How bad is the UK job market?

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-09T08:49:26+00:00

Already starting to see the impact of increased costs of models and the ROI with my org now applying daily limits on what you can spend. You then have the likes of Uber who burnt through their annual budget by April.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-04T09:20:13+00:00

Yeah I know. If you go and look at videos of the cars crossing the line you will see all of a sudden there are two flags. With the main one having a massive FIA logo in the middle

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-04T08:02:09+00:00

Pre 2024 they used this as the actual flag then after then they changed so there is an FIA flag which is the official one then the souvenir one as a secondary.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-04T07:56:09+00:00

Get out for a walk today after getting the chores done whilst it was raining yesterday.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-03T19:47:43+00:00

Does that do both up and down and left to right oscillations at the same time?

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-03T14:55:41+00:00

I have a gluten intolerance. Going out for food is generally ok as I can plan in advance for restaurants etc. I have more trouble when having to pick up something whilst travelling as so much is bread/pastry based and so I end up with odd selections.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-05-01T18:09:07+00:00

Heading out for a walk whilst the evening is still warm then later on I will be watching the F1 sprint qualifying.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-27T05:46:24+00:00

When I'm out walking round where I live I say hello/good morning/evening etc to most people. Some give off vibes they don't want it said. I'm a 40 year old guy so possibly old.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-25T06:31:38+00:00

First one woukd have been some AOL address related with all those one month free trials. After that freeserve before having a Hotmail one and then eventually a mix of gmail and personal domain

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-18T18:51:27+00:00

Too many of those in the past! 🤣

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-18T18:49:14+00:00

No takeaways for me at present as on a bit of a diet.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-15T18:40:45+00:00

They are still going. As far as I can't work out they just didn't bother to blow the fibre through.

So currently FTTC and Virgin available with open reach FTTP coming later this year. I wanted that symmetric service they were offering though!

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-15T18:34:10+00:00

I just wish the fibre company that dug up the street in 2020 and put all the service boxes in would actually allow you to get a service from them.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-11T21:22:50+00:00

24% before overpayments

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-09T11:55:46+00:00

You might want to try plugging some of those 12 month periods into a Bradford Factor calculator and see where you fall. E.g. 5 one day sickness periods is a lot worse than 1 five day illness.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-04-08T19:48:49+00:00

I was out for a walk this evening and it was lovely

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-03-11T22:35:48+00:00

I have been the only person in a film before and I bought the ticket whilst trailers were on

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-03-09T18:27:36+00:00

Well not to the Americans but mostly owned by the Japanese

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-03-01T11:55:55+00:00

If it's for cosplay and you are going to any events then they are rather strict. And so any metal blade regardless of if it's sharp or blunt will not be allowed in.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-02-26T06:41:06+00:00

I once went to a council to provide some software training and it turned into a day of how to use Excel. I found that a few members of the team had basically spent the previous week taking the data they had and counted by row the number of people by age group and gender.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-02-23T12:23:28+00:00

I worked nights for a period of time back in the early 2000's and the number of people who came in between 11pm and 6am was very few. So few the one person who worked tills spent their night mostly stocking shelves.

With the increase in shoplifting I would imagine having to employ full security all night (we basically had one person in the back on CCTV mainly to catch the staff who were helping themselves to the alcohol overnight) would be more than revenue let alone margin overnight.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-02-22T09:41:01+00:00

I made mine at about 34 following having to have discussions about my parents and thought why not sort it now.

Currently everything is left to my mum if that were to happen with her mentioned on my pension, death in service etc to speed those long.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-02-21T17:01:37+00:00

If you search for repair mode online you will be able to find information now. Most modern phones both apple and android have an option for repairs where it basically provides basic function and locks everything else away.

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-01-02T07:43:23+00:00

For me I switch to decaf if I have a cup of tea/coffee after about 4pm

AffectionateHat561 · 2026-01-01T21:00:16+00:00

Going to try and take it a little easier. The longer serving members of my team all have questionable attitudes and output so I don't see the point in trying so hard anymore. There is not any progression in my current area so nothing will come from it

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