Limestone Cowboy wrote: » Fair wrecked now, a fella asked me to bring back some cows out of a mountain that were getting near calving with him. 16km walked in 4 hours according to the phone across 1200 acres. Feel like I just climbed Everest.
Mac Taylor wrote: » Anyone hear the vegan lady on the Ciara Kelly show on news talk, my god she was some piece of work, she put farmers, butchers and meat factory workers in the same category as peodo’s, to be fair Ciara was letting her away with it. Their a dangerous group though with a lot of money behind them. Their running a big add campaign as well at the moment.:mad:
Butcher Boy wrote: » she was some **** :mad:
Reggie. wrote: » Ain't that the case with most of them
CHOPS01 wrote: » Thats your pre-season training started so fair play to you !
Say my name wrote: » There's just been a soapbox moment given to a former Guardian restaurant critic on News night on BBC 2 about 2018 being the year of vegan and how she feels fantastic and how people are doing the month with no animal derived foods at all and how farmers are worried about their livelihoods at stake. She said all of the above in her moment. Personally she didn't look healthy to me. Too fragile looking.
_Brian wrote: » We shouldn’t be too worried about this stuff. The only people who pay any attention are those already thinking along them lines, and of that group only a small hardline group stick with it - and we weren’t going to be selling much to them anyway. I’ve said before this **** goes in cycles, I’m my short life this is the third time veg/vegan seems to have become sexy and I expect it will pass too. Meat is delicious and people know damn well it is and good for them too. Let them try their lentils, they’ll be back for a steak soon enough - then they’re ours forever !
carrollsno1 wrote: » Officially started my notice period yesterday, 2 weeks. I just checked the roster and im off it altogether now i was due to have next weekend off as it was but the rosters changed from 9/3 to 6/3 as of today, anybody know how to approach this situation? Surely if we said we were continuing business as usual up until i finished id be getting my 3 days next weekend, wouldnt mind only a few of me mates are off that weekend too!!
naughto wrote: » Are u annoyed that you have to work less notice or am I reading it wrong.(on nights so I could be well off the mark) Any time I’ve worked noticed I never gave a flying f1uck still did my work mind.
carrollsno1 wrote: » Relieved in a way its just the short notice, annoyed that ill be working 14 days on no day off when i was rostered 3 off without being told about it whatsoever.
_Brian wrote: » Has the roster ever been changed in the past to have you working 14 consequential days?? If so they may try to argue this is business as normal. If not you should have a cast to approach someone saying this has never happened before and so couldn’t be business as normal. Has the roster change affected anyone else the same? Or are you being singled out ? Ultimately it may come down to how much you want to leave on good terms and want a reference, if these matter you may just have to dig in and do it.
carrollsno1 wrote: » Never to work 14 days straight yes to only taking one day off before to accomadate a gaa match. Nobody else is working 14 days straight or ever has since i came, everyone else is rostered 6 on 3 off.
_Brian wrote: » There you go. If your inclined you could use this. Now, like I said before it depends on how much you want to make a fight of this with two weeks to go, it’s awfully mean of him to do something so petty. I would always urge people to think about their reference - will you get a good one now, and how likely is this to change if you challenge over the new roster?? Lastly, what’s the chance this was an error ?
Reggie. wrote: » Who's to say the reference will be good now. Unfortunately outside it being an error the boss man must be in a huff. It is the boss man who makes out the roster?
_Brian wrote: » Yea, boss could just be throwing toys outta the pram
Reggie. wrote: » Hate that rubbish
_Brian wrote: » Yea If the guy is moving on then it’s a done deal and there’s o point in making the notice period a dose for everyone. It also shows remaining employees where they likely would stand too. Now, I will admit to giving a guy a bad reference, at that stage he’d jumped the gun and handed in his notice, and by handed in I mean threw a letter in my face, turned out his new job offer was conditional on references and it ended badly.
Reggie. wrote: » Well I hate when lads get in a huff because lads are leaving. I can understand that it might not be what the boss wants but people move on. If the boss thought that carroll wanted to leave over the "other" employee then why didn't he get rid of the bad egg sooner.
carrollsno1 wrote: » Doesnt make the roster himself, asks the 2ic get the 2ic to make it up, the first day i provisionally handed in the notice he was praising me to the last just to keep me when we sat down about it a week later and said i hadnt changed my mind, he said i mustn't be cut out for it etc which did piss me off a bit to be fair had the manners not to tell him in reality if i wanted to get my own herd of cows going id need capital, health and my hands to do it and if i hang around here ill have none of those left.
Reggie. wrote: » Sounds like he was sweet only when it suited him tbh. Poor reflection on the man
carrollsno1 wrote: » Hed have a name for being a good employer, one of the lads said fairly loudly in the pub about how id be stsrting in the new place by such a date, saw a few ears prick up around us looking for gossip all the same. Was also told not to be getting worked up during my notice period ring him with any problems etc thats what hes there for his farm his money, its 4 o clock on a sunday morning i rang him about half an hour ago in regards a downer cow not one light on in his house as i passed must only do call outs 9-5 monday to friday so.
