Cheers guys my working career has gone full circle.
I started off working for Norwich Union in Glasgow, train commuting. My new office is going to be a stones throw away from that. Back to being office based, this time in a civil service type role.
I remember when I got made redundant from there, I looked for job security and decided to get into retail as , no matter what else happens, folk always need to go to the shops to buy anything..... That was back in 1995, how things change!!
I don't mind train commuting , a pair of headphones and a book and I'm sorted. Its more the lack of flexibility that will be the challenge. For the last 12 years I manged 18 shops so could either be office based or out and about whenver it suited me. Haircut? Just pop into a barbers near one of my shops. Dr appt, nip home between visits.
Prior to that it was 10 years with Safeway working shifts over the week so always space for appointments, doing stuff during the week outwith work. Gonna be strange but glad to get back into a routine.
I was tempted to ask my new employers if they would grant me phased return, let me have my afternoon siesta that I am accustomed to and my morning cuddles on the couch with my labrador puppy but I thought that would be pushung my luck!
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