 2005 / 2007 and BES mainly based on HP prolient hardware.

As well as day to day operational support of the server infrastructure you will be involved in project work on a regular basis. The ideal candidate would have at extensive experience of working within a similar sized organisation as a 3rd line support analyst or Senior Support Analyst.

You will have to demonstrate and in-depth knowledge of the key technologies specifically Citrix, Windows Server and Exchange, including design and server build and high level support and troubleshooting

The role will also require you to support the desktop support team and be customer facing towards the business so excellent presentation and communications skills are a must.


Ref: CWJobs
Contact: Larissa Foster


130R

6,914 posts

221 months

Thursday 21st May 2009
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Oakey said:
Just renumerate yourself with office hardware? hehe
Back in 2003 I was working for a software house that contracted me out to a big "injury-claims specialist" (also known as ambulance chasers) when their entire workforce was sacked by text message. It was like PC World were having a 95% off sale.