I rather suspected this would be the case, so a bit of negotiating with
I learned that I DO have a pool car that I can collect on Monday afternoon from Reading, which is good. Shame it couldn't be arranged a little earlier; it would have saved me all this running around *sigh*.
I've had to take all the computer equipment with me because I really want to get the file server sorted out before next weekend, which is the BadgerLAN. For those of you who don't know, BadgerLAN is a sporadic event held at my landlord
Oh, and work have flung me in the deep end again *sigh*. I'm now doing this job (updating part of their Network Management System software for a planned hardware upgrade/rollout) by myself, as the guy who was going to go in with me has been sequestered onto another project. LogicaCMG want to get a foothold in ntl: again as they've had no work from them for the last year so this is a great foot-in-the-door opportunity. I just don't get paid enough for the work I do and the responsibility I have. Would people be surprised to hear that at my average rate of increase it would take me until I was 30 to be earning 30k?
I will start looking for jobs soon.
Oh, on a similar vein, I got a note through from my boss during the Cardiff work. He couldn't praise me highly enough. I'll add that to the collection then? Not that it'll do me any good.