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hi.
I was recently told that my fixed term contract would be made perm as soon as my manager got sign off. But today was told sign off has already been waiting over a year and looks like its still gonna take ages.
My contact has 6 months left so to be sure i have a job in jan will need to look now in case this comes to nothing. Thing is if i move employer will need to wait to ttc so i can get mat pay. Gutted. On top of this i have endometriosis and the pill was protecting me from getting sick again. I'm scared any delay will bring it back.
Sometimes I feel like what's the point! I work really hard and it doesn't help. Feeling very blue and emotional today.
[Modified by: Robin81 on 07 July 2010 15:36:23 ]
I was recently told that my fixed term contract would be made perm as soon as my manager got sign off. But today was told sign off has already been waiting over a year and looks like its still gonna take ages.
My contact has 6 months left so to be sure i have a job in jan will need to look now in case this comes to nothing. Thing is if i move employer will need to wait to ttc so i can get mat pay. Gutted. On top of this i have endometriosis and the pill was protecting me from getting sick again. I'm scared any delay will bring it back.
Sometimes I feel like what's the point! I work really hard and it doesn't help. Feeling very blue and emotional today.
[Modified by: Robin81 on 07 July 2010 15:36:23 ]
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I can't afford to live on the maternity allowance - I need at least stat maternity pay so I can get the 90% of wages for the first few weeks.
Some employers also offer a bit more than this which would be nice but I think there is usually a length of service condition for the extra bit.
You're right and I should stop worrying but I don't want to find myself out of work. As long as I find something else it will be ok. But I might have to take a drop in salary if I go out of the city.
Would be worth it though to be around for my little one (if we ever conceive!) lol
Hubby is a bit non-committal as ever - he just looks a bit worried and doesn't know what is best.
I think I will look around a little and go for anything that looks better than where I am now. At least that way I get an idea of what is out there and can always stay if it goes ahead.
I was just hoping to avoid looking again and also this sort of means we can't actively ttc, perhaps we will just not be careful. Maybe thats a more relaxed and positive approach anyway?