Anyone on here fully versed in the employment / employee laws?

[Buckman]

Your post raises a point wrt LinkedIn. I use the PM/DM facility sometimes if someone I have known pops up. Wonder if that will be age verification now. ? Never been head hunted though despite retiring in 2000, pre LinkedIn days😂

Our grandson worked as a bar manager in a local pub for about 2 years and dealt with all orders etc. He then left due to unsocial hours as he is only 25. he then worked as a manager for a health shop. He was head hunted by Bulmers about 2 months ago and now has a very good job with decent hours, good salary plus benefits.

 

[GaryB]

I joined "Linkedin" many years ago, for the supposed business links. Then I found I was getting requests from hairdressers, makeup people and others, the whole thing was linked into Facebook, and I was getting requests from friends of my sister in law. Certainly not the supposed business links I was expecting.

It's similar to other social media platforms where you have to set up your preferences etc very carefully to avoid irrelevant spam. I only use it for/receive information from within my industry BUT it now resembles Facebook groups with people boasting/falling out/making things up etc hence me always referring to it as a "poisonous playground", BUT marketing managers love it so I use it just to humour them!

 

[Jcloughie]

I am on Linkedin and like watching past colleagues progress. But get so many pointers to jobs (not actual offers). Yet my profile clearly states retired.

I wonder if there is a way of turning that off.

John

 

[otherclive]

My plan so far ...

Once the redundancy notice has finished with no more extensions come end November, I'll have Christmas off then be looking at using part of the redundancy money to gain my HGV C+E license in the new year.

I really enjoy driving, and have experience driving a 3.5T truck delivering furniture about scotland and really enjoyed it. If I don't find work then the Caravan would need to be sold

My two ex SILs and FiL were HGV drivers on big artics. Two did long haul in Britain and Europe, one was on bulkers. My daughters best friends ex husband was also large HGV artics. It’s a challenging occupation. There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living.
The one thing all had in common was the pressure on family life mainly through tiredness when arriving home. FIL died quite young before reaching 65.

 

[Buckman]

The one thing all had in common was the pressure on family life mainly through tiredness when arriving home. FIL died quite young before reaching 65.

Same with a good friend of ours. Pulled into services and passed away. He had a medical only a few weeks prior.

 

[GaryB]

I occasionally follow a couple of truck drivers videos on YouTube and it's not a job I'd fancy, it certainly seems quite stressful career! Also shows that it's not just caravan owners that fall foul of weight loading as well with some being overweight despite their best intentions and research when loading.

 

[RogerL]

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My two ex SILs and FiL were HGV drivers on big artics. Two did long haul in Britain and Europe, one was on bulkers. My daughters best friends ex husband was also large HGV artics. It’s a challenging occupation. There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living.
The one thing all had in common was the pressure on family life mainly through tiredness when arriving home. FIL died quite young before reaching 65.

I've "always" loved driving, from before I was old enough to do so legally and revelled in the fact that one of my early jobs entailed 50,000 miles/year - but I gradually began to hate driving in later years and could think of nothing worse by the time I retired - but within months of retiring I'd found my mojo again basically because there was no pressure to get anywhere by a set time plus I could choose what day and what time to travel, avoiding peak periods wherever possible.

Your comment "There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living" is very apt, the two are very different.

 

[otherclive]

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I've "always" loved driving, from before I was old enough to do so legally and revelled in the fact that one of my early jobs entailed 50,000 miles/year - but I gradually began to hate driving in later years and could think of nothing worse by the time I retired - but within months of retiring I'd found my mojo again basically because there was no pressure to get anywhere by a set time plus I could choose what day and what time to travel, avoiding peak periods wherever possible.

Your comment "There’s liking to drive and having to drive for a living" is very apt, the two are very different.

I actually think they got to prefer living in their cabs to going home.