No, definitely not me.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:27, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

+ this time.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:29, Reply)

I don't even have a webcam.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:30, Reply)

+ since the police confiscated it.
How are things on the job front?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:32, Reply)

I'm not long since back from an interview in Sunderland.
Both today's and yesterday's seemed to go well. I'll find out about today's sometime tomorrow, the other next week.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:33, Reply)

Fingers crossed then eh chief?
What are these doing?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:38, Reply)

One's general admin for a housing group.
The other (today) is one of 3 assistant project officer roles (my preferred option even though it pays a bit less), one of which is just 2 miles down the road. However, if successful I'm not guaranteed to be placed there even though I've stated it as a preference. The other two are in Sunderland and Easington, which might be cost prohibitive in terms of travel (the salary's not great).
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:55, Reply)

All the best anyway
Where is Easington? Somewhere near Chester-le-Street?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:58, Reply)

East Durham coast.
About an hour's drive away from me. The job would involve a lot of travelling about as well, so petrol costs and wear and tear would be quite hefty.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 20:01, Reply)

Surely you'll get an allowance for work mileage?
But yes, I can see the dilemma. It's costing me about £150 a month to keep a relatively efficient diesel in fuel at the moment.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 20:08, Reply)

Work mileage yeah.
But daily mileage would be about 100 a day on commuting alone, so I'd be forking out around £90 a week on petrol which would take a hell of a chunk out of an already not brilliant wage.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)

And commuting long distances is not amusing either
Tough choices ahead here.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 20:24, Reply)

I know, I've done it before.
Last time was just for six weeks at the end of my last job (to a place just a few miles up the road from Easington) and that got tedious very quickly. Although I did at least get mileage costs for it as it was off-site work.

So whilst this role is my preferred one, if I was offered the Sunderland or Easington gig, then got an offer from the housing people, I'd go with the housing as it's more easily commutable being in Newcastle. If I don't get the housing offer, but do get one of those two, I'd probably have to take it but keep looking close to home.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 20:32, Reply)