I didn't recognise anyone, but I knew the branch manager I'd met was due to move to another branch, so I introduced myself to the new manager and told her I was the new employee. She seemed a bit unsure of things, but hey! She's new, let's make allowances. Only... no-one knew who I was or why I was there. I began to feel a bit like some chancer who'd walked off the street claiming to have a new job! My new regional manager was on holiday and couldn't be contacted, the regional sales manager had gone on maternity leave, the old branch manager had left, and two other employees I'd met were in a car accident the Friday before and weren't at work, so there was no-one to corroborate the fact that I had been given the job. After half an hour of faff, I was sent home. Ash was most surprised to see me back in time for morning tea!!
After a series of phone calls that took almost two weeks to resolve, it turned out that the forms I'd been given to sign were the wrong ones, but instead of letting me know and asking me to come back into the branch, they decided to test my powers of telepathy. Turns out they're not so good. So, to cut a looooooong story short, after much faffing forms were sent and filled out and a contract duly appeared for me to sign. The bad news is, I still don't have a start date... The good news is, because it was an employer stuff-up they are paying me as of the 8th!! I am to officially regard myself as on garden leave... First time I've ever heard of that happening at the start of a contract!
In the meantime, I've been keeping myself (and Ash!) busy - we did a spot of hedge trimming on the weekend...
Before... The shed is about 7' tall...
During...
After... Well after the cutting, there was a fair bit of tidying up to do!
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