The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VIII

[Cutlass]

Should I:

• ask to transfer and face certain redundancy but with a decent payout (equivalent to about seven months after tax pay)

or

• stay and have a reasonable chance of work for 12 - 18 months with a smaller payout (statutory minimum redundancy works out at about 1.5 months after tax pay for me) at the end

Thing to note: there are no jobs here - I would have to move to Dublin or back to London for a new job most likely.

I'm tempted to say stay, assuming you have high confidence that you'll get 12-18 months work before losing your job. The job market has to be better then than now. And it looks better when looking for work to have been employed currently or more recently.

What's the state of the legal industry in the US going to be in 2015?

The demand for lawyers is never going to decline.

 

[nonconformist]

Should I:

• ask to transfer and face certain redundancy but with a decent payout (equivalent to about seven months after tax pay)

or

• stay and have a reasonable chance of work for 12 - 18 months with a smaller payout (statutory minimum redundancy works out at about 1.5 months after tax pay for me) at the end

Thing to note: there are no jobs here - I would have to move to Dublin or back to London for a new job most likely.

Use your charming french to pull a milionairess from France.

 

[Karalysia]

The demand for lawyers is never going to decline.

During this current recession the legal industry hemorrhaged jobs horribly. It concern's me greatly. If all goes well I should have a law degree by 2015 (2 more years undergrad, followed by 3 of law school) I would like to know if the legal industry is predicted to have recovered by then because law school is a massive investment and before I sink myself under debt it would be nice to know if there are jobs.

 

[really]

How employable are you? How well disposed do you feel to Dublin/ London? How good is your sofa-credit in Dublin/ London.

I have a solid CV - many of my peers in the UK office have moved to equivalent jobs in the last few months.

Dublin is close and the job market is still weak but not as bad as here. London is much stronger but a move there now could potentially be forever.

My sofa credit is very strong.

I am going to speak to a couple of the regional leaders tomorrow and sound out the scenarios if I stay - they can't promise anything (it is in the liquidators hands now) but it will keep me in the front of their mind when whatever work is left is reorganised in the new year.

I'm inclined to stay put and take my chances. Reastically I will be busy until March / April. I reckon the chances of me still being here this time next year is maybe 25%.

Adult decisions are tough.

 

[GinandTonic]

I have a solid CV - many of my peers in the UK office have moved to equivalent jobs in the last few months.

Dublin is close and the job market is still weak but not as bad as here. London is much stronger but a move there now could potentially be forever.

My sofa credit is very strong.

I am going to speak to a couple of the regional leaders tomorrow and sound out the scenarios if I stay - they can't promise anything (it is in the liquidators hands now) but it will keep me in the front of their mind when whatever work is left is reorganised in the new year.

I'm inclined to stay put and take my chances. Reastically I will be busy until March / April. I reckon the chances of me still being here this time next year is maybe 25%.

Adult decisions are tough.

Are any of those peers who left the UK office trustworthy enough to sound out?

 

[Garonius]

If God exists why does he hate me so much?

 

[GinandTonic]

If God exists why does he hate me so much?

Because you make baby jesus cry?

 

[Garonius]

Because you make baby jesus cry?

I only punched him once?

 

[Karalysia]

If God exists why does he hate me so much?

Cthulhu hates everyone. Even his worshipers. The best you can hope for is that when the time comes for you to be devoured in his mighty maw, you will have already gone insane and won't mind so much.

 

[Garonius]

Cthulhu hates everyone. Even his worshipers. The best you can hope for is that when the time comes for you to be devoured in his mighty maw, you will have already gone insane and won't mind so much.

Sounds good but I'm already a pirate for a cause.

Cthulhu hates everyone. Even his worshipers. The best you can hope for is that when the time comes for you to be devoured in his mighty maw, you will have already gone insane and won't mind so much.

I was devoured by Cthulhu on Friday he's not so tough, eats too many curries I was out by Monday.

 

[Elta]

Does this thread need more yes cartwheel?

 

[Elta]

I googoled it and yahoo answers said YES!


Link to video.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Spoiler :

What makes potatoes grow this big?

 

[Garonius]

Spoiler :

What makes potatoes grow this big?

Potato steroids.

 

[Yared]

Spoiler :

What makes potatoes grow this big?

Could it be artificial selection coupled with excellent farming facilities?

 

[GinandTonic]

Spoiler :

What makes potatoes grow this big?

Thats not a particularly large potato.

Now that is a big potato!

 

[Yeekim]

Thats not a particularly large potato.

Now that is a big potato!

That is not a potato, but an abomination!

 

[Mirc]

When I think of the word "abomination", that's exactly what comes to my mind! I don't know why... but the word is just so incredibly suggestive!

 

[Karalysia]

That potato has cancer.

 

[Yared]

Why is it that if you dip straw in something like water or soda and you cover the upper opening with your thumb, the liquid will only leave in drops when you remove it from the cup or whatever medium you were using? If you remove your thumb and open up the straw though, the liquid leaves like the regular laws of gravity applied to them.