No Longer Happy...

[JessW]

Raindance, I have moved house and loving the extra exercise a three storey house provides.  No more gym for me!!  Lovely Kent and the weather.

As for the redundancy, it was expected but still no less a shock as it is such a sham / bumped type.  I am using their own incompetence to set the scene for a decent compensation package or else tribunal here I come!.

Gee, I don't know about you but I feel very much like a support bra at the moment - holding everything together in the right parts, if you know what I mean!.

[gee4]

LOL!  That certainly made me laugh............we do need to keep out sense of humour eh?

G

[virtuallysorted]

Is there anything you could perhaps get more involved in at your current job? E.g. marketing / updating company wide templates etc.

This kind of thing is often overlooked but can be a valuable skill to add to your CV and would keep you busier!

[gee4]

Well my team was told on Fri, one person is facing redundancy, and I have a funny feeling it's going to be me.  Great timing with less than 3 weeks to my holiday!  I suspected something was on the cards for a while and am never far wrong.  Not sure when we will hear, but I am hoping all will be done n dusted this week.

I shall keep in touch as much as I can until then.

G

[JessW]

Gee

I do hope that you are wrong.  You are too nice a person (in the good sense) for this to happen to you.

Fingers crossed!

Jess (why on earth are they insisting I come in to work where all I am doing is kicking my heals!)

[geminigirl]

Gee - I'm sure I'm not alone in saying we'll all be thinking good thoughts for you.  You're right, the timing is lousy but, as you said at the beginning of this thread, you've been bored and unhappy for so long and this might just be the impetus (if it is you that's due to go) for you to spread your wings and go to something better.

Of course, I know from personal experience that that's easier said than done.

Fingers crossed it's all good news... how long have you been with the company?  You should be entitled to some compensation depending on how long you've been there.

Good luck!

[ControlledChaos]

Gee

Sorry to hear your news, there is never a good time to receive news like this.  Wishing you all the best and hope that you find a silver lining in that cloud.

Take care

V

[gee4]

Jess - I feel I am doing same.  No-one can understand why we were told last week that one person was going, then let us sit for another day/week until they decide who it actually is!

Gemini - I have been here two and a half years but the company I contract for on this project do not pay redundancy so it will be statutory redundancy that we get.  That is one of the reasons why I don't want to contract any more, although having said that what exactly is a permanent job these days?  My job was as permanent as they come.  They will try and deploy the unfortunate one somewhere else but I want out completely.  As it happens I have secured an interview at the end of the month for one of the jobs I had applied for.  Things can only get better from here.  

Thanks all - comments and thoughts much appreciated.

G

[rowan]

G: I will keep my fingers crossed for you. I am not sure I understand what you folks mean by they do not pay you for redundancy, or what statutory redundancy is. I am glad you have an interview set up. I will keep sending you postive energy.
Rowan

[gee4]

It means I will get a week's pay for each year I have been here.

G

[geminigirl]

Hmm - two weeks' money ain't much, is it?  I've never wanted to work contracts for just such a reason ... temping's fine (though payrates haven't gone up in about four years) because one is used to "hand to mouth" existence and a job can end at a moment's notice but contract ... nah!

I hear what you say - "what's a permanent job these days?".  Civil service is about as permanent as it gets 'though academia is the next best thing (where I've just fetched up!).

All good wishes for your interview at the end of the month - I know you'll wow them and, as you say, things can only get better.  Fingers are crossed.

[gee4]

Gemini,

My job was permanent but if I can explain.  The company I am employed by in Dublin, have 90% of us contracted out to projects.  The project I work on is nearly into its 4th year.  The uncertain thing about it all is, that if other mini contracts are not won or they need to do a cost cutting exercise, that is where staff are likely to lose their jobs.  If my employer in Dublin cannot find one of us something else, then and only then, will we be right off their books.  It is for that reason that I have made up my mind to look for something else completely.

G

[geminigirl]

Understood.  As you said before, then, as permanent as any job can be ...

I'd hate the uncertainty though, as you say, if the project has been going for nearly 4 years that's longer than some people spend in a permanent job nowadays.

I do hope it all works out - and I'm sure it will.  I really hope that you've been worrying for nothing and, if that's the case, at least it's given you the incentive to start looking around.

All the very best!

[misslynn]

There is definitely never a good time to hear news like this, and the uncertainty of working and not knowing who the person facing redundancy is, well that's just terrible.  Best wishes to you and I hope you're wrong about it being you.

[gee4]

Hi all - well still here, so not sure if good or bad.  Atmosphere is very strained and although my colleagues are sympathetic, management are keeping a low profile.  We have been offered a phone call rather than a face to face meeting to inform us which of the 3 will be made redundant.  Our unanimous decision is that we all receive a phone call - I personally do not want any more humiliation.  Once again we have no deadline for this so I shall keep in touch until then.

G