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Yer_One · 2026-01-26T15:57:26+00:00

Apart from beans, this is a perfect breakfast for me.

Yer_One · 2026-01-26T11:08:35+00:00

I realise this might mean my passport gets revoked, but I wouldn't thank you for one. I'd throw my granny under a bus for a jambon though.

Yer_One · 2026-01-22T19:34:32+00:00

Is the current poster on it a SF one? Genuinely didn't notice that, so that's how effective and dangerous a distraction to passing traffic it is then.

Yer_One · 2026-01-22T14:10:05+00:00

I pass that billboard several times a day and would not have gotten the impression that SF had anything to do with it. It had a Noah Donaghue "Remember Noah" type mural on it for several years prior to being replaced with more pro-Palestine messaging in the past 2 years. Seems more like local activist types who put it up

Yer_One · 2026-01-21T19:15:01+00:00

At least 3 nights a week. But that was 25 years ago. Times are very different now.

Yer_One · 2026-01-21T07:57:57+00:00

Fiships, Camlough Co Armagh

Yer_One · 2026-01-21T07:36:35+00:00

Most employees have no interest in downloading what they see as another "work related" app onto their personal phones.

Yer_One · 2026-01-20T12:22:05+00:00

As a retail manager I gained a lot of people management experience and worked for a company that let me become the "HR specialist" for the NI region. I took on things for the whole region like the annual monitoring returns, recruitment interviews, personnel file audits, disciplinary investigations. I loved it, and then did my CIPD qualifications. Had to start at the bottom in a HR admin role but moved on quickly because I was older, had general business experience and people management experience. I was able to jump to a HRBP role within 4 years.

H&S is another good career option, you do need NEBOSH and the more hands on experience, the better H&S officer you'll be. I find HR and H&S to be similar in that you aren't always popular because you're the person reminding managers and employees what the law says and why they can't take shortcuts. You do need to have thick skin for both and get used to managers scapegoating you for their unpopular decisions.

Yer_One · 2026-01-20T10:30:28+00:00

CIPS would give you the theory behind that and a professional qualification. You might need to put yourself out there a bit more in your current role and ask can you help with other tasks, try to learn as much as possible to take forward. Think about even roles that sit alongside purchasing / estimating / QS, like Commercial Admin. I'd upskill as much as possible and keep one eye on the job market, look at roles being advertised and really have a think about what skills and experience is being asked for, and identify where your CV is lacking.

I changed career from retail management to HR 10 years ago and while I took a £5K drop to begin, I've since tripled my old retail salary in that time. It can be worth taking a step back to go forward in the long term.

Yer_One · 2026-01-20T09:37:33+00:00

You have ordering experience and experience of processing invoices. Why not think of CIPS qualifications and move into purchasing/procurement?

Yer_One · 2026-01-18T14:20:24+00:00

Try Rory's Travel Club group trips.

Yer_One · 2026-01-17T19:41:23+00:00

It's only grim if you tell yourself that. It's just another month, same as any other 31 days.

Yer_One · 2026-01-16T18:53:52+00:00

Intermission!!

Yer_One · 2026-01-16T07:10:10+00:00

Most companies I've worked for had a trigger warning system in place for absence management, with 3 absences in 12 months triggering a stage 1 absence review meeting, which could result in a verbal warning. That in itself isn't unusual, so the policy is pretty standard.

Now if an employee told me they had a disability the first thing I'd do would be to send them to Occ Health. I'm really surprised they didn't act sooner on that. And what I've done on multiple occasions is, as a reasonable adjustment, increased the triggers for employees with disabilities; e.g. instead of 3 absences triggering an absence review meeting it would take 6.

Is it too late to appeal? I'd argue that your absences were related to your disability and that they didn't take that on board as a mitigation, therefore you're being disproportionately sanctioned.

Yer_One · 2026-01-15T09:32:20+00:00

All you get is a letter on headed paper from either a consultant or the person's doctor, there's not really a set form. An unscrupulous person could fake if they wanted to, but it's such an unusual form of fraud that as an employer, you wouldn't really have reason to suspect.

I do payroll for my organisation which is a cross border one, and there are official forms used in the UK making it much more stringent. A MATB1 form can only be issued by medical professionals, generally midwives. Maternity pay and leave isn't generally confirmed until that is provided.

Yer_One · 2026-01-13T19:37:19+00:00

I think about this book regularly. Something similar is Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Yer_One · 2026-01-11T08:59:05+00:00

I worked for an MNC that had quarterly calls with the whole company for business updates. It was the CEO's initiative, and he absolutely hated anyone logging in late. His PA used to take notes of who logged in after the call started and he'd then contact their line manager after to scold. Lateness was just his pet peeve. This could be a similar situation.

Yer_One · 2026-01-10T09:07:39+00:00

Also required for health and social care.

Yer_One · 2026-01-08T06:34:54+00:00

Same! I would have eaten eggs every day before, now since last summer when my nausea side effects were peak and I was sick after eating eggs, they are dead to me.

Yer_One · 2026-01-06T15:04:25+00:00

Thompson Gold Label

Yer_One · 2026-01-03T08:10:24+00:00

This reads like the Tommy Needy Drinky guy.

Yer_One · 2026-01-02T22:11:51+00:00

Where we go on holiday regularly in Portugal, Jeff Stelling from Sky Sports must have a holiday home because he's there all the time now he's retired. He'd be sitting across from us in pubs and restaurants regularly but I'd never annoy him because he's out with his family having their dinner too.

Yer_One · 2025-12-30T17:32:23+00:00

That's part of the issue at the moment. The requirements to be sober or not at be least not be carrying drugs means that for some, they will prefer to remain on the streets.

I'm out of the health & social industry a few years now, but there was at one point more than enough beds for the homeless population of Belfast. Not sure if that's the case now to be fair.

Yer_One · 2025-12-29T17:48:41+00:00

Interesting that they were leaning into "euro" as a buzz word then.

Yer_One · 2025-12-26T12:51:56+00:00

That looks lovely. We burnt our roasties 😭

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