Originally Posted By John V6
Nice one . Alas it is 706 days away, unless the boss upset me. Thanks to Mr Osbourne's reforms on pensions I can afford to go sooner.


Nominally mine is 631 days but like you I could go at any time. I'm not jumping as there could be a nice severance package: why?

Well the sale of my employer, for a paltry US$ 17 billions, moves to a close, probably in early August. All of the posturing and positioning of senior management is entertaining to watch, but distracts from running a business and looking to the future. But there will be job losses from rationalisation, so it is wise to wait.

My role is, in effect, on hold as we can't do anything new. The structure of the management tree above me has yet to be clarified so I can't start any new Tactical Business Development project as I don't know who the Board Sponsor will be, or even if we will have funding. No one is worried as the business we build over the last 10 years continues to grow at 26% or more pa. This half year we are almost 30% up on last year!!

So I'm reduced to finishing up existing projects and looking at "Blue Sky" stuff, such as thanks to the news last night, the Pharmaceutical Industry Opportunity in Iran. It will be well into late 2016 before I can start anything new and by then I'll be close to retirement and will have no interest in starting anything I can't finish.

I'm very pleased to have got involved with MSCC, it is a welcome distraction!

Peter,
66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S
No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...