https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/simonhawthorn.xml It's just a feed for now Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:24:16 GMT feedland v0.5.59 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:24:16 GMT simonhawthorn Tue, November 7, 2023 5:24 AM EST <p>I was rear-ended on the motorway back in mid-December, the driver of the van that hit me even admitting fault at the roadside. My insurance company dealt with everything quickly and sorted repairs.</p> <p>It was with a very good coach builder who did the repairs so well I cannot tell where the damage was and even the dealership who did the MOT a month later couldn&#39;t believe it. <br>Anyway months pass and I assume all is fine, until I get a letter from the insurance company saying they are referring this to lawyers now because the other party are being difficult. Sounds normal I suppose, insurance companies hate paying out.</p> <p>Roll on to now, I have done so many questionnaires &amp; sent in bank documents showing I couldn&#39;t pay for repairs myself (what is the point of insurance again?) and repeated the description of the collision so often I probably know that junction better than National Highways!</p> <p>Is this normal? Do people generally have to deal with no fault (in my case) collision issues for almost a full year afterwards?</p> Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:24:16 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=181554 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=181554 I was rear-ended on the motorway back in mid-December, the driver of the van that hit me even admitting fault at the roadside. My insurance company dealt with everything quickly and sorted repairs. It was with a very good coach builder who did the repairs so well I cannot tell where the damage was and even the dealership who did the MOT a month later couldn't believe it. Anyway months pass and I assume all is fine, until I get a letter from the insurance company saying they are referring this to lawyers now because the other party are being difficult. Sounds normal I suppose, insurance companies hate paying out. Roll on to now, I have done so many questionnaires & sent in bank documents showing I couldn't pay for repairs myself (what is the point of insurance again?) and repeated the description of the collision so often I probably know that junction better than National Highways! Is this normal? Do people generally have to deal with no fault (in my case) collision issues for almost a full year afterwards? <p>So, my boss rang me yesterday to tell me that we had a secondment going in my team for a portfolio sponsor - it has been live for almost two weeks but nobody had told her.</p> <p>Que today I am scrambling to apply. I&#39;m already doing about 95% of the role so might as well apply for the secondment and job title and small uplift it brings after all. But then this triggers off ALL my brain issues.</p> <p>Hello autism brain, oh look the otter ADHD brain is back, dyslexia has fired up and imposter syndrome has booted down the door and is currently squatting over me, casting a very long shadow! And why is all that? Because I have to do a CV and a cover letter.</p> <p>That might not sound like much, or rather I am about to sound like everyone ever, but my real issues is I absolutely despise writing about what I do because nothing is achieved in silo and yet with this stuff you have to make it sound like you are the keystone and everything would collapse without you. The CV I will just do, I hate it and will miss vast swathes of what I do but hey ho. The cover letter though, I&#39;ve been told can only be a page and it not not at all clear what format it is even supposed to take?!</p> <p>Is it supposed to look like a formal letter? Because then basically half the page is just addresses and salutations and rubbish. Surely there must be a better way of doing all this... And yes, I am procrastinating by writing all this.</p> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:34:44 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=169124 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=169124 So, my boss rang me yesterday to tell me that we had a secondment going in my team for a portfolio sponsor - it has been live for almost two weeks but nobody had told her. Que today I am scrambling to apply. I'm already doing about 95% of the role so might as well apply for the secondment and job title and small uplift it brings after all. But then this triggers off ALL my brain issues. Hello autism brain, oh look the otter ADHD brain is back, dyslexia has fired up and imposter syndrome has booted down the door and is currently squatting over me, casting a very long shadow! And why is all that? Because I have to do a CV and a cover letter. That might not sound like much, or rather I am about to sound like everyone ever, but my real issues is I absolutely despise writing about what I do because nothing is achieved in silo and yet with this stuff you have to make it sound like you are the keystone and everything would collapse without you. The CV I will just do, I hate it and will miss vast swathes of what I do but hey ho. The cover letter though, I've been told can only be a page and it not not at all clear what format it is even supposed to take?! Is it supposed to look like a formal letter? Because then basically half the page is just addresses and salutations and rubbish. Surely there must be a better way of doing all this... And yes, I am procrastinating by writing all this.