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    Early Gratuity/ lump sum with a ROS

    Could just be another rumour, but heard that as a manning lever they are considering offering those in brackets that are particularly short early gratuities/ lump sums to keep them in. The gotcha is the bit nobody can predict... would you sign a return of service, for say 5 years, thus accruing...
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    The Real Cutbacks haven't started.....yet

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-cash-squeeze/ A few weeks back I was told of a team working at Air, feverishly trying to screw each and everyone of us financially. It was more than just a hint that LSA was looking at being chopped, by perhaps as much as 50%, though I find it a bit too...
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    12 the new 22?

    I may well be out of touch here, but it seems like the youngsters around my place don't want 20/22 year engagements. They seem set purely on 12 and in the mean time they are getting every civvy qual they can. There's a thread on prune about us reaching terminal velocity on people exiting. I kind...
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    An exit strategy?

    Something raised at lunch today. During a discussion on ways to leave quickly I was chatting about the 'opportunity' to leave when consistently failing your fitness test. 12 months and out, and a quick sprint to pass it if nothing came up outside. Genius! Well, the conversation went off at a...
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    Forcescarsdirect

    Just had a look at their site, and they seem to have some pretty good discounts, maybe too good. Has anyone had any dealings with them, and is it a case of get snared by the good price, then whacked by the administration or other fees?
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    Moderators. A question

    Can one of the Mods please let me know why my fitness test post was removed please? Happy to go by the rules, but a simple message explaining why would have been nice. I think people would be interested to know about the new RAFFT regime, but playing judge and jury without explanation goes...
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    New RAFFT regime?

    Word is that from June it's once a year for green and once every two years for light blue. Not been in work to see it, but seems credible.
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    The Shafting that is NEM

    So, downbanding galore, a new rate of NI that will make us all losers and now SFA increases.....what is next? Who has seen their 'possible 1%' pay rise obliterated for the next 5 years? A stand still, or reduction in their quality of life until they hit their exit date perhaps?
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    Incremental pay rises are going

    Like most, I've been wondering why NEM isn't being released so it can run alongside the current system. What I cannot do is copy/ paste the link from telegraph.co.uk The treasury is going to block automatic incremental pay. It's being released as usual.....armed forces Chiefs are resisting...
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    November Pay Run

    OOA at the moment but due back in 1 week. When do PSF do the final bits on JPA for this month's pay run? I seem to recall it's the 17th of a month.
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    PVR min waiting times

    Need an HR perspective here. Someone on the SDSR forum on Prune has said 'Heads up that the 6 month PVR now only applies to RoS 30 yrs+, and has been removed for age 50+ in toto, irrespective of any NEM acceptance.' So if this is correct, you find a job and very soon after that you are out...
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    NGR into a PVR

    Really a question for an HR expert.
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    Gyh(P)

    Was wrong!
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    New DIN about duty mileage

    Right, for example only I do 1000 miles in me own car. RAF pay me £250, taxman says I should get £450, a difference of £200. Do I now get £200 back from the tax man or does he give me the gross side of that in a new tax code? The bollox flying round work says I'd get 20% of that amount, ie...
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    Not me, a mate

    Mate did 3 years in the army, then left. 4 years later mate joinsRAF on an 18 year engagement to make the total 22. Other mate did 9 years as a booty, left and eventually joined the RAF, He gets signed on for 13 years. Mate on 13 years bespoke contract got a call from manning 9 years in the...
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    Pay reduction this year - affects everyone.

    Not really a pay reduction, but a pay packet reduction. Google NI increase for public sector workers. It's an unhappy read, our reduced NI contribution due to a military pension is stopping, and our NI payments are to increase by several per cent. I can't remember if we're still capped at 1%...
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    JHC, a positive for a career or a negative?

    Are there benefits from working for the army, or are there more pitfalls than benefits? Do the army over promote their idiots? Are the RAF held in high regard, or do they struggle for parity at their equivalent rank?
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    Pay rises

    Smoke and mirrors with yesterday's statement. The Daily Mail has picked up on Public Pay restraints again. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860009/Rise-40p-threshold-help-middle-class-172-saving-biggest-change-five-years.html it doesn't actually go into detail, but all the papers have...
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    HR guys

    What is the present outflow rate? It been mentioned that it's 16%, which must be wrong as we'd be on our backsides. I think Manning paint a picture with stats, but I don't get enough access to DII to go looking. If I was a betting man I'd say it'll pick up now that the referendum is over, and...
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    SSSA

    I've been lucky enough to get SSSA on posting. I've been told that they pay your phone bill and TV licence but am sceptical if that's the new equivalent of 'go and ask stores for a long stand'. So, anyone out there know if it's gen?
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