Covid Lockdown Activities

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I didn't know that you were changing jobs. Same industry/field? Exciting news.

Oh, what kind of insight? Is it the over the top "please don't sue" approach, the underwhelming "you can't sue us for this, our lawyers said so" approach, or the "we totally really care about you, here are some people we pay the listen to your problems so we don't have to" approach?

I had been looking to move as I was getting tired with the "politics" at my old employment. I did have 'skirting around subject' exchanges with @humfrz on this forum.

The opportunity arose with my new employer, I thought I'd give it a go. Same industry, less travelling, more UK based.

As for their approach dealing with the crisis, it's a very caring, sharing, we are in this together. News bulletins almost every day, top management taken a 20%reduction in their salaries. They're a Fortune 500 company and very staff focused, they want to keep the staff but I feel that they may consider furloughing staff..

Getting good staff once they're gone is a very expensive exercise that I'm sure they won't want to play out.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by JD001

I had been looking to move as I was getting tired with the "politics" at my old employment. I did have 'skirting around subject' exchanges with @humfrz on this forum.



The opportunity arose with my new employer, I thought I'd give it a go. Same industry, less travelling, more UK based.



As for their approach dealing with the crisis, it's a very caring, sharing, we are in this together. News bulletins almost every day, top management taken a 20%reduction in their salaries. They're a Fortune 500 company and very staff focused, they want to keep the staff but I feel that they may consider furloughing staff..



Getting good staff once they're gone is a very expensive exercise that I'm sure they won't want to play out.

Yeah I got a 25% pay cut and a shitty schedule but 85% of our pilots got furloughed so I guess I should be thankful?

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[IceFyre13th]

Originally Posted by chaoskaze

Building gundam models ...


errr Anyone else doing this?
@Tcoat are you building models now?

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8dldLG_ZhI[/ame]

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by JD001

I had been looking to move as I was getting tired with the "politics" at my old employment. I did have 'skirting around subject' exchanges with @humfrz on this forum.

The opportunity arose with my new employer, I thought I'd give it a go. Same industry, less travelling, more UK based.

As for their approach dealing with the crisis, it's a very caring, sharing, we are in this together. News bulletins almost every day, top management taken a 20%reduction in their salaries. They're a Fortune 500 company and very staff focused, they want to keep the staff but I feel that they may consider furloughing staff..

Getting good staff once they're gone is a very expensive exercise that I'm sure they won't want to play out.

Lol sounds like my job change last year. I left my old company for the same reason. Plus the new job kind of landed in my lap at the perfect time, with less travel and more money.

I guess I'm just cynical regarding large companies. I used to work for a Fortune 500 and the lip service was usually just that.

But good luck and hope that works out!

[spike021]

Originally Posted by JD001

I started a new job.. my first day coincidentally fell on the first day of 'lockdown'.. I had to visit the office for my induction and pickup my new laptop etc.. Strange start to hopefully a long career... Or a very short blip like a shooting star.. my employer is a big American company, I'm getting an interesting insight how you guys manage a crisis..

Congrats!

Welcome to the club!

I was in week 2 of my new job when we received the news that we'd be working from home indefinitely. Since the first week was just orientation and stuff it made things very interesting.

Can't say I'm enjoying the process.. :\ But it is what it is.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I've been looking at another RC car kit.

Coincidentally this one is on sale right now.

https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/110-4.../rc-toyota-86/

that battery location sure looks annoying. the ta06 just looks like an annoying layout that they had too many ideas, but couldn't really make up their minds on any of it. belt driven front, but gear-driven rear, inboard front suspension, typical rear suspension...

it's no tt001...

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by soundman98

that battery location sure looks annoying. the ta06 just looks like an annoying layout that they had too many ideas, but couldn't really make up their minds on any of it. belt driven front, but gear-driven rear, inboard front suspension, typical rear suspension...

it's no tt001...

Yeah I have been looking at some TT02 based cars instead. I started looking at the TA06 chassis and it looks convoluted. Or I may just buy a 4wd short course truck and convert it to an on-road.

[new2subaru]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

I stopped smoking a week ago now. It sucks.

I stopped smoking 4.5 years ago. It's great.

Hang in there! It gets better than you could imagine and I have Chronic Bronchitis from smoking.

[korhun]

Originally Posted by Atmo

Scary, glad you're OK and had a good outcome. I didn't know DVT was hereditary. Was it sudden onset or ongoing symptoms?

Now that you shaved your legs, you're eligible for competitive road cycling events!

Thank you It wasn't a sudden thing, my legs were like that for many long years. My sister had the same operation lately. If she didn't warned me about it, I would never go to a doctor; since I was thinking it's nothing important, and don't mind the bad look of my legs. My grandmother had suffered a brain damage, which right now I'm pretty sure that because of the same thing. I wish I could turn the time back.

Oh great idea However, I might be little too sexy for road cycling competitions

[korhun]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Hola, buddy. Hope you're feeling better!

Yea thanks Ultra My legs feel lighter and fine. But the doctor assigned me exercises that are... boring and hard..

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Yeah I got a 25% pay cut and a shitty schedule but 85% of our pilots got furloughed so I guess I should be thankful?

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Well, that's a shame about your pay adjustment -

Maybe now, you will be eating like the rest of us -

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, that's a shame about your pay adjustment -



Maybe now, you will be eating like the rest of us -

Haha nah my Fiancée's home cooking puts Gordan Ramsay to shame.

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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Haha nah my Fiancée's home cooking puts Gordan Ramsay to shame.

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That reminds me of a back-in-the-day story about mrs humfrz's cooking when she was my fiancée. After my ex took off, I was living in a large house with my two sons. They were complaining that the only thing that I cooked was hamburgers, fried chicken or pot roast.

So, my fiancée, now mrs humfrz, invited us over to her condo to have supper with her and her daughter. After a meal of broiled fish and salad, my youngest son came up to me and asked if we could go home now, and eat some real food, because he was still hungry.

[Atmo]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Yeah I got a 25% pay cut and a shitty schedule but 85% of our pilots got furloughed so I guess I should be thankful?

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Sorry to hear that and was sweating it for you hoping you'd stay on. So many narrow body junior FO's were furloughed just when they thought they had their golden ticket with all the pending retirements. At least you still have your head in the clouds and it doesn't get much better than that.