u/Additional_Air779

So the firm Im working for is insolvent. I've not been told anything, but we are on stop with all of our suppliers and sales have ceased for over 20 days. Me being in sales, I literally have nothing to do. I work from home so I'm making sure I'm available for work but actually doing DIY and gardening.

My question is, do the directors have some sort of obligation to tell the staff? Isn't continuing to make them work knowing they can't pay them at the end of the month some sort of breach in obligation like ordering goods that you know that you can't pay for?

I'm not looking for work because I want my redundancy and don't want to get sacked. But I can't help feeling that there should be some sort of communication.

The situation is that a few weeks ago the MD just went AWOL with no comms at all. The other shareholding director stopped all communication a little a week ago. Sales not being processed. Background of increasing delayed credits to customers and recently going on stop with suppliers.

From an HR point of view, do so continue to ignore and not mention anything, bring it up, stop work (as sales are not being processed anyway), sit and wait for what seems like inevitable redundancy?

Thoughts?

I've found myself looking for an excuse to buy more tools even though I don't need them.

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Question about Custom Shop (more for general discussion rather than absolute answers)

So, ideally, I'd like to get myself a hardtail Strat. In Olympic White. With a modern C neck. And a compound radius fretboard. Make that a quarter sawn neck. Vintage single coil pickups with none of that fancy wiring etc.

From the casual web surfing, I think my only option is to get one made by either

1. A luthier
   2 Partscaster
   3 Fender Custom shop

I'm rolling 1 out as I can easily put a Fender together so I wouldn't need a luthier.

I'm actively considering a partscaster, but I'm not only finding the parts hard to come by (in the U.K.) but also I'm aware that partscasters will nosedive in value from the moment I press the "buy" button on the parts.

I'd like to get Fender to make one. It would give me a warm glow to have the name on the headstock.

So, what's the deal with Custom Shops? Do I have to get a quote from a Fender dealer? Am I looking at £3,000? £4,000? £5,000? What do these things sell for on the used market? They'll obviously keep their value better than a parts caster, but better than a standard MIA Strat?

Just interested to hear people's opinions.