Laid off today

th3 s1aught3r

Found out today that I am being made redundent from my job in the IT sector along with six other people. Getting statutory package, seven years there

Not looking for any sympathy here. I am lucky in one respect that I dont have a mortgage or kids, at the same time I dont want to leave Ireland as my dad is ill and I wouldnt feel right going away

Just wondering how others coping with this news ?

Procasinator

Sorry to hear!

MagicMarker

No mortgage & no kids = happy days!

Enjoy the pay off and live a little.

Stinicker

Just remember that by taking a permanent wage cut you are helping out poor Sean Fitzpatrick and Bertie Ahern. You are doing your patriotic duty.

kfallon

Bad times, chin up trout!

WindSock

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Just wondering how others coping with this news ?

Sorry to hear about your situation. I am coping ok though.

mawk

Yeah me too. One weeks pay in lieu of notice. Phone call saying don't come in. after all the service I've given I would have appreciated at least some warning.
Not the end of the world though, and a positive attitude carries me far. I'm going kayaking instead today

chin_grin

Like a lamb eh? (couldn't resist).

But seriously, sorry to hear that.

Happened to me a 18 months ago too. Had to be let go as a small Irish IT company who couldn't make ends meet. It was tough, but I understood. So after a full year of being on the dole and trying my hardest to get anything and everything I finally got back on my feet.

It'll be tough for the first few months, but keep at it. Or this could be a blessing in disguise......Change of scenery, that sort.

peasant

First rule: Don't panic !

Secondly, remind yourself ...it could be worse (as you said yourself ...no mortgage, no kids)

Thirdly ...get busy looking for another job. Overhaul your CV, study the ads, customise your CV to the advertised jobs.

Again ...don't panic!

It's bad out there, but not completely desperate, you'll find something else.

hinault

sorry to read that OP.

7 years service is a good stint with your company.
Not very nice that you're only going to receive statutory redundancy given that length of service.

Small consolation is the fact that there are literally thousands of other people in the same situation as you.

The thing is to try to remain positive and look on this as an opportunity to take another direction in life and to try to maximise this time to your benefit.

stovelid

Happened to me twice since 2004, OP but was lucky enough to get sorted again quickly both times.

If you have no kids/mortgage, take a little time off and chill. The IT market isn't as bad as other fields if you have experience.

Best of luck!

3DataModem

Hard luck mate.

Things to do:
> Send in forms to Revenue to get some tax back
> Sign on at earliest opportunity (tomorrow)
> Get your cheque and paperwork (especially P45) as soon as you can.

Then:
> Make three plans (with budgets)
(1) "What if I am off work for 3 months?"
(2) "What if I am off work for 6 months?"
(3) "What if I am off work for 12 months?"

Then:
> If you have company paid health insurance, find out when it stops, and take it over yourself if you have to.

Then:
> Check your CC and Loan agreements to see if you are entitled to any payment protection insurance

Then:
> Get your linkedin profile up and running and up to date
> Make a list of leads for new jobs
> Update CV

Then:
> Keep a record of every job you apply for, who you sent it to, what date, date of response, version of CV sent, etc. This is really critical. After 3 days I had sent 40 CVs and was starting to lose track (except I had spreadsheet in place).
> Realise that recruitment agencies will tell you anything to get on your books. Trust your own instincts, but strike while the iron is hot.

Good luck. I was in the same boat a year ago. Now I'm back at work, out of Ireland and have two more kids!

th3 s1aught3r

Some of my collegues did have kids and mortgages and I feel very bad for them. They all work hard and didnt deserve it, but as bottom of the chain we are first to go

scientific1982

Sorry to hear about that. Ive heard that theres a huge shortage in IT people at the moment though.

Mackman

That sucks, sorry to hear it OP. Happened me almost 2 years ago now. I had 4 years statutory redundancy. Luckily i didnt have any ties to Ireland so after a few months i took off with the OH to Oz. Still here

Chin up!

fat__tony

And here's me thinking that the economy has turned the corner and that unemployment levels have stabilised. :rolleyes:

Brian Lenihan told me this so it must be true. :rolleyes:

orourkeda

Bad news.

Go for scoops and go job hunting in the morning

fat__tony

fat__tony wrote: »

And here's me thinking that the economy has turned the corner and that unemployment levels have stabilised. :rolleyes:

Brian Lenihan told me this so it must be true. :rolleyes:

I think the term is 'jobless recovery'....

Notorious97

FFS stupid shi*e country, sorry to hear you lost the job, at least like you and others have pointed out no mortgage or kids to make the burden worse.

Reading through previous posts there is some good advice in them so follow it, funny though how one or two posted clear plans which no doubt involve some work but are what one needs when faced with no job, so its great to see that kind of a plan, but surely our government could sit down and draw up a plan and put in the work and somehow drag us out of this!

FF = Peoples Champions

Mr Benevolent

My girlfriend was made redundant yesterday, it's not much fun.

fat__tony

Confab wrote: »

My girlfriend was made redundant yesterday, it's not much fun.

What does she work at as a matter of interest?

CorkMan

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Found out today that I am being made redundent from my job in the IT sector along with six other people. Getting statutory package, seven years there

Not looking for any sympathy here. I am lucky in one respect that I dont have a mortgage or kids, at the same time I dont want to leave Ireland as my dad is ill and I wouldnt feel right going away

Just wondering how others coping with this news ?

Are you thinking of going into selling drugs now? Heroin, crack, crystal meth. The magic trinity

cats.life

as some one said 'dont panic' . make sure that you will get moneys your owed, holidays etc,, look at this as time to spend with your sick parent, my hubbie was laid of in june this year, this was his first summer ever being off cos he was flat out working. we even went away for a few days down south for summer break, we had a ball cos we would have never gone cos of his work, yes he does miss his job but he keeps in contact with mates he made friends with when working. you could join these job.ie alert that are online. wish you all the best op

yeppydeppy

I'd recommend recruitireland.ie and irishjobs.ie, there is some over lap but they seem to be the better sites. If your going to use agencies, I'd suggest only using one. Listen to friends and colleagues experiences with different agencies and choose which one sounds best. The IT industry has picked up so it shouldn't take you too long to get a new role - especially if your in and around Dublin.

noworries

I was in the same boat last April - small IT consultancy firm - made redundant after the biggest client pulled the plug.

I took the summer off. Gardened, went fishing, in fact did all the things I wanted to do including a leisurely trip in the US.

Decided last month I should get back to work and the first interview I did
,got myself a six month contract.

So, don't worry - use your redundancy wisely - treat the next two weeks
as a holiday, then re-skill, refocus and there is a job out there for you.

Use your network, there are plenty of jobs in IT at the moment - no
recession here.

orourkeda

CorkMan wrote: »

Are you thinking of going into selling drugs now? Heroin, crack, crystal meth. The magic trinity

Is that what you did when you lost your job or did you start taking them instead.

Mr Benevolent

fat__tony wrote: »

What does she work at as a matter of interest?

She's a chef.

average_runner

There is a good few IT jobs out there, so give yourself 6 months and you have a job for sure. I got let go in IT at peak of recession and had a job within 3 months, and turned down another 2.

Chin up and you will find one soon

th3 s1aught3r

WindSock wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your situation. I am coping ok though.

I really should re read my posts before I submit, you guys are just too sharp for school

Cavehill Red

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Found out today that I am being made redundent from my job in the IT sector along with six other people. Getting statutory package, seven years there

Not looking for any sympathy here. I am lucky in one respect that I dont have a mortgage or kids, at the same time I dont want to leave Ireland as my dad is ill and I wouldnt feel right going away

Just wondering how others coping with this news ?

Absolutely gutted for you, mate.
I hope you can find something else soon.

Raze_them_all

Confab wrote: »

My girlfriend was made redundant yesterday, it's not much fun.

I can imagine, she doesn't leave after the morning sex! What are ya supposed to do!

OldGoat

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Found out today that I am being made redundent ...

/Points
bwahahahahahahaha






Wot? Too soon?

Cavehill Red

OldGoat wrote: »

/Points
bwahahahahahahaha

Wot? Too soon?

You're pretty classy, aren't you?

alwaysadub

Happened to myself earlier this year. 2nd time i've been made redundant.
Like someone said,get all your paperwork and Social Welfare sorted asap cos you are going to be waiting weeks for it to be processed.
Hope you won't be too long waiting for a job!

Duggy747

Sorry to hear about that, same thing happened to me when I was working as an IT Techie and got laid off with a few others.

Unlike you, though, I didn't have 7 years with the crowd I worked with so that will be at least beneficial to ya. Just get your affairs in order early on so you don't fall into that easy habit of doing nothing for months.

But first, grab that redundancy cheque and paint the town red with your vomit! :pac:

Plus, since you're being laid off I recommend you piss into the canteen kettle to teach them some manners!.................though that might hamper your reference somewhat.

DamoKen

OP same boat at the start of last summer within the IT sector. Except I had a mortgage and no redundancy entitlements as not with the company long enough.

Had mortgage protection and savings though so took the summer off, decided to upskill in areas I was interested in getting into instead of going for the first thing that came up at a reduced salary.

Don't whatever you do be bullied into accepting a role by agencies. Got so much doom and gloom reports from them last year, and was told I was living in a dreamworld and would need to take a pay cut as well as take whatever was available and should feel lucky to be getting it. After a couple of weeks took my cv down and only put it back up when I had enough of holidaying at home and felt I'd updated my skills to be confident going for roles that required them.

After a couple of weeks and around 5 interviews got my first contract.

Been contracting since and love it!

/Edit: As others have said make sure to register with social welfare asap. I registered within 3 days and still took 6 weeks before I got anything.

OldGoat

Cavehill Red wrote: »

You're pretty classy, aren't you?

My classiness is matched only by the enormity of my sense of humour.
And yes, I am pretty too.

The man lost his job, not his ability to laugh. You'd think that at a time like this a laugh would be what he needs.
Do you really think he posted in AH just for sympathody?

Cavehill Red

I'd think that at this time a job is what he needs, actually.
Stay classy.

th3 s1aught3r

I was thinking I might run for the Dail in the forthcoming election. The pay is great and the benefits are absolutely amazing
I'll run as an independent in some god forsaken place on a 'bankers are ****' ticket and then 'do a deal' with some party who needs the vote

Morlar

OP - I would agree with the 'keep a spreadsheet of jobs applied and cv's used' idea. I have seen people made redundant who slip into becoming socially isolated so that may be something else to look out for.

th3 s1aught3r

OldGoat wrote: »

The man lost his job, not his ability to laugh. You'd think that at a time like this a laugh would be what he needs.
Do you really think he posted in AH just for sympathody?

Sense of humour still intact

admiralofthefleet

i know how you feel op, my job just went into receivership