On 13-Feb-24 20:48, Julian Macassey wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:36:56 +0000, Sam Plusnet <
n...@home.com> wrote:
>> On 13-Feb-24 15:40, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>>
>>> December 1994 for me, when I got made redundant from ICL (just in time
>>> for Christmas).
>>
>> Surprising how many firms decide to celebrate Christmas by 'Letting
>> people go'. Sentimental old sods.
>>
>> (Yes I know the feeling)
>
> I think I have lost count of the number of times I have been sacked
> right before Crimbo.
>
> There was one time I was fired right before Christmas that was a
> relief, the company had decided that as a special treat they were flyimg the
> staff out to Las Vegas for a couple of days.
>
> Over another Christmas I was working for a company staffed and
> managed by Mormons. What a terrible party, bad food and no booze, I have
> attended more cheerful funerals.
Odd that. Y'd think they would sort of compensate for the lack of