u/FerretBunchanumbers

• February: Employer went into administration, closed all its stores and made all its employees redundant (I was there for a year).
• Owners reopened a few stores and rehired that staff, using the website / warehouse version of the brand.
• Same administrators as the last time they did this a few years ago (before I was employed), so they must all be familiar with the process.
• A couple of random months' payslips (before they closed down) didn't have a pension payment.
• I get regular letters from The People's Pension saying those ones have not been paid, and they'll be reported if it's more than a few months. But otherwise, there's no sign of any progress.
• I had asked a few months ago about it to the other company involved, a claims management company that was giving us info about our payments generally. They said, though they don't know the details as they're not the administrators, they know it takes a while.
• I emailed 2 people from the administrators that had emailed before. First person, no response, tried the 2nd person with the first person CCed, no response.

What can I do next? Or rather, what am I supposed to do? I'm new to this redundancy stuff.

For Brazilians its like part of the culture, but other than that and players joining 'retirement leagues' (as much for money).

Like Iniesta going to Japan despite being a regular for Barcelona still.

Herrera dropping to the Spanish third tier to rejoin his boyhood club.

Or a striker whose lost a little ability joining a ridiculous non-league side rather than trying to make it at a midtable PL side, so he can bang in 40 goals.

I get daily Windows notifications that 'Virus protection is turned off. Tap or click to turn on Microsoft Defender Antivirus'

But in 'Windows Security', 'Virus & threat protection' is ticked.

But In 'Security Providers' in the settings of that page, it says Microsoft Defender Antivirus is indeed off. In services, MDA Service and MDA Network Inspection Service are running.

An article said W11 users are getting it, but not seen anyone say it. Never had any other antiviruses or firewalls installed.

Walking through Tatooine took me straight back to all those hours, days, years spent in the Phantom Menace game.

When the mediocre action-platformer suddenly turns into the KOTOR precursor with an open world Mos Espa, just going in bars, breaking into homes and meeting all the people.

"You better stand back mister 'cause I'm about to slash... ALLLL MY PRICES!"

I know it depends on the person, but I've joined a new team. Quite lad culture.

I'm sure you've experienced this - you go through the induction and training, especially security and procedures, only for the real day to day to be more... casual.

You get told all the security stuff, then they don't follow it to a T.

Boss tells you one staff is an issue or even wants to get rid, but then boss doesn't seem to apply pressure and just seems to be mates with them.

Or they're a top-performing team that could still do better, but you notice the boss' feedback is always just negative when the stats say you're killing it, so it flies over everyone's head or just makes them miserable.

At some point, the boss asks you if you have any feedback about them or if you'd do anything different. While you're still in probation.

Do you tell the truth and risk being pushed away (whether in the workplace or literally out the door politically)... or do you just shut up, keep the boss onside but also risk looking like a passenger with nothing to give?

I like to think the former, but it's also bloody awkward for some newbie to tell someone who's ultimately doing very well and been there years that they have several clear faults.