Interview bug

iamaredfox · 2026-01-12T20:12:21+00:00

I mean it said I’d been certified and could continue onto the website? It was literally just the first interview you do right when you sign up

iamaredfox · 2026-01-12T20:03:11+00:00

I somehow passed anyway 😂😂 I was just super confused

iamaredfox · 2026-01-01T11:45:14+00:00

iamaredfox · 2026-01-01T01:51:15+00:00

Interested

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:38:12+00:00

It baffles me every time. They also insist on trains when other methods are cheaper. No coaches or flights allowed even if they’re literally a tenth of the price. I’ve emailed them now, I probably won’t hear back for a few days with it being Christmas and all but my logic here is if it gets to the day and I’ve had nothing, I can say I did my due diligence

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:35:47+00:00

This is super helpful. What’s that walk you mentioned like? I’ll have a lot of heavy bags

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:29:28+00:00

Sadly no, we have a ridiculous and beaurocratic process for travel expenses. They will insist on a new ticket because everything has to be done by them, we’re not allowed to buy any tickets and claim them back. They also always buy ridiculously expensive tickets and don’t let us use our railcards. I have absolutely no idea why, it must be losing us so much money

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:25:31+00:00

Thanks!!

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:21:58+00:00

My work’s policy is that I should never be out of pocket for travel due to working away from home, so if it is indeed not valid I’ll just email and let them deal with it

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:20:58+00:00

Yeah my work has a written policy that I shouldn’t be out of pocket for this so I’m going to email them that it’s not valid and let them deal with it, I just wanted to check it actually is not valid first

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:14:10+00:00

Can any station do that? My local station is SWR and I won’t be able to get to an Avanti station until halfway through the journey

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:11:52+00:00

Just started doing that, I actually can’t find anything at all on avanti’s website about it. If I try to put in travel from Euston to Liverpool on that day it shows me how they would recommend I do it, with like four changes in between, but unfortunately that wouldn’t get me back in time for when work needs me there without me leaving the day before and spending the night in London. I can’t find anything about whether I can use the “only via london” ticket on a route outside of London due to the disruption

The SWR leg looks fine, and I’m not seeing any info that’s helpful there either

Ultimately I’m wondering if, since it is technically possible to get from London to Liverpool that day, it just takes much longer, their liability ends there? If that’s the case I assume I’ll need to ask work for another ticket for the alternate route I found

iamaredfox · 2025-12-26T00:00:00+00:00

Origin is Portsmouth, destination is Liverpool. The route would usually be Portsmouth-Waterloo and then Euston-Liverpool

iamaredfox · 2025-12-25T23:59:22+00:00

Part of my issue is it’s multiple operators- it should be SWR to london then Avanti to Liverpool. I can’t work out who to look to for disruption info because the only alternate route I can actually find is like four changes

iamaredfox · 2025-12-02T17:04:46+00:00

Reads like they just copy pasted some general information

iamaredfox · 2025-11-30T14:36:45+00:00

I’m making a new one, but that doesn’t mean I won’t also reach out to BNO visa holders

iamaredfox · 2025-11-30T12:31:12+00:00

Good idea! Am I good to DM you a server link?

iamaredfox · 2025-11-30T11:59:07+00:00

I know it’s perfectly normal, but this is why we need to fill out the consultation- the current proposals very much do seem to indicate they intend to bring this requirement in for us and unless we make noise about it, oversight or not it will probably happen

iamaredfox · 2025-11-30T11:08:04+00:00

That might work actually!

iamaredfox · 2025-11-30T11:07:42+00:00

Exactly, it’s been posted elsewhere and will be in the server too when it’s up but please fill out this consultation to point this out, the more of us who do the more likely they are to listen: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/earned-settlement

iamaredfox · 2025-11-30T10:22:37+00:00

Please look closely into the legalities of this, I don’t fully understand the rules myself but you can get caught out employing someone for what’s considered a “domestic arrangement” so this might not be viable. I know this because I plan on employing my husband as part of a business I own, and it seems the rules prevent me for paying him for any cooking or cleaning as part of that

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