Tiffybox
Getting back to your original question, I believe that your choice of phrase âPromotions - Who knows the system? What just happened?â could have been better chosen, however, rather than take the urine let me elaborate to the assembled comedy club as I too was trying to make some logic of the whole thing.
I work in a slipper city organisation with many other tiffys, two of which are the same trade and do the same job as I do. One of these was fortunate enough to be selected on the last board and the other, like me, didnât make the grade. To add some figures to the story; 76 went to the board â 35 were selected with an initial additional 9 reserves (looking down my crib sheet I make that 44 in total). The aforementioned friend of mine was placed 48th and I was placed 54th, hey ho such is life as they say.
Now our friend who did get selected is fully qualified and is sat in a rank ranged SSgt/WO2 post, however, he has yet to be given a substantive date and isnât wearing the rank. So imagine the surprise when good old Corp Order 03/06 hit the desk and our No.48 man finds heâs been a substantive WO2 as of 01 Apr 06? Where it becomes more confusing is that heâs not in a rank ranged post, heâs not getting posted out to fill a vacancy, and heâs not yet fully qualified.
Now believe it or not I am actually chuffed for the guy as heâs a top bloke and in my opinion he deserves it, however, my educated ensemble, I now invite you again to answer Tiffyboxâs question and try and explain how this âsystemâ actually works?
I have written to the powers that be in Bonnie Scotland and invited them to elaborate, however, unsurprisingly up until now they have chosen to give me a serious ignoring.
