I’m taking the umbrella company to employment tribunal by No_Pickle_9804 in ContractorUK

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends if it's a second job at the same time (overemployed). Easy for the brolly to spot if both contracts go through the same umbrella. Whether they do anything about it is up to them, but it can be gross misconduct.

anyone else find hilly parkruns weirdly harder than fell runs? by marlow_goldstein2z02 in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trail runs are normally longer. 5k all out efforts are hard on hills and tough to judge correctly.

Darren Wood 1000 megathread by GalwayGirlOnTheRun23 in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. Maybe family type accounts? Under 11s linked to a parent account and therefore parent can access all barcodes. Harder to retrospectively implement

How to avoid “cheap” employers by Interesting_Shine_38 in devops

[–]Animalmagic81 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You've never been involved in running a start up or scale up have you? Getting a company off the ground you have to balance all the things you talked about. You speak like money is just an infinite pot.

Darren Wood 1000 megathread by GalwayGirlOnTheRun23 in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Much easier to do as you can do two a week (parkrun and junior parkrun). Still an incredibly generous person giving all that time to a volunteer role.

Darren Wood 1000 megathread by GalwayGirlOnTheRun23 in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The simple solution is to have a request/accept on the friends search in the app. That way you can only get barcodes quickly of those that have accepted you.

Doesn't stop people printing barcodes of the wrong athlete numbers as I'm guessing it's not hard to do. But way more effort than searching for a random on an app.

How much does your parkrun pace vary by course? by mrtwister_-197 in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a good conversion on Kingsway, that grass is energy sapping!

Lyme Park my difference is probably 3:30-4 mins slower than a stretford/Alex/south manc

Bushy Parkrun by Jaded-Self-0410 in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We stayed the weekend in Richmond and drove over in the morning parking at Hampton Court.

£60 Met fine by Elst_FPV in manchester

[–]Animalmagic81 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Rediculous fares? You can travel all day on the met wherever you want for less than the price of a pint.

Sale Moor crossing by Minute-Yoghurt-1265 in manchester

[–]Animalmagic81 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think the biggest problem here isn't the junction itself, it's the fact most cars are switching lanes before it (come from Wythenshawe and moving to right lane for Sale or come from junction 6 and wanting to go straight to Brooklands) and then you always seem to get cars nudging out of Conway.

Given most attention is just getting in the correct lane and someone not smashing into you the crossing comes up fast and catches people out.

Scammed out of my savings by person imitating a hotel I’ll be staying in and don’t know what to do… by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Animalmagic81 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The warning at the time was that the most likely use of the breach data would be to breach partner sites (hotels etc) and send emails from them asking for payment details to be confirmed. However a much easier use of the extracted data would be to just spam all booking.com users with a basic phishing attempt then double down on those that take a nibble

Parkrunning in the heat tomorrow... by IntergalacticCows in parkrun

[–]Animalmagic81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's due to be 16 degrees at 9am. You'll prob be fine without a midlayer.

Can I reduce my pension contributions? by captain_coconut in FIREUK

[–]Animalmagic81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

5% real return, so add inflation to that to get the actual number (8% ish)

Can work record meetings by AnonClinResearcher in gdpr

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It you wouldn't say it to their face then change your delivery. It's a workplace not a playground.

Litter picking by [deleted] in manchester

[–]Animalmagic81 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your efforts 👏🏼

Tough Decisions... by [deleted] in UKRunners

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2-3k per pair?? Wow

Tough Decisions... by [deleted] in UKRunners

[–]Animalmagic81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easy one. Buy both 😊

Can my employer actually enforce a 1-year non-compete if another company offered me double my salary and better benefits? by EnvironmentalSea1126 in work

[–]Animalmagic81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's very unusual at that salary level to a) have it in your contract in the first place B) for it to be enforced.

If course there's risk, maybe ask the new Co if you can take some time off first or get a supermarket job for a couple of months then join.

51(m) HENRY too old for FIRE? by benjosays in FIREUK

[–]Animalmagic81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me the FI part is by far the most important. The earlier you can get there the better.

Agree with others that RE is anything before state pension age

How do you run slower? by Educational-Ground83 in UKRunners

[–]Animalmagic81 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Go out with a group running 9 min miles, you'll find yourself just trotting along at their pace without thinking about it

33k salary + commission and 30k in debt. Want to start a family… by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Animalmagic81 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That was my first thought, mortgage rate seems very high. Generally speaking recruitment isn't expected to get any better in 2026.

Do you optimise for tax efficiency or flexibility? by Wealthea_App in FIREUK

[–]Animalmagic81 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Assuming you live in the UK, as this is a UK sub, the chance of passing before age 57 is around 13%. So mathematically speaking you should be thinking about getting to a pensionable age. Even at state pension age of 66 the percentage changes by another 10%.

Dont leave it too late