Work Good News

It seems that Prancing Horse Bank has finally cleared me to work for them, but it still takes them over a week to sort out my laptop and ID, so I'll be starting on 11th but only doing real work when both the above arrive on the 15th.

Getting employed is a drawn out process nowadays:

• 07 Dec 2017 -- Interview, walked out with interviewer asking me not to go with anyone else - result!!
• 08 Dec 2017 -- agent asked if I was interested at 575/day, asked for the weekend to consider...
• 11 Dec 2017 -- verbal haggling over rate, said I would go for it if he agreed my figure. 
• 12 Dec 2017 -- formal offer at 600/day
• 13 Dec 2017 -- clearance application form received
• 15 Dec 2017 -- document verification request, resulting in trip to  Adecco in Harrow with passport and driving license.
• 19 Dec 2017 -- timesheet portal login received
• 27 Dec 2017 -- working time Opt Out request received and replied to. I offer to start anytime after New Year
• 28 Dec 2017 -- company documents sent out (Incorporation and VAT certificates) again.
• 04 Jan 2017 -- formal confirmation of clearance completion, can start role. I offer to start on 8th
• 05 Jan 2018 -- get notified my laptop and ID won't be ready till 15th, will have to pair with someone till 11th
• 11 Jan 2018 -- go to first day of work
• 15 Jan 2018 -- get laptop and ID so I can do some work instead of looking over someones shoulder.

Work Bad News

I was hoping my side job would turn up trumps, and it appears the preliminary work I did went down well. Unfortunately it looks as though I'll have to wait till February for work. 

Molly's Game

Whilst it's probably not a movie I'll watch again and again, Molly's Game is well worth watching. An interesting story of how a young woman sets up and runs a high stakes poker game and her resulting legal and medical problems kept me interested all the way through. 

Black Mirror: USS Callister

A good episode of Black Mirror which doesn't go the way you expect at the start.