How do you cope with redundancy?

Upthedeise07

A close friend has been made redundant and she is taking it badly.

Has anyone any positive suggestions of how I can help her through it?

Thanks.........:D

Beruthiel

I delt with that twice in the space of a year!
The second time around I was more prepared, ie - I always kept enough money in my bank account to cover two months wages. Two months is about the amount of time you need to find a new job.

First thing is not to panic. Start bombarding recruitment agencies, send CV direct to companies that you would like to work with, ask around, look online, buy newspapers and basically keep looking and doing interviews.

Keano

OP, was it a job that she liked?
When my present company announced the place was closing I wasn't too disappointed as I had grown tired of the job. I am moving to a new company shortly and looking forward to the new challenges ahead.

Explain to her that is a chance to move onto bigger and better things with a nice few bob in her back pocket.

echosound

Beruthiel wrote: »

I delt with that twice in the space of a year!

Snap.

First off, if she got a good redundancy package encourage her to take that into account (both times I was last in first out so didn't get any bloomin redundancy so no safety net). If she has an idea of something she'd love to do working for herself, tell her now is the best opportunity to do so as she may have a wad of cash to start up a small business for herself.

Secondly, get her to see it as an opportunity to move on to bigger and better things - the first position I was made redundant from, I wasn't overly enamoured with the role anyway, but wasn't taking the plunge to do osmething about it, as I got too comfortable with a steady paycheck, it forced me to look around and I found a better job that I actually liked better.

Thirdly - let her know she's not alone nor will she be - there are rakes of redundancies being handed out at the moment so let her know it's not just her, as it can feel like you're the only "reject" if this is her first time being made redundant. I was shocked the first time as up til that, it was me who always handed in my notice to go onto a better job.

Last thing - don't keep asking her if she's found a new job yet - I know it's well meaning but if she's down about being unemployed, she'll feel a bit poo being reminded of the fact all the time.

TripleAce

I would make a party!!! A lot of my collegues were made redundant a few months ago and I made it quite clear to my boss that I wasn't happy not to be among them taking a fat redundancy package!!! I am trying heavily to convince him to outsource my job to Slovakia, so hopefully next year I could be one of the lucky ones

Said this, I love my job, but am confident enough that with a bit of effort I could easily find a similar one....