Contract extension grass-is-greener syndrome

[AtW]

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[vetran]

book yourself an expensive holiday, take Mrs MF away and have a Ball..


A decade as a permie, same wamey but guess what I have a decent pension and work in my underpants if I want.

[Mattski]

Dunno.

I wanted to bail after 6 months, but then the permie left so I felt a bit stuck.

And it was easily commutable from Neath, being in Pontypridd.

So I stuck around until it closed.

I'm curious - what kind of work / contract was it? Can't imagine Ponty having much in the way of contracts there but would be pleasantly surprised (and amazed!) if there was anything there I could look at..

[psychocandy]

I'm curious - what kind of work / contract was it? Can't imagine Ponty having much in the way of contracts there but would be pleasantly surprised (and amazed!) if there was anything there I could look at..

Nah nor me. Arse end of nowhere it is Im afraid.

University maybe? GE (but thats nantgarw not ponty)?
Couple of IT companies nantgarw end as well?

[psychocandy]

As I said, I left when it closed.

It was part of AB Electronics on the Gellihirion estate, namely the Wolsey Comcare bit, concerned with alarm telephones for the elderly & infirm.

It was ok.

Ah Rhydyfelin.....

Funnily enough I went to school there too and lived not quite on but near Glyntaff Farm estate - one of the worst in Europe apparently. Probably posh now.

But

[psychocandy]

Port Talbot to Gloucester, 93 miles as the google maps.

Hour and a half, downhill with the wind behind you.

I think I'd find that a bit much on a regular basis.

It sort of grinds you down.

Especially if the weather is bad.

Bad traffic day used to take him 2.5 hours. Nuts.

Gig we did was CRAP CRAP CRAP rate too.