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the_lone_wolf · 14-09-09, 01:54 PM

YEAH!!!

Just won a tender worth almost £40k at work, will mean the survey team (me and the boss) are going to exceed our (optimistic) profit forecast for the financial year, just doing the work we do before the end of the year. Job is secure after a shaky summer...

Woooooo

That's all

14-09-09, 01:55 PM

Congratulations!

14-09-09, 02:03 PM

Congrats! Well done.

fizzwheel · 14-09-09, 02:07 PM

Awesome

timwilky · 14-09-09, 02:12 PM

And I used to think we were lucky to win 1 job a year a few years ago. Our parent organisation wanted to shut us down. Sacked all our engineers and wanted us to be a sales only office. Damm, we thwarted that when we only got 3 jobs within weeks of them reducing the headcount from 600 to 70

14-09-09, 02:12 PM

Nice one...

Binky · 14-09-09, 02:15 PM

Does this mean more trick bits for the KTM?

Oh, and i suppose good news for you i guess. Well done.

the_lone_wolf · 14-09-09, 02:23 PM

Cheers all, awesome indeed!!!

Binky, It won't mean any immediate extra cash for me but it will stop the "4 day week" sword of Damocles that's been looming since July and should mean the end of year bonus arrives and also add serious weight to the case for the pay rise I should have really got this year (company froze all wages for every employee, which i understand, but I should have been on ~10% more than I was for the last year or so according to the boss man)

@Tim - we had a similar situation back in June, MD visited the office and basically said we'd have to consider a 4 day week unless the work came in, we'd been quiet as anything for the previous two months but all of a sudden we got several big jobs come in at the same time so managed to float for a while longer

Work starts tomorrow, gonna be BnB breakfasts for the next couple of months

gruntygiggles · 14-09-09, 02:29 PM

Very well done TLW..........fab news!

14-09-09, 02:36 PM

Nice one

14-09-09, 01:54 PM	#1
the_lone_wolf Captain Awesome Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hamble Posts: 4,266	Oh... YEAH!!! Just won a tender worth almost £40k at work, will mean the survey team (me and the boss) are going to exceed our (optimistic) profit forecast for the financial year, just doing the work we do before the end of the year. Job is secure after a shaky summer... Woooooo That's all __________________ Official "Dumbass of the Year" 2011 (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Deal with it...

14-09-09, 01:55 PM	#2
Milky Bar Kid Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oh... Congratulations!

14-09-09, 02:03 PM	#3
Ceri JC Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oh... Congrats! Well done.

14-09-09, 02:07 PM	#4
fizzwheel Super Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,614	Re: Oh... Awesome

14-09-09, 02:12 PM	#5
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Oh... And I used to think we were lucky to win 1 job a year a few years ago. Our parent organisation wanted to shut us down. Sacked all our engineers and wanted us to be a sales only office. Damm, we thwarted that when we only got 3 jobs within weeks of them reducing the headcount from 600 to 70 __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

14-09-09, 02:12 PM	#6
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14-09-09, 02:15 PM	#7
Binky Emily Howard rides an SV Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 2,681	Re: Oh... Does this mean more trick bits for the KTM? Oh, and i suppose good news for you i guess. Well done. __________________ Wowee Zowee

14-09-09, 02:23 PM	#8
the_lone_wolf Captain Awesome Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hamble Posts: 4,266	Re: Oh... Cheers all, awesome indeed!!! Binky, It won't mean any immediate extra cash for me but it will stop the "4 day week" sword of Damocles that's been looming since July and should mean the end of year bonus arrives and also add serious weight to the case for the pay rise I should have really got this year (company froze all wages for every employee, which i understand, but I should have been on ~10% more than I was for the last year or so according to the boss man) @Tim - we had a similar situation back in June, MD visited the office and basically said we'd have to consider a 4 day week unless the work came in, we'd been quiet as anything for the previous two months but all of a sudden we got several big jobs come in at the same time so managed to float for a while longer Work starts tomorrow, gonna be BnB breakfasts for the next couple of months __________________ Official "Dumbass of the Year" 2011 (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Deal with it...

14-09-09, 02:29 PM	#9
gruntygiggles DaffyGingerBint Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: Melksham Posts: 1,577	Re: Oh... Very well done TLW..........fab news! __________________ 2012 Welsh TT http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=171244 RIP Hovie baby

14-09-09, 02:36 PM	#10
Bluewolf Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Oh... Nice one