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So

Got this big promotion interview tomorrow in London, its everything I have ever wanted in my career and I have really prepared well for it.

The question is ;

I want to go to bed and get an early night, but I know I wont get to sleep and just be fractuous

OR

Do I stay down and have a couple (2) of beers and wait until Im am so tired before I retire ?

do what you like but beer is great,as an alchohlic I personally can't have a couple of beers if I crack one they all go.

good luck tomorrow :D

Cheers mate

I'm normally like that but got my sensible head on, pivotal point and all that !

Personally, I'd get an early night and take the beers to bed with me.

Good luck though, sounds like a big'un.

(did you mean fractious?)  :wink:

Yes I did mate  :?

And it is................... its masive

But its based in Swindon so I get to see the family every night and do not have to high tail it into docklands every fucking day !

Right ........................I'm off lads

Chat to you all tomorrow

Good luck Fred.

Best wishes Fred.

Hope you get it.

break a leg kiddo!!!

I was getting worried at this point. I though Fred was going for PM...phew

This is exciting. I hope he get's it.

Good luck fred, desreve it the hours you do

best of retrospective luck fella, i'm sure you'll read this after the interview

smooches

All the best of luck Fred, hope you get it.

don't you two live together?

Hope not.

living in sin eh? tsk

I have images of Fred elliot in a dennis waterman from little britain scenario now. massive interview and all that

I already have my coat :run:

Just got back lads and the interview lasted nearly 2 hrs.

It went remarkably well considering it was very formal and structured.

It confirmed to me that the position was tailor made to suit my strengths, and the salary and benefits etc knock my existing position into a cocked hat !

I have already had confirmation that I will be invited to a second stage interview where I need to give a presentation for 40 minutes on the process of deploying economies of scale in the domestic heating contract market and the impacts over a five year period that would have on the P & L of a business with a turnover of 125 mill pa.

Should be fun !

Thanks for all your good wishes !

Oooohhhh, sucks to be you!  :wink:

Congratulations though  :thumbs:

Any strategies you can recommend for negotiating a contract with a sole supplier whose original proposal is more than twice your budget?

well done. second stage sounds a bit to much like hardwork to me though.

Well done fred. Good luck on the 2nd stage of the interview.

To paraphrase:


 :mrgreen:

I done one last year and tackled it by looking at our expedential growth plan for the next 5 yrs.

I then set up a partnering agreement proposal which basically tied us into this particular supplier for a five year period (most suppliers will jump at the chance of long term agreements for the stability of their business)

Year one prices were in line with our budget, years 2,3,4 and 5 where all calculated on an escalation table and were incremental over the term of the agreement at set rates above the RPI.

I sold it as a true partnership agreement where their buisness grew beyond their forcast on the back of our own success.

It worked and is still working and was the first of many such restructures that I carried out.

Hope that helps mate

If only it were that simple  :wink:

I can't elaborate more unfortunately, but suffice to say I'm a very pissed off pup right now.

 :soapy tit wank:

Expand Sonny Jim !

Spelling again ?????

I don't mean to piss on your fire Fred, but how will cope with this new job when you get it as well as being Managing Director of STFC (a role you will combine with SAS)?

I will be covering him

Him and Blodwyn are going to share duties. They're best buds now.

Like fuck are you if Blodwyn leaves his credit card at the club.

actually, should I delete that?

I will hire a trusted advisor to look after the club in my best interests and my day job will be delegated to another advisor from the same consultancy.

I will install a WiFi hotspot in the corner of the Merlin and use it as my office and chill on here all day

Fucking Easy !

Am I being expected to run the fucking travel club too ?

Sal66 does a good enough job of that.

I need to find a role for Nigel though  8)

Can I sell programmes? Ive always fancied that

From grammes to programmes. I like that  :D

programmes would be much harder to shift, I imagine.

never sold any in life.  I want a hut though

Tramp

I bet you shifted a shit load in death though

Cunt

and you macca, whats happening with this marathon

Yes, outside the ground.

I will start selling programmes inside the ground after KO but you wont get that job as you won't be able to see above the advertising hoardings !

I will cancel Dunwoody's contract for the programme and I will put Flammable Ben on a retainer as our new programme developer.

He will not be paid any form of monies for this Service but every table on match day in the exec lounge will have a designated "Ben" seat so he can mingle with his public and talk about randomage stuff with the sponsers.

The rule will be that Ben can help himself to any body's drink at the table he is gracing.

The new board will think outside the box on this one

Still happening mate .My old man is doing it with me aswell now gym 3 times a week and start some road running next month.

You can sell your programes en route

Sweeeeeet. I accept your kind offer.

if I was asian this board would be classed as bullying.

The position is officially filled !

Im footy 3 times and circuits once, gotta get back into running but cut out crisps as well so that is helping, found out about entering yet?

does not matter if you are asian or hispanic or chinese

You are still too little !

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/FredElliot_2006/stuart2.jpg

Can I be Joint Chair Designate? I'm not sure what this means but if it means turning up to random meetings and talking about Hooters (mmm, Hooters), then I think I can manage that.

A few people have said you cant enter til febuary time.I believe that any money raised has to be split between two charities and its £25 to enter.

Ill take you up to the Directors Box just as the sun is setting and say

"one day Son all this will be yours"

:shock:

OK

Ressurecting this as I have my third and final interview fro this tomorrow.

Am down to the last two. The Job is based in Marshgate in Swindon (approx 300 yrds away from where I live).

The other candidate is traveling from
































DORTMUND

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Good luck Fred, fingers crossed.  

 :D

thanks Luc

Good luck baldy

Best of luck Fred.

Whack the fucker.

If you dont get the job shall we organise a protest? :mrgreen:

No. Kraut is fine.

As is Yid, Sweaty, Frog, Yank, Taff, Paddy, Scouser or Cockney.

Just don't type the Diam***** word.

Good luck four eyes. If your new job allows for a computer literate assistant then I know where you can get one. He can even steal minutes from meetings.

You bugger, thought I had deleted that without anyone quoting  :mrgreen:

How's your Monday morning going, Lady?

I'm quite glad mine is a fair few hours off yet.

The joys of working with US contractors ! From your description I think I can probably guess who it is - But for the same reason that you didn't elaborate I won't either !

NMH

Best of luck Fred.

By the way, good luck Fred.

NMH

Boring boring boring.

And its raining too.  Its officially the end of summer here  :evil:

Who cares though as were off Thursday!  :D

Uh, it's raining in Swindon too.

Where are you off to then, young lady?

East Coast!
Sun, Sea and ummmm Theme parks  :wink:

I'm disgusted that you and Mr. Talk would take Fred's good luck thread off topic. I'm also slightly annoyed that my potential job application got stuck at the bottom of the last page.

Blame Mr H! He asked the question!

Ben's just jealous.

No Lady, you can't parse the blame. I hold Fred in high esteem and find this thread derailing an insult. Blaming Alan Hansen is just some sort of crazy liberty which fortifies your guilt.

:soapy tit wank:

Sand sea and theme parks :shock:

Yes, theme parks can be substituted I guess but will prob wait till I get back for that!

soapy tit wank

good luck freddo!

Good luck Frederick  :P

Looks like I missed the opportunity to wish Fred luck. Oh well. I'll wish Alan good luck in his quest for poontang instead, at the risk of Ben going mental at me for straying off topic (just because the slacker wants a proper job, I hasten to add!)

Thanks for the good wishes peeps

Ill let you know how it all goes tonight

 :thumbs:

I wanna know right now! If Frederidge gets this does that mean he's going to be very very rich?

If Fred get's it then I assume all beers will be on him due to his new massive salary  :soapy tit wank:

Hope you got it though geezer  :soapy tit wank:

OK

Just got back

Interviewed by the board which comprised of MD, FD and Opps Director, although the interview lasted two hours it was predominantly based around contractual law and contractual financial control.

It was a hard slog and quite intimidating, but I have a real good feeling about it.

Surprisingly, I will know one way or another within 48 hours.

Fingers crossed 'til then.

And yes, beers on me if I get it !

Good luck Fred.

good luck fred

good luck  8)

Good luck Fred !

is this cliff puffett?

No, it's Cliff Ponting - Somehow I don't think the "other" Cliff would join this forum!

Sorry Cliff, didnt think, I was supposed to work with you on some consortium stuff prior to my load going up.

See you Saturday no doubt

Thanks Cliff mate

still wearing the orange jumper ?

 :wink:

Will do

Yes , still wearing the Orange jumper but have now diversified , one dark orange and one a slightly lighter shade!!

you should get the missus to use Persil Colour

Keeps colours as good as new you know

Did you get the fuckin job Fred or not........The suspenders is killing me :soapy tit wank:

Should hear hopefully today or tomorrow mate

What's the job title?

Butcher?

Newspaper distributor

I thought you'd make a good butcher

eerrrr   have I missed something here ?

Thicko.

Perhaps the steaks are too high ?

First the simple maths, now this?

If it's more technical than newspaper distribution I wouldn't hold much hope of getting the job :D

cunt

trying to have a conversation on the phone whilst interpreting the humor of inch high is somewhat distracting


once again

cunts

you have, I say you have....

I did...................I say I did

I take it that you didn't hear last week ?

NMH

Will hear sometime this week NMH

You've made this job up haven't you?

8)

I'm on tenderhooks here, and I don't even know you nor know what the job is!  :D

NMH

Fred applied to be the resident gigolo at the DE Vere hotel.

 :-))(
 :soapy tit wank:

Been waiting patiently and patiently, but had a phone call today to say that the vacancy has been withdrawn temporarily, no mention of timescale or anything.

Pretty pissed off about it because it would have mended a lot of bridges at home at the moment.

But in all honesty the longer I waited the more I felt that it was not going to happen.

Have spoken to my Director who has had brilliant feedback from the presentations I made etc etc, and he has offered me a National role in something that I really enjoy and excel in. The money is really good but I am very wary that I am going to go back in time when I spent 4/5 nights a week living in a hotel.

I dont think, after all of my late nights working on other stuff that the family are going to take kindly to that.

I basically lived in a hotel up in Hull for 5/6 years, and the reason I left that position was that Jenna was starting school and needed me around.

Well Jenna starts Kingsdown next summer, and I am just worried that I am not going to be here again for her and Lisa

Im pretty confused really.

The money would mean that we can do the things we want to do, when we want to do them.

But at what price ?

 :shrug:

I was going to offer you my thoughts but then I remember that I've given up caring.

:mrgreen:

You cant do the things you want to do if your not there mate

And you're going to have a cat's Logan's run to deal with. How can you do that if you're away all the time?

You're getting on a bit aren't you Fred? Maybe you could do some semi-retirement thing and get the best of both worlds

Fred must be nearly 350 in cat years. Noah lived until about 800 though and he went through an apocalyptic event. Maybe all the people at the start of the old testament are cats? I'd read into it if I had a bible for research.

Hmmm more money v having a life(and from the little youve told me about Lisa she sounds a legend )

Mind you as someone devoid of any ambition its an easier decision :mrgreen:

Cheeky cunt      :wink:

Nah ............ the role is going into all our existing client portfolio and managing a team that will come up with the buildings carbon footprint and then instigate ways of lowering that whilst saving money for the client, then when that is done offer it as a bespoke package to new custom

With the new legislation in force it is a no brainer in all honesty. Either  businesses comply or the Government will fine them via withholding the corporate tax rebates.

Easy business and we are already accredited to undertake to survey and the complaince works

Why are you even contemplating it? Hull's a shit-hole.

Stay in Swindon.

 :mrgreen:

Fred think very carefully, my old chap is a workaholic literally works every night and all weekend (shit being a child) I know we both do long hours now fred but you still have some time out and still are at least at home.

Family coems first if finacially your not struggling at the moment