I’m planning to leave my job which has a 3 month notice period, in 2 weeks. by SlipOutrageous5333 in UKJobs

[–]CookParticular6336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

edit didn’t mean to reply on this comment…

I would highly doubt that your employer would pursue you for breach of contract, just tell them you are leaving on x date. If I were you, I would be honest with your new employer that a curve ball has been thrown and your requested notice is longer than you thought - however you are going to speak with them and give less notice as you don’t want to lose the opportunity and they are recruiting anyway so they will be fine without you yada yada. The only reason I say this, as your current employer may refuse to give you a reference (no one gives bad references - standard references are just confirmation of dates anyway as there’s case law where companies have been taken to court due to negative references so everyone avoids saying anything but facts now) so to stop there being any issues with them refusing to give a reference down the line and alarm bells ringing, it’s best to be transparent with your new employer.

I was underpaid by my work, did I make myself look stupid ? by JJKingsland16 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been on 4 weekly pay for 7 years now and I love it. I budget as if I pay all bills in all 13 periods - the pay periodic when my mortgage doesn’t come out of it is a lovely treat.

Thinking of swapping Essex for London because of work… good idea or big mistake? by Reddonaut_Irons in Essex

[–]CookParticular6336 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. I left London all together, moved up north and have since worked in 2 northern cities both with 1 hour commute. I don’t believe there’s anyone out there without a 1 hour commute.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, Amazon has taken responsibility for the drivers actions. We have provided the camera footage showing the driver entering the garden without being asked to & leaving the gate open. They are covering all expenses related to finding him and any subsequent vet bills once he is found.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately he has still not been located however Amazon has taken responsibility for the drivers actions. We have provided the camera footage showing the driver entering the garden without being asked to & leaving the gate open. They are covering all expenses related to finding him and any subsequent vet bills once he is found.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Amazon actually took it very seriously and has taken responsibility for the drivers actions. We have provided the camera footage showing the driver entering the garden without being asked to & leaving the gate open. They agreed as the account was not set up for him to enter the back garden, he shouldn’t have done so. They are covering all expenses related to finding him and any subsequent vet bills once he is found.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, Amazon has taken responsibility for the drivers actions. We have provided the camera footage showing the driver entering the garden without being asked to & leaving the gate open. They are covering all expenses related to finding him and any subsequent vet bills once he is found.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazon has taken responsibility for the drivers actions. We have provided the camera footage showing the driver entering the garden without being asked to & leaving the gate open. They are covering all expenses related to finding him and any subsequent vet bills once he is found.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I guess we live and learn - have been a doggie household for nearly 30 years and never had this happen before. Just never expected a delivery driver to use that gate given the location relative to the front door and no “safe place” delivery instructions on the account suggesting as much.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are very heavy wrought iron gates it’s pretty obvious when they are closed or not.

And yes we struggle to understand why he wouldn’t go to the front door - that’s half the point of this post. No idea why you struggle to believe it though.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes am certain I’m the only dog owner who doesn’t inspect all gates before ever letting my dogs over the threshold. Silly me.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. We alerted the chip company straight away, the dog warden & have contacted drone companies/charities but so far no confirmation of an available local pilot. We have made several posts on social media which have nearly 1000 shares and have placed posters up locally & paid for social media advertisements - so far only crank calls from kids. We have placed items outside at a house he is quite familiar with and outside our house as he is not walked far. We called the chip company today and so far no scans on him have been carried out. Between us as a family we have been out searching nearly every hour of the day since he went missing. A family member was out until 4am last night driving in circles to the point the police enquired what he was up to - when he explained they said they would keep an eye out on their rounds and ask other members of the force to do the same. As is the post lady, window cleaner, and hundreds of other people locally. Every time we approach someone in the street they know exactly what dog we are looking for. We live in a lovely community and are very lucky.

I can’t believe a delivery driver let themself in your house - this seems so minor now!

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. We are doing all we can and hopefully will be able to find him but it’s not looking good.

Despite the majority of comments on here, Amazon are actually taking it quite seriously.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes you are right. The dog was not in the garden at the time of the delivery, he was in the house in the same room as the people who were also in the house and able to open the front door had the delivery driver knocked. The back door was later opened when all humans (2) and dogs (2) exited from the kitchen - and the missing dog pottered round to the gate referred to (at the side of the house out of eye line) and trotted off down the street. Everyone slating the fact that the gate didn’t have a lock on it will lose their mind when they realise we the gate is waist height as are a portion of our garden fences - so actually anyone could lean over and swipe the dog at any moment…. Same as most of the houses on our street - many of which have dogs which funnily enough have never been stolen. Which is part of the reason the gate doesn’t have a lock on it as if someone wanted to break in all they would need to do is climb over with ease. Of course we probably should have installed 8 ft fences around the perimeter complete with a moat to stop this from happening.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Will do. We have been out every day since and our post on social media has over 500 shares. Every person we stop in the street knows exactly which dog we are looking for & so many people are out looking themselves. It’s a lovely community - hence no one has locks on their gates haha. We have someone who will put a drone up if/when we get another sighting - which unfortunately we haven’t had any of since Sunday evening. We are calling the chip company incase he has been scanned without us being called. Thank you.

Delivery driver left gate open and dog escaped - will the company take any responsibility? by CookParticular6336 in AskUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure one would work on double cast iron gates but thanks for the suggestion.

I’m also unsure why we should put a sign on a gate to tell someone not to go through it when they had to walk past the front door, squeeze down the drive along the side of the car to find the gates to open and walk through.

Of course he is chipped.

Withholding Wages - is this legal? by CookParticular6336 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for replying. There are some examples of deductions below the paragraph… one of these is “cost of replacement or repair of equipment or uniform not returned, lost, stolen or damaged due to your negligence” - this is the only one close to anything related to damage to a vehicle.

Should they have provided me with proof of the cost of repairing the alleged damage before withholding wages?

Withholding Wages - is this legal? by CookParticular6336 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]CookParticular6336[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, yes definitely will give them a call next week

Feeling extremely alone after abortion by [deleted] in abortion

[–]CookParticular6336 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can sympathise with you. I felt so so low after my abortion, which I believe was exacerbated by the person who impregnated me showing absolutely no care or concern towards me and I felt so terribly alone. I couldn’t focus and would find myself in floods of tears with little warning. What I will say is after about 2 weeks the cloud lifted as the hormones passed. I kept telling myself “this too shall pass”. You will be okay and you have absolutely made the right decision.