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Awesome.
After six months on the shelf after being made redundant, I finally got a job offer. Now I just need to pass the security clearance checks, which is all new to me!
If it's anything like when I had to wait for security clearances, so I could actually do the job I was hired for... I got so fed up that I quit after 6 months and they still hadn't been done.
I was supposed to be doing 2nd line support for local authority, govt, CPS and police systems... I wasn't even allowed to reset some ones password until clearance was sorted.
I don;t care how good the money was... sitting around on my arse all day doing menial shit way below my pay grade and self worth just wasn't worth it... But at least I saved up enough money to see me through the next 6 months without taking too much of a hit to living expenses... I was unemployed, I could get my rent and council tax paid... all I needed was day to day expenses for car, food and utilities. :)