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This will be my last post regarding this issue. I'm focusing on what I think is the best for me and the situation. Grizzly - It's your judgement call. However, I do not think that's a bitching or backstabbing if that is one of few ways to find out whether she's coming in to work today or has...

Thanks all for taking time to respond to my post. Bronco Lane - Yep it is normal to talk about family, hobbies and other personal stuff. I'm more of a listener than a talker and I am friendly enough I believe. It just reached a point where I found it beyond excessive. Just by being in the same...

Complainer - 1. I will check the link you posted. Thanks. 2. It is inconsiderate of her but it is not a major issue. I will def work around it. 3. Hmm..I don't know..maybe it's because I am working in a conservative sector where everything is rather hush-hush. The tone was already set by the...

Manto, Hmmm that sounds like I will need a bit of acting skills. However I've got your point. The most difficult thing is that these things are happening in a confined space so nobody really sees it. Our office is all distant from one another, I am not sure if I can make others see it but I...

Complainer - Yes..I am thinking about that. By saying 'bullying' do I not need more grounds or is it enough? I find it still a bit cautious to expand further. However I won't wait till Sep to contact the HR person though. We do get quite a fews calls/emails all day and need to pass...

aristotle - Thanks. Being assertive is one of the areas I am not great at. But I am working on it. In the past I've had a few disasterous confrontations with her and couldn't get the message through. The reason was that I felt like arguing with a 6 year old girl who had no logic but no fear...

elcato - 1. Thanks - I will try that one next time. The only thing is that I don't want to inflict the person who forwards that email to me. On many occasions, I get told by somebody in the different department of what's happening unofficially. Or I call someone to enquire something then I get...

Kenbo - thanks for your encouraging words. As a matter of fact, we will have a follow-up meeting with the HR person in Sep, I will carry on documenting all instances in details. I am a bit apprensive to inform her boss of my doing this though. I don't know it's just my impression that he...

Caveat - The impression I get from my big boss is to keep out of the actual substance but try to keep it fair to both sides and not to affect the whole work atmosphere. Before the HR meeting, each of us had a chance to speak to him. Obviously I do not know what picture she painted to him. I...

Yep - I've been doing it actually. I only put the dates and a breif event but I'd better specify the time of the day? Though verbal abuse won't be ever evidenced but I will print off the emails...Thanks!

Hello people, I am facing this situation every day. I think I am handling well so far but things don't/won't change. At the end of the day I can only control the controllables.. Anyway in a nut shell, my relationship with my immediate boss has deteriorated significantly since January. It...

Good afternoon all, Hope you are all having a lovely time wherever you are. I would be really grateful if you could share your thoughts on my situation. I started my job back in Nov 2007 and became a qualified accountant the following year August. Things were alright. We normally have a...

I work in the accounts function in a small private bank. I've felt a bit left out when it comes to company information because they tend to hold 'important' stuff to themselves. I don't know - it's maybe a typical private banking environment where top people are a bit hush-hush and...

Thanks Brendan & MugsGame. Actually a big chunk of our savings is earning a slightly higher rate than our overseas mortgage at the moment. It matures this December so I will have to find a good product if I decide to keep it as a cash deposit. Since we've just purchased a house, I've...

Age Me: 33 Spouse: 33 Employment Me: Financial services Spouse: Payments solution Gross Income Me: 39k (exc. bonus 3-4K) Spouse 60k (exc. bonus 2-3K) Property Family home: Worth 195k, 117k variable mortgage @ 5.64% Interest only, 16 years left Holiday Home: Just bought, overseas worth 295k...

Thanks LDFerguson. One thing - the extra 5% deposit required is option 2 since I borrow less?

Hi guys, *First of all my apologies - I put 'Key Post' as prefix without knowing what's going to happen and now I can't get it off. This post is not about buying a house in Ireland but in Spain..* We're buying a property in Spain and I am still undecided which one I should go for. I really...

I only started my job in November - I was on compassionate leave for 4 months...

I checked my offer letter again and it said 'This salary will be reviewable on an annual basis on the anniversary of your date of joining the company'. Therefore everybody should have a different date for pay review. Rmelly - No the company has said nothing YET.

Hi there, I was supposed to start working for this company last July but due to personal circumstances (husband critically ill) I practically began to work from last November. Per my contract, my salary is reviewable on my anniversary but the company mentioned nothing about this till now. Do...