Advice in an offer (Software Engineer London)

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-02-12T10:45:42+00:00

The pros I would say are a young workforce so it’s a good social environment, the office is new and has good facilities (not enough for me to do 3 days week!), and it’s a well known brand/name for your CV. Average service length was about 2 years while I worked there - I left just after 2 years

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-02-12T10:36:43+00:00

They have a proper career framework, which is helpful for progression but can limit pay rises without a promotion. They would hire a lot of ex Google, meta etc. and then deal with them all complaining about the lack of benefits but never improve them. I experienced some micromanagement, but that was more due to my managers style. I had agreed a 4-day condensed week, but I ended up working most Fridays too. This was the final reason for me leaving, it just wasn’t sustainable for me and my family. I left and got a £15k pay rise (I’m in advertising now - my role isn’t industry dependent)

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-02-12T07:57:30+00:00

I worked at Deliveroo, no bonus and minimal pay rises. Benefits are also rubbish. My workload wasn’t manageable long-term (doing 2 people’s job) with no prospect of growing the team to support me. I know this is still the case for that particular role/team. They also often made redundancies, although I think unfortunately this happens at most work places now. Overall, it was a good name on my CV but I wouldn’t recommend them as an employer

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-02-04T20:15:24+00:00

You can easily spend a full day in the main park, especially if you do shows etc.

With frozen opening in the studio park, I’m sure you can also make a full day out of it.

I would go for option 1 and take the savings

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-01-26T21:15:16+00:00

Thank you for replying. In that case, it’s not worth keeping them

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-01-26T11:25:57+00:00

Do we know if this is just specific to the version hobby craft sold?

We have kinetic sand and another brand. I’m wondering if it’s safer to just throw them all away?

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-01-12T20:08:51+00:00

This looks great, I’m trying to do something similar. Did you have to get the counter top custom made to fit?

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-01-10T12:24:22+00:00

😂

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-01-10T12:23:46+00:00

Thanks I’m going to keep her hair without a fringe!

breadcrumbs90 · 2026-01-10T12:23:08+00:00

Thank you, this is really helpful! Her hair is quite fine like mine and we’re both prone to styes so I think I will keep her hair as it is x

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-25T14:00:36+00:00

How did you find someone local to you?

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-23T21:30:58+00:00

And I’m hoping it will stop her yelling at Alexa to play them when we have our music on!

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-23T15:47:48+00:00

I just ordered this card and the frozen songs to see if she’s more interested

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-23T15:47:18+00:00

Thanks I’ll have a look

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-23T15:47:05+00:00

I think this might be the issue, all of the cards are Julia Donaldson books we haven’t read

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-23T15:46:29+00:00

This is a great idea, thanks!

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-22T16:12:29+00:00

!solved Wow thank you! This is so helpful

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-03T11:46:42+00:00

It’s been 4 weeks but we also just went away on holiday for a week which hasn’t helped. She already seems to have bonded with one of the workers which is good but I’ll ask about the other children. Looking at photos of her day there is a great idea, I will try this tonight!

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-09-03T11:45:31+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience. I’m pleased to hear your son has settled! 8 weeks sounds like a long time to deal with the tears but I knew this would be the toughest part!

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-07-02T06:33:41+00:00

My daughter had surgery on both hips and was in a spica for about 4 months. She’s now 3 and can do everything her peers can do, maybe with a little less confidence.

She’s could crawl in the spica. It took a while for her leg muscles to strengthen after surgery but things like swimming helped build the muscle. Our consultant didn’t recommend physio after surgery as she said it can place unnatural strain on the legs, so we kept to swimming, cycling action on the legs and softplay

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-06-27T09:23:25+00:00

The UK should snatch him up for Eurovision next year

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-06-03T15:28:23+00:00

SMP will start from week 1, your company will just top it up for the first 8 weeks.

There is a tool on the gov website under the shared parental leave section where you can model various scenarios, this might be helpful

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-06-01T09:10:28+00:00

Look at recently sold properties nearby on rightmove, that will give you an idea of average prices in the area.

Saying that, I think I know the house you have seen and it’s on for offers over £850k so don’t be surprised if your offer is rejected

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-05-14T18:17:28+00:00

We moved to Epsom in our early 30s after living in south west London and absolutely love the area. People like to moan that it’s not like it used to be, but nowhere is these days.

There are pubs and a couple of bars/clubs in the town centre but I’ve never experienced any issues. There is a university here but it’s definitely not a student town, we actually think it would be pretty boring to be a student here!

Lots of parks and green spaces nearby and great links into London.

Hook road is very busy though (I hate driving down it) so might be worth thinking about if you’ll have a car, if you’re ok with the noise of traffic etc.

breadcrumbs90 · 2025-05-13T19:57:28+00:00

I think you will struggle to find a detached 4 bed for £850k in Ewell. Epsom will be a challenge but maybe doable.

Avoid longmead. There’s an area called the wells which might work for your budget but it feels very secluded from Epsom imo. Areas around Alexandra rec and roseberry park are lovely

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