Dollimore Test 1
Just a quick post to see if I have understood Jim’s instructions on how to use WordPress and the “categories” correctly before we depart for Oz on Thursday.
As way of an update: All UK admin is now (more or less) complete, the snowboarding holiday was amazing and Fay and I have survived with no serious injuries so we are all set for Thursday.
John Holland have confirmed the use of a serviced apartment for up to a month on our arrival (http://www.questapartments.com.au/Accommodation/4/Australia/Perth_CBD/Quest_West_End/Welcome.aspx) and engaged a relocation agent to help us find a permanent place to live. (At the moment they are giving us an allowance of $450 a week, which seems a little low compared to previous years but we will negotiate when we arrive).
A car, phone and laptop will also be ready for us when we arrive, so I should be ready to start work on 12 March after a flying visit to Canberra to see BDLS (7-8 March), which having read Roy’s post I have low expectations for!
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Steve, I would aim very low…it was a scattergun approach to a brief and I gained very little from it. Just filled out an endless array of forms which were largely unneccesary as all of the detail can be undertaken on JPA IASS.
Good luck with the apartment. Our booking runs out tomorrow in Brisbane and we have no flight to Gladstone as yet, have to return our hire car and the apartments are all fully booked. You definitely need to stay on top of the HR team as there is a definite “it’ll be alright when the time comes” approach. Lisa is pulling her hair out at the moment as we still have no house allocated nor any idea when we’ll get one despite an empty promise of us getting “special dispensation” seeing as we’re coming from the UK and Lis being 32 weeks pregnant. However, as yet I’m not upsetting the apple cart and am being reasonably passive but I am visiting the JHG office in Brisbane tomorrow to have a face to face discussion over some of these teething issues…
Steve
Enjoy the journey – all the best in Australia
Regards to all
Stephen
Spot on post mate and some useful stuff from Roy that I will alert David to in case the RSME needs to apply some leverage from this end. Have a safe journey.
Jim