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[SueEllen]

Morning all. Tis wet here today. Not that I need to go out much at all (farm shop stock-up session and a trip for coal and booze) it's just i'd fancied a final grass-cut of the year might have been possible once the dew had dried off.

I was cutting grass right up to mid-December last year when the daffodils had started blooming.

[NickFitz]

Morning all. Grey and overcast.

Had a PM from one of the other contractors in the team this morning - he's had two weeks notice through. There's another all-hands call at 11:30...

Update: just had an email from the PM. We're all being given notice, but that's OK - they might offer us a new contract. Keep calm and carry on chaps, he's sure that it won't happen. Some comfort coming from a guy who only started on the project this week!

Good luck - keep invoicing as long as possible

[WTFH]

Still sunny and dry here. Is your part of the south east not so pleasant?

[northernladuk]

Morning all. Grey and overcast.

Had a PM from one of the other contractors in the team this morning - he's had two weeks notice through. There's another all-hands call at 11:30...

Update: just had an email from the PM. We're all being given notice, but that's OK - they might offer us a new contract. Keep calm and carry on chaps, he's sure that it won't happen. Some comfort coming from a guy who only started on the project this week!

If he's started this week he's going to say anything to try and keep team cohesion and not to be seen as the axe man. I'd take the first sentence as given and forget all the rest. That just setting you up for a fall. Start with the expectation about notice and anything else will be a bonus.

[Pondlife]

I woke at 6am alone in a darkened room with windows that I couldn't open. I discovered that I had been brought to a grey faceless building behind a security fence on the outskirts of Amsterdam. This situation was not of my choosing.



Is this scenario;

a) Part of an epic drugs, drink and debauchery filled look at the underbelly of Amsterdam. Or
b) A day in the life of a KLM passenger during the season of unpredictable weather.

[mudskipper]

I woke at 6am alone in a darkened room with windows that I couldn't open. I discovered that I had been brought to a grey faceless building behind a security fence on the outskirts of Amsterdam. This situation was not of my choosing.



Is this scenario;

a) Part of an epic drugs, drink and debauchery filled look at the underbelly of Amsterdam. Or
b) A day in the life of a KLM passenger during the season of unpredictable weather.

I hope it's a

[original PM]

Sunny and dry here, want to come down and cut my grass?
(I've checked Urban Dictionary and I don't think that's a euphemism for uphill gardening)

I may trim your bush if you ask nicely...

[covbob]

If he's started this week he's going to say anything to try and keep team cohesion and not to be seen as the axe man. I'd take the first sentence as given and forget all the rest. That just setting you up for a fall. Start with the expectation about notice and anything else will be a bonus.

Bang on there NLUK! Any notice period is a bonus - after all they could have told us there's no work for us to do and to stop immediately. Still might happen I suppose but I'm just taking each day's billing as it comes.

If nothing else I can afford a nice little break towards the end of the year and spend some time with the family.

[FiveTimes]

Afternoon

[FiveTimes]

I've decided to move away from my desk this afternoon and try out some swanky comfy seating on "the street" at the offices today