well I'm back on here again, a bit has happend since my last visit, got made redundant from my job of 12 years, how a truck driver can get made redundant i don't know but what's done is done, after sitting around feeling sorry for myself for awhile I'm now working for myself as a wide load pilot like CG, don't work for anyone in particular which is the way i like it,, I guess I'm not to badly off could be worse i guess, bought a land cruiser and made a few mod's to it, but i can't see us hitting the road full time and time soon but at least I'm my own boss now, maybe the old employer did me a favor but sometimes you still feel like an old peice of rag no longer needed
Roving-Dutchy said
05:10 PM Jul 5, 2012
Yes your boss did you a favour, you are now in charge and if things go wrong there is no one else to blame.
As your own boss even lowly work becomes more satisfying and one day you will look back and realise that what has happened was a turning point in your life and you now have greater control over your life.
All the best.
Cheers
David
gypsy rover said
05:50 PM Jul 5, 2012
Loyalty and length of service doesn't seem to count for much these days. Good luck with your new venture bb57, at least now any money you make is yours (except for the tax man of course).
Cheers!
Chris
Gerty Dancer said
06:30 PM Jul 5, 2012
Sometimes life gves us a kick in the butt to make us move on to something better. Forget your old employer, be glad you are free of them! And enjoy this new opportunity you have made for yourself BB!
Beth54 said
01:25 AM Jul 6, 2012
And welcome back BB!
jules47 said
03:02 AM Jul 6, 2012
Yep - welcome back BB - not nice being put off work - but sometimes good things come from bad things - enjoy the piloting - where are you working out of - what state?
pauline said
03:28 AM Jul 6, 2012
One door closes another door opens...............
aussietraveller said
01:39 PM Jul 6, 2012
Wishing you the very best and we hope your new boss is a great bloke who treats you well.
ibbo said
02:21 PM Jul 6, 2012
gypsy rover wrote:
Loyalty and length of service doesn't seem to count for much these days. Good luck with your new venture bb57, at least now any money you make is yours (except for the tax man of course).
Cheers!
Chris
Great minds.Chris you have expressed my sentiments word for word.Loyalty does not count for much these days.Loyalty was a creed to live by once.
George said
02:39 PM Jul 7, 2012
Hey, Im a truck driver that just got redundant as well!!! What a hoot. Something good always comes from something bad, so enjoy a new beginning.
Rip and Rosie said
04:13 PM Jul 7, 2012
I remember resigning from a job once, and I write my resignation inside a sympathy card, "May Jesus comfort you at this time of your sad loss"
Rosie
Happywanderer said
06:42 PM Jul 7, 2012
It could be a sign of the times. My brother in law put some workers off the other day, building industry. One was his brother and one was a lovely guy in his 70s who he has worked alongside since 1972. B in L said it was the worst day of his life. There was more than 2 put off but they were two he didn't want to do. Just had no more work for them and had won no new jobs since last October. The concretors are going at the end of the job they are working on now.
beachball57 said
10:05 PM Jul 7, 2012
jules47 wrote:
Yep - welcome back BB - not nice being put off work - but sometimes good things come from bad things - enjoy the piloting - where are you working out of - what state?
working out of adelaide,, staying within SA if i can mostly doing mining equipment to Roxby Downs mine
beachball57 said
10:11 PM Jul 7, 2012
yeh thanks all, was a bit of a shock i guess but you're right now i can work as much or as little as i want and if i want time off i don't have to ask anyone.. Being self employed is a new direction but hell who wants to stay pointing int he same direction all the time,,,,,I just went out and bought a metal detector so thats somethig that i hope to give a try at in my spare time, anyone ever used one ??? ican also devote more time to getting land sailing up and in the public eye here in Adelaide now as well, so yeh it's not all bad....not at all
Yes your boss did you a favour, you are now in charge and if things go wrong there is no one else to blame.
As your own boss even lowly work becomes more satisfying and one day you will look back and realise that what has happened was a turning point in your life and you now have greater control over your life.
All the best.
Cheers
David
Loyalty and length of service doesn't seem to count for much these days. Good luck with your new venture bb57, at least now any money you make is yours (except for the tax man of course).
Cheers!
Chris
And welcome back BB!
Rosie
My brother in law put some workers off the other day, building industry.
One was his brother and one was a lovely guy in his 70s who he has worked alongside since 1972. B in L said it was the worst day of his life. There was more than 2 put off but they were two he didn't want to do. Just had no more work for them and had won no new jobs since last October.
The concretors are going at the end of the job they are working on now.
working out of adelaide,, staying within SA if i can mostly doing mining equipment to Roxby Downs mine