The sun is shining:

[Woodsey]

Where do you park your car to sleep? Do you not get any hassle from police etc? Permanent address?

[taximan007]

Where do you park your car to sleep? Do you not get any hassle from police etc? Permanent address?

The hotel is set in the countryside and I park in and around the surrounding area, plenty of country lanes and lay-bys and pull ins, I have been approached 3 times in the 12 months by the Police and again they have been sympathetic to my situation and been no hassle. The ONLY person I get any grief from about a permanent address is my 'friendly' HR officer but since I asked her to point out to me where it says in company rules and regulations i need a permanent address I have heard no more, and they have my Philippine address so should they need to write to me they can send it there. As for my bank and other important stuff I still use the staff house address and a couple of staff have said I can use their address should i need it for any reason, people can be very kind sometimes.

[sovietsong]

Thank you for sharing!

[taximan007]

NVQ

Wednesday September 15th 2010

From what I can remember these seemed to become evident in the early eighties when I was working in catering the 1st time round replacing the city and guilds qualifications, and I never placed much worth on them as at that time it appeared that what was once a 2 year qualification could now be achieved in 13 weeks, that said I didn’t require them myself so it was no real great deal.

Last year the hotel had a spokeswomen come to give us a talk on NVQ qualifications and the criteria needed to be placed on one of the these and it transpired that due to the fact that I have gone through my life without any qualifications I was entitled to go on of these courses at the expense of the government. So 3 weeks later I meet with an assessor and sign up for NVQ Business Management Level 3.

The first meeting was nice and easy signing papers etc and getting modules sorted but very soon after that I realised why I never went to school!! Give me a job to do and I will do it to the best of my ability but ask me to put it on paper and my mind goes blank, but in all fairness to my assessor with our monthly meetings, her motivational skills, her nagging, cajoling call it what you will I am sat here now having ACHIEVED my qualification.

This will probably make no difference to my life whatsoever but at least I can now say I have completed something academically and I guess it will look good on my CV and it does fill me with a sense of pride.............

I do have another update to come; work related which I will post over the next couple days.

[Laxie]

Very well done!!!  Look forward to the next update.  Been thinking about you a lot lately for some reason.  Hope all is well.

[Claw75]

well done!!

[taximan007]

Moving on

Thursday 16th September 2010

Sept 1st 2008 I started my full time employment in the hotel and Oct 1st I took over my present position as Night manager, so 2 years have passed by and I have seen many staff come and go, nothing unusual in the hotel industry, but now its MY time to move on. I gave my notice last Friday and my last shift will be on Sept 29th and start my new job on Oct 10th.

I will be working as a Night Manager in a hotel almost identical in many ways to the one i am in now, 180 bedrooms set in 70 acres of ground in a remote location actually not to far from where i am now, still in the south, more money although not a lot and that will obviously be swallowed up by the fact that i will need to get some accommodation sorted, so i guess my time in the car is coming to an end.

Reasons for leaving; we have a front office manager for the past 6 months who came from another of the groups hotels and was supposedly the dogs bollox but i fear this hotel is to big for him and he is way out of his depth, I have offered my assistance to him on several occasions only to be told that he does not need any as he is more than capable of doing his job!! I cannot work with people I don’t respect and I will not lower my own standards and this i made quite clear when handing in my notice. I believe that higher management are aware of the problem and I do believe his days are numbered but I am not prepared to wait and see so I just felt it best if I moved on.

Have to say I am a little nervous as when I started my job back in 2008 I had nothing to lose, now I am giving up a comfortable job (and to be fair an easy job) in favour of a completely new challenge, that said I know I shall relish the new role and I know I will give it 100% so there shouldn’t be any real problems............

The sun continues to shine...........

[paulhouk03]

gl i hope you will love your new job

[sovietsong]

Gl taxi!!

[Woodsey]

GL mate

[Josedinho]

Best of luck. Sure you'll be fine

[mondatoo]

GL mate

[GreekStein]

best thread on blonde still the best...

[Laxie]

I really hope the new job goes well for you.  You're one man who deserves nothing less than the best.  xx

[Tonji]

GL mate

How long did you live in your car?