It's been many moons since I was with BACON, it was called BACX then.(what's the difference between BACON and RASHER and RIND anyway??)
However, I always thought DM was a kosher bloke. Sorry indeed to see all the unhappiness and slagging off that's gone on here, I sincerely hope it all turns out well for you. It was a wrench leaving the Final Salary Pension, but it looks as though that's gone now anyway. There is life outside BACX etc etc, and it's turned out to be a much better one than I thought possible. I don't mean just leave for the sake of leaving, but do consider it - initially there's a big loss of 'comfort zone' with a new type, new SOPs, new colleagues, trainers, management, routes etc, but it's only after about a year that you come to realise that BACX is/was actually a tuppeny halfpenny operation in the great scheme of things, and not actually half as professional as it thinks! No reflection on any ex-colleagues intended.