Hi all
I was supposed to be having surgery in Feb. On the advice of the dietitian, I rang the admissions secretary who said they are 'hoping' for Feb. I rang the other day and they are 'hoping' for March. To be in line with guidelines, surgery needs to be done by March, but I'm also aware that the hospital have had both bed and staff shortages, including two doctor strikes (I support the junior doctors) and this may not occur.
It's so frustrating. The lady said they give 2 weeks notice and can do it in a week. That's fine - the LDS I have is a weeks one.
I've waited over 5 years for this, so another few weeks shouldn't be an issue. I desperately need to start a new job and to do that I need to apply. I can't apply until I know roughly when I can start work. I've had one job application failed with no invite to interview - the same application got me a job, which I turned down as it was 1 years cover, plus meant a move to a different county and I didn't feel I could do that when I'm going to need my support network after surgery. The only reason I can think of as to why I didn't get an invite to interview was that I declared impending surgery.
I applied for and got a permanent job where I'm working now, but I didn't go to uni to do this job. It's better than nothing and although I won't get sick leave, before I got the job I had a 0 hour contract so wouldn't get sick leave either. I won't get sick leave as they're making me do 6 months probation, although I've worked for the company for 4 years, starting off in the role I'm doing now, and having two other roles in between while I was at uni. I feel it's a bit unfair, but I'm no worse off. Plus, I'm guaranteed work before and after. And I negotiated the same wage as I'm on now as they wanted to drop it by 23p per hour. I'm a qualified member of staff doing an unqualified role and I wasn't taking that pay cut! They agreed to match it but no increase.
I've psyched myself up for this and I'm frustrated now because nothing else can move on! I need to start a new job by around July/August because of the post qualifying course I need to do - you must do that within 2 years of qualifying and I'll have a year left by then. Nothing major, just needed to rant about it!
Ellie
I was supposed to be having surgery in Feb. On the advice of the dietitian, I rang the admissions secretary who said they are 'hoping' for Feb. I rang the other day and they are 'hoping' for March. To be in line with guidelines, surgery needs to be done by March, but I'm also aware that the hospital have had both bed and staff shortages, including two doctor strikes (I support the junior doctors) and this may not occur.
It's so frustrating. The lady said they give 2 weeks notice and can do it in a week. That's fine - the LDS I have is a weeks one.
I've waited over 5 years for this, so another few weeks shouldn't be an issue. I desperately need to start a new job and to do that I need to apply. I can't apply until I know roughly when I can start work. I've had one job application failed with no invite to interview - the same application got me a job, which I turned down as it was 1 years cover, plus meant a move to a different county and I didn't feel I could do that when I'm going to need my support network after surgery. The only reason I can think of as to why I didn't get an invite to interview was that I declared impending surgery.
I applied for and got a permanent job where I'm working now, but I didn't go to uni to do this job. It's better than nothing and although I won't get sick leave, before I got the job I had a 0 hour contract so wouldn't get sick leave either. I won't get sick leave as they're making me do 6 months probation, although I've worked for the company for 4 years, starting off in the role I'm doing now, and having two other roles in between while I was at uni. I feel it's a bit unfair, but I'm no worse off. Plus, I'm guaranteed work before and after. And I negotiated the same wage as I'm on now as they wanted to drop it by 23p per hour. I'm a qualified member of staff doing an unqualified role and I wasn't taking that pay cut! They agreed to match it but no increase.
I've psyched myself up for this and I'm frustrated now because nothing else can move on! I need to start a new job by around July/August because of the post qualifying course I need to do - you must do that within 2 years of qualifying and I'll have a year left by then. Nothing major, just needed to rant about it!
Ellie
I really feel for you x
