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Now going through a 3rd TUPE process going back to a company that originally outsourced all it's engineers 4 years ago. The company they first TUPE'd us to quickly found out they could not handle the amount of work and so missed lots of SLA's and started paying out penalties
and in the end wound up the business and we were quickly TUPE'd over to the company I work for now who also have found out to their cost that the work is costing them.
Before we were originally TUPE'D over to save on costs they stopped doing company cars and I was forced to take a car allowance of £350 a month (minus tax & NI) so I got myself a decent car for about £13k. When the first TUPE happened they were not going to pay enough to
break even on the fuel so I had the chance of a company car which I took and still have now with the company I work for.
Now of course going back to the original company they are saying that we do not give out company cars so I will have to take the car allowance which I suspect has not changed in the 4 years (they never changed it in the 8 years I was there before). My job has also changed in that
the area I now cover is all over the place, Cambridge to Manchester coving up to 1000 miles a week.
I've let them know in the first consultation that there is no way I can afford to run a private car doing that sort of mileage but i'm not hopeful they will change the area I cover.
So that leaves me with a problem if to splurge out on a car which I will have to get a loan and top up with a few thousand or to just call it quits and look for something else.
I am financially stable enough for 6 months at least with drastic spending reductions but I realise I will probably need a car anyway for some other job.
I'm kind of specialised in enterprise server and storage hardware warranty repairs and never really got involved in the OPS kind of support, so quite niche.
and in the end wound up the business and we were quickly TUPE'd over to the company I work for now who also have found out to their cost that the work is costing them.
Before we were originally TUPE'D over to save on costs they stopped doing company cars and I was forced to take a car allowance of £350 a month (minus tax & NI) so I got myself a decent car for about £13k. When the first TUPE happened they were not going to pay enough to
break even on the fuel so I had the chance of a company car which I took and still have now with the company I work for.
Now of course going back to the original company they are saying that we do not give out company cars so I will have to take the car allowance which I suspect has not changed in the 4 years (they never changed it in the 8 years I was there before). My job has also changed in that
the area I now cover is all over the place, Cambridge to Manchester coving up to 1000 miles a week.
I've let them know in the first consultation that there is no way I can afford to run a private car doing that sort of mileage but i'm not hopeful they will change the area I cover.
So that leaves me with a problem if to splurge out on a car which I will have to get a loan and top up with a few thousand or to just call it quits and look for something else.
I am financially stable enough for 6 months at least with drastic spending reductions but I realise I will probably need a car anyway for some other job.
I'm kind of specialised in enterprise server and storage hardware warranty repairs and never really got involved in the OPS kind of support, so quite niche.
