Timely question this
I work for a smallish company, but I am one of two highly specialised people who only work in one narrow area.

Just had a call from one of our clients, who quietly told me that he was talking to my partner over the weekend, and he is planning to retire today, due to personal circumstances, effective immediately.

This is no great shock to me, as I am up to date on the dramas in his life, but the owner of the company tends to be oblivious to what's going on around him.

So, at about 2pm today I will be summoned to the bosses office to work out how to deal with the problem. There are not that many people around who do what us two do.

Yeehaaa.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 9:02, 7 replies)

you know you need a
profit share or formal bonus scheme... as an incentive to stay put ;-)

Extra holiday allowance wouldn't go amiss either eh?
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 9:43, closed)

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If I can just work out how to get a baby seat in the back of a Porsche 911. . .
( Not Pineapple anymore, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 9:46, closed)

If you're anywhere near Leicester
and you need a (37-year old) teaboy...
(WillI'mNot logs in twice a year, every year, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 0:18, closed)

Just remember to switch you mobile off when on holiday...
... otherwise it is a comfortable situation. I can say from my own experience.
(fat_skua, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 9:51, closed)

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Pfft.

He came in, they went off for a chat in the meeting room, and neither of them said a fucking thing.

I suppose I'll find out today . . .

Nowhere near Leicester, but if anyone in London fancies a crack at something VERY different . . .
( Not Pineapple anymore, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 9:18, closed)

one of those things...
that depends on how different i guess - as long as it's not inserting vegetables and vaguely technical i'd give it a shot
( starsnip, Tue 13 Jul 2010, 14:14, closed)

Well I'm a crack shot
but my garotting skills are a little rusty.

Do you do much close-in work?
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Wed 14 Jul 2010, 13:16, closed)