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    "Combined Insurance Company"? Pushy "hard sell" sales tactics?

    Re: Advice on "Combined Insurance Company"? Pushy "hard sell" sales tactics? +1 I was googling this company as I had a visit from a young female sales rep yesterday, which left me perplexed as to their incredibly pushy sales technique and more than a little annoyed at the hard sell...
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    Calculating net income from a 4 day week

    I'm sure this is just basic maths, but I honestly can't get my head around tax credits, especially when assessed as a married couple. I'm thinking of asking for a 4 day week in my workplace when I return from maternity leave, but before I ask, I need to know what kind of impact this will have...
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    Neighbour's security light shining into our house

    You're all full of useful advice! Actually it is more like it's gone from being on motion sensor to being on all the time - it's still on at 4 in the morning, for example and doesn't go off at all. Anyway... still no sign of it going off and it's a week after we asked. I went around again to...
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    Neighbour's security light shining into our house

    Hi GarBow, We will try talking to him again, of course, but I didn't get the impression it would work. Forgot to mention that they also have another security light shining full beam at the front of the house too - no idea whether that goes off at night ot not. The reason I was asking re legal...
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    Neighbour's security light shining into our house

    Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but I figured you knowlegable guys could help us. We have neighbours in a house backing onto our row who have an extremely bright security light left on 24/7. It went through a period of going on/off (and so we thought perhaps it was broken) but for the...
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    Maternity leave not mentioned in contract for new job

    Polo1 - thanks so much for that information. I figured it would appear somewhere, hadn't thought of the Employee Handbook. Guess I should just accept it as a no rather than asking. (Just wanted to be sure since the contract letter does state that only items covered in writing are enforceable.)...
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    Maternity leave not mentioned in contract for new job

    Thanks guys - yes, I knew it wasn't compulsory for a company to provide it, but somehow (misguidedly) thought larger multinationals are more likely to provide it, especially since they bend over backwards with other allowances. Laoisfan, I'm not sure this would work in this case – are these...
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    Maternity leave not mentioned in contract for new job

    Quick question for all you gurus! I've been offered, and accepted, a fantastic new job. Just got the contract and one small issue raises its head. One of the reasons (the many reasons!) I am leaving my current role is its lack of paid maternity leave. I had assumed that this new role would...
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    Civil Service Exams

    Would it be really rude of me to ask your position on the scoring - I got in the 30s...
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    Civil Service Exams

    Anyone heard anything further on the Administrative Officer position?
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    freelance full time work and holiday pay

    My understanding of someone who freelances is that their fee incorporates an allowance (or should) for holiday/sick pay. Same with any self-employed person.
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    Procedure for MRI

    Hi there, I only had a brain one done. Are you getting them done on different days? Could be the type of scanner. Yes, hospital gown, but not as bad as it sounds. Basically, you wait (ages), then they bring you into a room to get changed into a gown, then you get the scan done, change again...
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    Civil Service Exams

    Yeah got my ranking - top 40 for one position (sub-division) and top 100 for another. Anyone any idea how many they call to interview? And... I too didn't get any response re the Junior Diplomat role, only the AO.
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    Civil Service Exams

    Just wondering whether people have started getting news on this yet?
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    Civil Service Exams

    Thanks! Fingers crossed we hear soon. With the interviews, are they more flexible with dates (provided I am so lucky, which I doubt!). I'm away for a month in August on honeymoon...
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    Civil Service Exams

    Any idea when the "results" of these tests will be announced?
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    Griffith Avenue Area

    Busy roads. I grew up off the Rise (Ballymun Road end of Griffith Ave). Went to school in Corpus Christi (Homefarm Road) and Dominican College (Griffith Avenue), both excellent girls schools. I know St Pats (boy's primary) and Maryfield (girl's secondary), St Aidan's (boy's secondary) and the...
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    Non-programmable calculator - Civil Service test

    Hi all, Stooopid question (I guess), but would a non-programmable calculator have the M+ M- and MRC buttons? That was the simplest calculator I could find for the Civil Service test, but don't want to be left without. Ta!
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    question - sacking

    Hi all, Just to update, he accepted a minimal pay-off, good reference and left last week. We asked would they consider offering redundancy but no way. He sat down with the union official, but he simply said he'd left it too late. Other ex-employees are taking action against this company, but...
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    Civil Service Exams

    Oh, I hate group exercises. Can you tell me what's involved in that?
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