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How do I ask my previous managing director for a recommendation she offered when I was leaving?
You're overthinking this.
Hi $MD_NAME.
When I left $COMPANY_NAME 2 months ago, you kindly offered to give me a letter of recommendation. While I didn't need this at the time, it would be very helpful ...
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On Call Payments
Update: An important note. In the UK for salaried employees for purpose of pay, on-call time would be considered no differently than any other form of work (over)time. While your contract will govern ...
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How can I stay relevant in the Network Engineering space if I took a 2 year gap?
Network engineering hasn't changed substantially in a couple of decades. The skills I learnt and used 20 years ago are still in use today although the hardware and software have changed a lot.
So don'...
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How can I stay relevant in the Network Engineering space if I took a 2 year gap?
Whether you go into Network Engineering at 23 or 25 your going to have a long career ahead of you either way, so I don't think it makes that much difference.
I am a Software Engineer (not a Network ...
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On Call Payments
Within broad parameters like working time regulations or minimum wage laws, it is perfectly lawful for your employer to ask for volunteers on the terms offered.
However if the availability is taken ...
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On Call Payments
To add to the answer by Tymoteusz Paul (which is a good answer)
I've done On-call at multiple companies (in NZ though, but the laws are similar)
There's 4 common Scenarios - and they do come down to ...
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On Call Payments
Any employer can "get away" with offering any conditions of employment for any compensation whatsoever. You then can "get away" with accepting or declining the contract.
A question ...
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