What would you do??

LegacyUser

work for a dublin company 10 years
with the world the way it is i was given 3 options
A.... voluntary redundacy package B.... same redundancy package 1 month off work for tax reasons and back to the same job but down 150+ euro a week, CRAZY shifts 4am start. 5pm starts. selling my sole.. lol
C.. stay on my hourly rate dont drop wages but accept the new terms as above in B..

NOW I LIVE 70 MILE,S AWAY . and have been traveling up and down the last 3 years,
i,ve often nearly fell asleep @ the wheel ,
i,ve often got road rage .
i,ve often got to work and realise i,m too fooked after the drive to even attempt to work
and with that i call in sick and sleep for a couple of hours then drive home .
i have a morgage + car loan + personal loan .

my gf works 9-5 monday to friday i,m off 2 days during the week and get 1 week end off every month..
on my week end off the gf wants to go to dublin and i really cant get in the frame of mind to go up . i,d rather sleep or walk the dog as week ends to me mean fook all .
it,s causing alot of stress to my gf and me i,m 30 she.s 26...
i myself have been out of work from this stress on occasions
basically what would you do
me i,d like to take voluntary redundancy get some course,s behind me some other licence,s
as of now all that keeps me in the job is my B licence and no criminal record and my leaving cert. which i did well in .i,d like to do something else with my life..
i,m very un-happy in work and snap at silly things .

I REALLY WOULD LIKE OTHER PEOPLE,S VIEW,S
i know everyone has there problems and even bigger ones than mine ...

anyway take care and i hope someone can help me make a decision

northwestguy27

If it were me, weighing everything up, I'd take the Voluntary Redundancy and clear some debts but keep enough by so that you can relax for a few months, gain a new perspective on what is REALLY important in Life. Don't worry about the mortgage, 100,000's of people in the same boat, your Health is your wealth.

Whynotme

From what you have posted here the obvious choice would seem to be to take the package, (A). But, before you do anything rash do up your list of pro's and cons. What is the package like? Can you survive for the next 2 months with no income as that is how long it will probably take for your JSB to come through. What does your gf think? Are there courses in your locality that you book yourself into? Think all angles through, make a plan for the next 3 months, courses etc and then go for it. You have a positive recommendation for a future employer in the fact that you spent 10 yrs in 1 job which will help you in the future. Best of luck.

Wagon

Quit that job.

- It's affecting your mental health.
- It's effecting your physical health.
- It's effecting your relationship.

There's a lot of poxy talk in the air about the economic climate and job losses. It can get anyone down and worried. But even during the boom this still stood: No job, regardless of pay, hours, economic climate is worth sacraficing your health over. And it's certainly not worth keeping a job that makes you so unhappy so you can get paid €7800 less a year. Take the voluntary redundancy, pay off those debts. It'll take you mind off a lot. I don't think your girlfriend will mind if it means that you'll be back to your old self. Sure things will be tight for a while but you'll get by. Plan it carefully though and best of luck.

AARRRGH

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i,d like to take voluntary redundancy get some course,s behind me some other licence,s

Than that's what you should do.

Sometimes you have to listen to yourself instead of letting everyone else influence how you live your life.

Acoustic

yep leave the job , you wont be the only person not working and having a mortgage ( do you ?? )

i'll be in the same boat next friday after 8.5 years working for same company , i have my own mortage and pay it myself , and rent a room out

but redundancy will cover my mortgage payments for over a year regardless if im renting a room etc

plus dont the banks pay your mortgage if ur out of work , providing you have mortgage protection ( again do you )

personally im looking forward to a couple of weeks off and enjoying no stress before i lash out the cv's or work for my old man as a last resort

your healths your wealth and alot of courses can be done from home on the internet and alot cheaper , just choose wisely what you like and apply online

best of luck and dont worry , it will make u sick if you do and theres more to life than a job , gf , health etc

best of luck

Poloman

Simpele in my eyes. option B

You get everything with the redundancy package and you have a month off looking for a new job. Then you go back to work and start getting paid but yes its only temporary as you will be looking for another job.

Jobs are harder and harder to come by so take the redundancy and start looking for a new job.

Best of luck. Im sure you are well p'd off by this but think of the amount of people being let go with no other option. You have it good.

Good luck

matrim

Option B for me. Take the redundancy money and use the month off to look for a new job. If you can't find one then you still have a job (even if it's not great) and you can still continue to look at the same time

Oh The Humanity

A all the way man!

Dont fight it, you hate the lifestyle the job brings, so ditch it and take the cash.

You can work out the car loan, mortgage etc afterwards.

Lifes too short to owe your soul to the company store...;)

Limestone1

A = money
C = new job option that we don't particularly like
B = A + C

B is the logical choice. Gives you a fall back plan if nothing else turns up in the month off.

claiva

I'd go with option B mate.
And start looking for another job during that month off.
It's not the jobs fault that you live so far away. I'd look for a job in the area that you live in.
Recommend you use apostrophies instead of comma's aswell mate, makes the post hard to read !!!
Good luck tho. There is gonna be a lot of us in this boat and worse within over the next couple of years.:)