What a shite day! Missed the postman first thing this morning as he obviously has no understanding of the fact I live in a flat and need a few minutes to get downstairs to answer the door. When I tried to call the collection office to see if I could pick up the letter today they just kept putting the phone down after I had endured the usual round of recorded options. The 'press 5 to leave a highly offensive message' option was not available to me unfortunately!
I then emailed my old employer to see if they would send a copy of the letter (it was obviously from them!) which they eventually did to reveal the following: Hearing in 9 days time in a city over 100 miles away with a different appeal Manager too!! To say I was angry is an understatement.
After a frantic set of phone calls to various contacts (including my former employers incompetant HR department), the location and date could not-or more likely would not-be changed. So they expect me to endure over another week of torture and, more importantly, NO MONEY. Later in the day they did graciously offer to pay my expenses for the trip as 'it is quite a distance from where you live'. Thanks. A bunch!
Not acceptable in my opinion. I have also emailed the union to ask their advice as I really can't see my representative being particularly happy over the trip to accompany me to the hearing.
So, I have contacted the prospective employer to ask about the position with them, and if they formally offer me a job I will drop the appeal altogether and just deal with a dismissal on my future record. That is something I didn't want to live with but the clock is ticking and my bank account is emptying. I need to work.
I await tomorrow and the replies.
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