Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
Right, had a long meeting with my USA based manager, who to be honest is very sympathetic to my situation - Apparently HR were asking questions as to why she has an employee listed as ‘Home worker‘ when the company has asked for all to return to the office
Anyway, the summary of the conversation is that she removed the status, so that HR no longer ask questions - off the record she does not expect me in any more than my one day a week as she fully understands that for me, home is best given that I deal with late calls, conferences with USA based people.
So for the moment, the status quo remains, although I do of course loose some money.....at least I won‘t have the huge increase in fuel costs.
One last thing, the situation could change in the future, but for the moment, I‘ll be working from home.
That‘s I thnk the best situation I could have hoped for, so from now on, we will not mention "Working from home"
Panic over for the moment Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
11th Sep 2015 10:09 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72787
And the circling vultures line up for landing. No D3 & Sankey pickings to be had.
Good result.
11th Sep 2015 10:11 am
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9402
Quote:
And the circling vultures line up for landing
yup a close call indeed Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
11th Sep 2015 10:14 am
mcsimmo
Member Since: 08 Aug 2011
Location: North of the south
Posts: 1795
Phew.Man with no D3 anymore, but cant leave the forum....how sad.
Felt your sigh of relief from just up the motorway. Result, Iggy Front Runner Rack, OEM Ladder & RAI, Tuff-Trek Foxwing, B'rakhah Ingonyama Expedition Trailer, RLD's Spare Wheel Protector, Bodsy's Bars, Empty Pockets! Member of Gloucestershire & Worcestershire 4x4 Response.
11th Sep 2015 12:04 pm
lespes
Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: Sitting Down
Posts: 2232
Good outcome
Think some of your initial maths was a little out though. Tax and insurance costs will not increase with mileage, ok maintenance may a little, though if not doing 15k a year at present between services should be very minimal. Fuel costs at present levels should be around 22-23p per mile.
So really the main cost for those extra miles should be around 25 - 27p per mile.
Also compared with just over a year ago when fuel prices were much dearer, your fuel costs should of dropped quiet significantly, about 25-30p per litre.D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
D4 HSE MY12 Marmais Teal: Gone. Missed a lot!
Freelander 2 SD HSE MY11 Silver:Thankfully gone.
D4 HSE MY11 Silver: Gone missed !
Range Rover Sport MY06 HSE Buck Blue: Gone missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Facelift MY Red Gone Missed!
Discovery D2 TD5 Cobalt Blue: Gone Missed!
Discovery D1 Auto Oxford Blue Not missed at all!
Discovery D1 Avalon Blue First LR! missed!
Now demoted to a VW
11th Sep 2015 3:13 pm
DDDad
Member Since: 10 Jan 2015
Location: Angus
Posts: 1201
Thanks for checking my numbers. Went for a job as a human cannonball. Not the right calibre.
11th Sep 2015 5:55 pm
bobupndown
Member Since: 05 Sep 2015
Location: stuck in the 1980's
Posts: 39
I had similar woes when I was relocated to a much further from home office, running the D2 would have been prohibitive so swapped cars with my wife and ran her Tdi Golf, at nearly 60mpg it was twice as economical as the Disco. It came time for it to be changed and was replaced with a Tdi 4motion Tiguan (We didnt really need another 4x4 but it was what she wanted), still use it for work and she uses it for social, its only doing 45 mpg but still significant savings over the D2s 28. I get reasonable fuel bills, get to keep my beloved Disco and the miles its putting on are seriously reduced. Win / win?2004 Discovery 2 Td5 Landmark
2013 VW Tiguan Tdi 4motion
1963 Morris Mini Minor Superdeluxe
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