Let go at Christmas..

janullrich

It would be good to hear from anybody who this has happened to beforehand. I was working for a big bank on a long-term contract and they decided to let a few of us go on the 23rd of December without reason but that we were not permanent. I feel I was completely schafted as I worked as a credit controller in the mortgages dept and we were getting busier and busier and we were given reassurances by top management 2 weeks beforehand that we won't be let go as they were so busy. Anybody had such a experience just before Christmas? (horrible time to get a new job)

krd

janullrich wrote: »

It would be good to hear from anybody who this has happened to beforehand. I was working for a big bank on a long-term contract and they decided to let a few of us go on the 23rd of December without reason but that we were not permanent. I feel I was completely schafted

Yes, you were shafted.

as I worked as a credit controller in the mortgages dept and we were getting busier and busier and we were given reassurances by top management 2 weeks beforehand that we won't be let go as they were so busy. Anybody had such a experience just before Christmas? (horrible time to get a new job)

This kind of thing goes on a lot. The bank's management want to make their company report look better, so they sack staff to make it look like they're more profitable. The kicker is they will be hiring more credit controllers to replace you in a months time.

Companies, especially large companies, sack people just for the sake of it all the time. Banks have gone from places where employment was secure to places where they very deliberately churn people in and out the door.

When management come out "reassuring" you, you're not going to be sacked, it's probably because they've already decided to sack you, and they just don't want you to run off before they've lined up your replacements.

c_man

Sorry to hear it. Hasn't happened to me but my Dad was let go back in 2008 on 24th December. He says that even now when filling out any forms or answering questions in the social welfare, the other person will always stop, look him in the eye and say "what a shower of bastards"

Best of luck

janullrich

Thanks yep guys. Yep totally agree. "Shower of bastards" is all they are. Thankfully I did very little in the last few weeks and I recommend anybody is so a similar situation to do the same or get a sick note for a few weeks.

rainyrun

janullrich wrote: »

Thanks yep guys. Yep totally agree. "Shower of bastards" is all they are. Thankfully I did very little in the last few weeks and I recommend anybody is so a similar situation to do the same or get a sick note for a few weeks.

maybe it was noted that you "did very little "in your last few weeks and thats why you were let go?

janullrich

Nope. Notice was given at the end of Nov so it was afterwards that I decided that there was no point doing much after getting shafted.

Sala

+ 1 on the shower of bastards comments. I wonder did they leave it as 23rd December so they didn't have to pay you over Christmas when the bank is closed? I know a company who did that and rehired same staff mid January

Sephiroth_dude

what an awful time to be let go,how long were you working there?

janullrich

Thanks guys. One year and nine months to be exact. To be honest if they were straight up and honest at the start and gave more notice ie 2months notice so we could look for something in January (very few firms to my knowledge hire in December) or stopped playing around giving us some hope then I would have thought ok well at least I will give my fair share for the duration. But they made people permanent and let people go without either interview and review and they simply did not care. Thankfully I don't have a big mortgage or kids or lots of bills/short term debt. I feel sorry for anybody who does. The banks in this country have a lot to answer