Best Deal for those wanting Out .

[A2B]

I’d love to be proven wrong but there’s about as much chance of two years VR payment returning as there is the Saturday premium.

Couldn't agree more, some are getting deluded about a potential payoff

[NWpostie]

I’d love to be proven wrong but there’s about as much chance of two years VR payment returning as there is the Saturday premium.

Couldn't agree more, some are getting deluded about a potential payoff

I certainly am not deluded, I'm one of the minority that saw things long term and voted against the agreement to downgrade our T&Cs unfortunately the majority were lured by the cash incentive.

I do know I'm not going to get 104 weeks, I just said that's my preferred price, it would be interesting to see what they would actually offer me.

[Jefferson Starfish]

I’d love to be proven wrong but there’s about as much chance of two years VR payment returning as there is the Saturday premium.

Couldn't agree more, some are getting deluded about a potential payoff

I certainly am not deluded, I'm one of the minority that saw things long term and voted against the agreement to downgrade our T&Cs unfortunately the majority were lured by the cash incentive.

I do know I'm not going to get 104 weeks, I just said that's my preferred price, it would be interesting to see what they would actually offer me.

Can't see it being more than the last time they offered it - 9 months pay.

[Dorset Plodder]

Can't see it being more than the last time they offered it - 9 months pay.

I agree, however I thought they were meant to offer an incentive for people to leave the Business ? .... 9 months they must be pissed!

I think I'll just hang around and be a pain in the arse for a couple of years!

[Jefferson Starfish]

Can't see it being more than the last time they offered it - 9 months pay.

I agree, however I thought they were meant to offer an incentive for people to leave the Business ? .... 9 months they must be pissed!

I think I'll just hang around and be a pain in the arse for a couple of years!

It'll suit some people.

There won't be many VR's as they'll just use the normal natural wastage routine and not replace those who leave.

[kazardaimenu]

If you want out take 9 months and don’t look back. I can’t see them offering that much VR as they’ll probably freeze much of their recruitment and wait for numbers to reduce that way.

[GRS]

Suppose it depends on how quickly they want/need to reduce the headcount.

Normally when a company gets taken over the status quo tends to remain for 18-24 months while the new owners get to grips with problems etc. in this case I reckon that the Sphincter is well versed on the inner workings of RM and what he wants to do. In fact I would go as far to say that he has had analysts going over everything for the past few years since he came on board as a shareholder and wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t the one who was driving a lot of the things during the last dispute. Wouldn’t trust this guy one jot no matter that the CWU are crowing that they’ve got some fantastic deal with him.

[A2B]

Yes we can be pretty certain that the new owner intends on hitting the ground running, interesting times ahead

[Perseus]

Suppose it depends on how quickly they want/need to reduce the headcount.

Normally when a company gets taken over the status quo tends to remain for 18-24 months while the new owners get to grips with problems etc. in this case I reckon that the Sphincter is well versed on the inner workings of RM and what he wants to do. In fact I would go as far to say that he has had analysts going over everything for the past few years since he came on board as a shareholder and wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t the one who was driving a lot of the things during the last dispute. Wouldn’t trust this guy one jot no matter that the CWU are crowing that they’ve got some fantastic deal with him.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
I think his group will have laid down conditions (the 'deal') which needed met before he made an offer.
Too much of a coincidence that the job has changed so much in the last few years and the next thing we have a takeover.

[Iva bigredbag]

If you still have a good few years of working life before pension age, I would think long and hard about leaving without first scoping out the job market. There aren’t that many jobs out there.

Give me a break, stacking shelf's at Aldi pays better than this job now.

[Barnacle]

If you still have a good few years of working life before pension age, I would think long and hard about leaving without first scoping out the job market. There aren’t that many jobs out there.

Give me a break, stacking shelf's at Aldi pays better than this job now.

Good luck trying to get that job stacking shelves.

[ted_e_bear]

If you still have a good few years of working life before pension age, I would think long and hard about leaving without first scoping out the job market. There aren’t that many jobs out there.

Give me a break, stacking shelf's at Aldi pays better than this job now.

Just had a quick look at the Aldi jobs site and the going rate for a store assistant is £12.40-£13.35 per hour

[NWpostie]

If you still have a good few years of working life before pension age, I would think long and hard about leaving without first scoping out the job market. There aren’t that many jobs out there.

Give me a break, stacking shelf's at Aldi pays better than this job now.

Just had a quick look at the Aldi jobs site and the going rate for a store assistant is £12.40-£13.35 per hour

Picking £13 as a median figure you could be looking at a basic wage for 38 hours a week of £494 basic then after tax and other deductions you could looking at a take home of £355, not much really still better than nothing.

[Jefferson Starfish]

If you still have a good few years of working life before pension age, I would think long and hard about leaving without first scoping out the job market. There aren’t that many jobs out there.

Give me a break, stacking shelf's at Aldi pays better than this job now.

Just had a quick look at the Aldi jobs site and the going rate for a store assistant is £12.40-£13.35 per hour

Picking £13 as a median figure you could be looking at a basic wage for 38 hours a week of £494 basic then after tax and other deductions you could looking at a take home of £355, not much really still better than nothing.

£424 after tax and ni, minus other deductions like pension, etc.

[NWpostie]

If you still have a good few years of working life before pension age, I would think long and hard about leaving without first scoping out the job market. There aren’t that many jobs out there.

Give me a break, stacking shelf's at Aldi pays better than this job now.

Just had a quick look at the Aldi jobs site and the going rate for a store assistant is £12.40-£13.35 per hour

Picking £13 as a median figure you could be looking at a basic wage for 38 hours a week of £494 basic then after tax and other deductions you could looking at a take home of £355, not much really still better than nothing.

£424 after tax and ni, minus other deductions like pension, etc.

It was a ballpark figure not intended to 100% accurate I knocked off income tax, NI, pensions and other sundry deductions.