Let's begin with the bad news - Johnny's reverse-Midas touch with employers continues. After 15 months at ICOM, the company has been declared insolvent and all employees made redundant on Wednesday (September 30).
This follows more than 9 months of late and partial payrolls, and we are all still owed for August AND September. Officially the company has NO assets so the chances of getting anything out of them are very remote. (In classic dodgy-business style, the bankrupt company that employed us is a separate entity to the one that owns all of the stuff like computers that could be sold off)
There is some chance of getting some compensation from the UK government's "National Insurance" arrangement that all companies have to pay into. It's exactly the kind of situation that NI is meant to cater for. It won't fully cover what is owed - not even close - but it will help.
Luckily, it's not too big a problem. John was in the process of resigning anyway, because, drum roll please...
That's the "good news" bit if you were wondering. Yes, it will have been 3 years almost to the day - we've absolutely loved our time in the UK and gallivanting around Europe, and we always wanted to leave at the point where we felt we'd really got to know it well, but before it all became too familiar. We've averaged one international trip a month for the last 35 months, and have seen some fantastic stuff, but we can safely say we're "over" budget airlines now! And it really will be nice to spend some quality time with family and friends back home after relying on phone calls, emails and Facebook for so long.
So we're Melbourne bound at last!! See you soon!!
6 comments:
That's great news - it'll be wonderful to have you both back!!
Enjoy the time that you have left in the UK guys!
See you guys back there in May when we come to visit, and then maybe later next year permanently.
well I guess I now don't need to bother asking if you want to come away with us for my b'day at the beginning of Jan... I have been meaning to send the email, but figured you would have left by then... If any of our other friends are reading this they are welcome too :)
Belinda
You guys will be missed by us but we wish you all the best for the move home, Beth, Dan & Amelie x
yaaaaaay!! Will be great to have you back in Melbourne. Looking forward to catching up with you both, and having you at the new house for dinner.
xox
Rest assured there is a tabby cat in Melbourne purring right now.
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