Benchtime

[norrahe]

It's all about your war chest. As long as you have enough in there you will ride it out. Someone mentioned 2 years, I would say that would be max. You will get a job eventually as when the market recovers everyone will get something.

Look at your warchest and calculate your panic level.

WHS

I was on the bench for 8 months.

Look for jobs,
skill up.
Enjoy the free time, do summat you want to do.

[Shimano105]

This warchest... can it include your ISAs? Much as I'd loathe to have to touch it, it is money that would tide me over for a good year or so.

If I keep skilling up I would be able to blag my way into a nice little earner should things ever pick up.

I'm seriously looking at part-time Aldi work as an option in the coming months - it seems to pay better than some contracts.

At Christmas I was turning work down as well!

[thunderlizard]

I'd consider ISAs a bit too close to the wire, but horses for courses.

There used to be a reason why Aldi paid over the odds. Part-time staff only so that they didn't have to provide bathroom facilities for them; and they had to learn the prices off by heart so that they could buy really cheap tills. Maybe it's different now.

[SuperZ]

Bye bye to the bench after what was mostly just a holiday for me followed by a short contract search . I`m temped to carry on looking just in case it falls through but I can`t be ar$ed. Once the paperwork is sorted I`m off on me hols again for a short time until I start

Keep positive, don`t panic. I decided to just take it easy, not panic and not apply for contracts with crap rates and it just came to me but I count myself quite lucky and seriously hope things turn better for you all.

Probably shouldn`t post this until I start because it`ll probably go t*ts up knowing my sometimes bad luck

[BrowneIssue]

Bye bye to the bench after what was mostly just a holiday for me followed by a short contract search .

I`m temped to carry on looking just in case it falls through but I can`t be ar$ed. Once the paperwork is sorted I`m off on me hols again for a short time until I start

It ain't sorted until the ink is dry and your bum is on the seat.

Keep looking... just in case.