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Got made reduntant today-what to do now

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  • 18-02-2015 11:04pm
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    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭


    Well as title suggest..myself and 40 others , some on contract..no doubt there be nothing on news about it

    Not feeling too bad at moment..perhaps it hasnot dawned on me

    Do i take a few days off- or drive straight into job hunting..has it happened to you

    Cheer me up AH folk


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    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    You lucky bastard!
    Take some time off, enjoy it. Cheltenham is coming up.

    Then get your head together and then go job hunting.


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    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    Drink ten cans and have a w*nk, release the pressure.


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    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,502 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Start looking for work immediately imo. A lot of competition out there right now for jobs.


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    #5
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    Get shacked up with the town slut, have six kids, develop a habit for cheap lager and domestic violence, get a white vest and tattoo your arms with that hideous blue ink they use?

    You know, the scrounger lifestyle.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Dive right in. There will be others looking for that new job too. Don't let them beat you to it.

    I hope you get sorted soon .


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    Señor Fancy Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,628 ✭✭✭Señor Fancy Pants


    Sorry to hear that man.

    Do something you enjoy while you are searching for something else.

    Best of luck.


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    Wompa1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    If you get severance pay. Enjoy yourself for a few days


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    NinjaTruncs
    Registered Users Posts: 2,465 ✭✭✭NinjaTruncs


    Straight to the social office tomorrow. Get signed on. It'll be three days before they start paying you. You paid your prsi so claim what you are entitled to.

    4.3kWp South facing PV System. South Dublin



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    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    I'd recommend the Partridge meltdown

    1) Shoes off

    2) Load the car with Toblerone

    3) Drive to Dundee


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    Doom
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭Doom


    Start a political career... Need **** all skills for that, its helps to be self centred and a straight faced liar ;-)


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    Halloween Jack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭Halloween Jack


    If you are due a few bob, do something you've always wanted with it, how often in life do you get a bit of cash and a load of free time?

    If it happened to me Id go climb a mountain somewhere....


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    RobYourBuilder
    Registered Users Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭RobYourBuilder


    Sign on immediately even if it's only for the credits. If you're not already on jobs.ie, monster, linkedin etc - joinup.


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    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Trigger Happy wrote: »
    You lucky bastard!
    Take some time off, enjoy it. Cheltenham is coming up.

    Then get your head together and then go job hunting.

    Charge in on faugheen you say...sounds like a plan

    :)


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    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    Specialun wrote: »
    Charge in on faugheen you say...sounds like a plan

    :)

    Bet the whole fckin lot on the number 3 horse in the Gold cup. Sure what can go wrong?


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    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Cant sign on as offically im not finished for three weeks


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    #17
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    Do a job bridge as a butchers assistant.


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    #18
    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    KungPao wrote: »
    Do a job bridge as a butchers assistant.

    Would ya get free sausages and blackpudding


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    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    Specialun wrote: »
    Would ya get free sausages and blackpudding

    No but if you're a slow learner you get a cool nickname like "Eight Fingers"


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    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    NinjaTruncs wrote: »
    Straight to the social office tomorrow. Get signed on. It'll be three days before they start paying you. You paid your psi so claim what you are entitled to.

    Its happened to me too so I'm sorry to hear - I know what it feels like. The above is good advice - The social welfare office are never too pleased about having to make back payments so get this sorted as soon as you can. The experience of setting foot in those filthy kips of offices will spur you into getting a job fairly quickly.


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    #21
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Sorry to hear.

    Take a week then start a dvd bootlegging business, I think there's still a market for that.

    Or find a horse and develop it into a prize champion.


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    [Deleted User]
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    View this as an opportunity. Hopefully you will get a decent redundancy payment in the weeks ahead.
    Start putting out your resume immediately and try to get another job. If you can get a job before the redundancy runs out, delay the start date so you can do something mad with the extra cash left.
    It's not the same as in the recession, there are jobs out there. If your situation allows it, you could look for work abroad and use the redundancy to set yourself up.


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    #23
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    eternal wrote: »
    Drink ten cans and have a w*nk, release the pressure.
    This.

    Then get your head and together and go job hunting.


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    Desolation Of Smug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭Desolation Of Smug


    Beer, long walks, hobbies and TV. Work can wait. You're "redundant" - act redundant for a bit and enjoy it. Redundant can be fun. There'll always be more work. Have some play.


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    #25
    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Boogie nights is in..perfect film for occasion


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    #26
    AmberGold
    Registered Users Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭AmberGold


    Firstly don't worry. I have been sacked, made redundant or whatever three times, each time I have **** myself.
    In 6 months you will look back and know it was for the best.

    Probably should have left anyway if the company is in such a bad state.

    My main advice is to weigh up the job offers carefully, we are tempted to jump on the first one that comes along.


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    Fran1985
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭Fran1985


    AmberGold wrote: »
    Firstly don't worry. I have been sacked, made redundant or whatever three times, each time I have **** myself.
    In 6 months you will look back and know it was for the best.

    Probably should have left anyway if the company is in such a bad state.

    My main advice is to weigh up the job offers carefully, we are tempted to jump on the first one that comes along.

    Yes to this. remember that 6 months part!! So enjoy what you got while at the same time looking for a new job. Spend an hour or 2 in the morning/afternoon sending in applications, then pack up the laptop and head out for a walk/swim etc. you'll be back in work before you know it.

    Don't be afraid of getting professional tips and help towards your CV and interview skills. You'd be surprised how much they can help. Put you ahead of possy. Best of luck


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    Chucken
    Registered Users Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Sheep Lover wrote: »
    Get shacked up with the town slut, have six kids, develop a habit for cheap lager and domestic violence, get a white vest and tattoo your arms with that hideous blue ink they use?

    You know, the scrounger lifestyle.


    Get used to posts like this OP. And feel guilty if you've ever thanked a post like this :)


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    #29
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    Start looking for a job right away. There's a load of those b@stard water meter scabs being let go this week too. Get in before them.:pac:


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    #30
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    what is your line of work OP? The last time I was given the heave-ho was in 2001, I have been working for myself since barr one 3 month contract in an office job.


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    #31
    The Th!ng
    Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭The Th!ng


    Get your ex boss's wife pregnant - with triplets.


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