Redundancy!

Mr Benevolent

Well, they announced it a few days ago and it still hasn't sank in. I'll get a bit of money, enough to keep us going for a few months (or a year in the Canaries). Still not sure whether to be happy (wanted to leave anyway but was too lazy to change) or sad, but either way it's a bit of a pain in the arse. Can always fall back on doing the counselling for a living, but that's a bit hit and miss. In fact it'll probably pick up as depression is a lot more popular now.

So have you ever been made redundant and how did you handle it?

The Backwards Man

My willy was made redundant about ten years ago and I handle him every day.

Menas

I suppose you have a bit of a Benevolent fund now.
Sorry to hear the news OP, but if you can use the money to your advantage and to move in to an area that you are more interested in (counseling) then this could be the best thing that ever happened to you.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Depression is popular?

hoodwinked

i was it wasnt nice, but it pushed me to go do what i wanted with my career, rather than following where my career was taking me up till that point,

jester77

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Well, they announced it a few days ago and it still hasn't sank in. I'll get a bit of money, enough to keep us going for a few months (or a year in the Canaries). Still not sure whether to be happy (wanted to leave anyway but was too lazy to change) or sad, but either way it's a bit of a pain in the arse. Can always fall back on doing the counselling for a living, but that's a bit hit and miss. In fact it'll probably pick up as depression is a lot more popular now.

So have you ever been made redundant and how did you handle it?

Was made redundant from my last job, worked out great. They told us in March, said we could leave any time from there out, but if we stayed until end of August to help migrate stuff we would get a leaving bonus. I stayed until August, got the equivalent of 2 years salary after tax even though I was only there 3 years, lined up a better paying job for start of October and spent the September in Hawaii.

Iano_128

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A counselor saying that depression is popular? It's hardly a fashion accessory.

Wabbit Ears

I got redundancy and its great. I screwed around for a while, travelled a bit and used some of it for a drposit on an apartment. When I started running out of money I got a job.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Depression is popular?

I'm sure he meant common.


Embrace it OP! You wanted to leave, you got money to do it. Get stuck straight into applying for new jobs though. Get ahead of your colleagues!

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pcardin

My workplace (very rich company in fact) is having this tendency to replace all the current employees with the interim (jobs bridge) ones so I'm just waiting for my rendundancy to happen any other week/month. Irish government came up with this "nice" scam and hey it's happening - slavery in 2013. Ireland really is going backwards, not forwards.

Mr Benevolent

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm sure he meant common.

Yeah I meant that depression is common (popular) topic for people who go to counsellors for help. It's a tough job but a very useful one.

stevenmu

pcardin wrote: »

My workplace (very rich company in fact) is having this tendency to replace all the current employees with the interim (jobs bridge) ones so I'm just waiting for my rendundancy to happen any other week/month. Irish government came up with this "nice" scam and hey it's happening - slavery in 2013. Ireland really is going backwards, not forwards.

That's an easy one, take the redundancy with a smile. Then when they get a jobbridger in to do your job raise hell, write to any TD you can find, FAS, Joan Burton etc and get the company banned from Jobbridge. Then apply for your old job back, with a nice chunk of redundancy money in the bank.

pcardin

stevenmu wrote: »

That's an easy one, take the redundancy with a smile. Then when they get a jobbridger in to do your job raise hell, write to any TD you can find, FAS, Joan Burton etc and get the company banned from Jobbridge. Then apply for your old job back, with a nice chunk of redundancy money in the bank.

Will your plan work actually? :pac:

krudler

If I was offered it I'd take it in a heartbeat, loads of people in my place are just hanging on for it.

stevenmu

pcardin wrote: »

Will your plan work actually? :pac:

Probably not, it's a good plan all the same.

bullpost

Indentured servitude 2013 style.

pcardin wrote: »

My workplace (very rich company in fact) is having this tendency to replace all the current employees with the interim (jobs bridge) ones so I'm just waiting for my rendundancy to happen any other week/month. Irish government came up with this "nice" scam and hey it's happening - slavery in 2013. Ireland really is going backwards, not forwards.

donutheadhomer

jester77 wrote: »

Was made redundant from my last job, worked out great. They told us in March, said we could leave any time from there out, but if we stayed until end of August to help migrate stuff we would get a leaving bonus. I stayed until August, got the equivalent of 2 years salary after tax even though I was only there 3 years, lined up a better paying job for start of October and spent the September in Hawaii.

liar - you've been in the psych ward all this time

shawki

Remember you automatically qualify for back to education after statutory redundancy if you feel like doing a course

Ray Palmer

pcardin wrote: »

My workplace (very rich company in fact) is having this tendency to replace all the current employees with the interim (jobs bridge) ones so I'm just waiting for my rendundancy to happen any other week/month. Irish government came up with this "nice" scam and hey it's happening - slavery in 2013. Ireland really is going backwards, not forwards.

Simply report them about this and it will stop and they will be fined

Have they actually letting people go and then taking in Jobsbridge people?

If people from jobsbridge can do the job then I assume we aren't talking about skilled work.

donutheadhomer

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Simply report them about this and it will stop and they will be fined

Have they actually letting people go and then taking in Jobsbridge people?

If people from jobsbridge can do the job then I assume we aren't talking about skilled work.

maybe not http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/08/12/jobbridge-theyre-offering-e50-a-week-on-top-of-social-welfare-to-someone-with-a-phd-in-chemistry/

SHOVELLER

I would love if my place offered redundancy. Cant be good for the soul to be working in a dead end job with no prospects and with utterly incompetent staff.

krudler

SHOVELLER wrote: »

I would love if my place offered redundancy. Cant be good for the soul to be working in a dead end job with no prospects and with utterly incompetent staff.

But you're lucky to have a job! yadda yadda yadda

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Well, they announced it a few days ago and it still hasn't sank in. I'll get a bit of money, enough to keep us going for a few months (or a year in the Canaries). Still not sure whether to be happy (wanted to leave anyway but was too lazy to change) or sad, but either way it's a bit of a pain in the arse. Can always fall back on doing the counselling for a living, but that's a bit hit and miss. In fact it'll probably pick up as depression is a lot more popular now.

So have you ever been made redundant and how did you handle it?

Happened my then partner, she was at an age where she knew she wouldnt get another job and always swore that the business she worked in could be profitable if it was run properly, so I gave up my job and we bought out her former employers. Three years on we are still in business.
Being made redundant kind of forces you to reasess your life and your priorities. It can be a catalyst for very positive change.
That said, be realistic but also be open to any reasonable idea for what to do next.

F1ngers

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

So have you ever been made redundant and how did you handle it?

Twice.
Handled it quite well thanks.
Got a tidy sum both times and was in gainful employment within about three months both times.

kowloon

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm sure he meant common.

Particularly among people who've lost a job. :pac:

MadsL

First time OP? How cute. I've been made redundant four times, twice in one year.

Use the money to emigrate would be my advice.

Was made redundant from my last job last October but I got another job within less than a week. I was incredibly lucky.

Dyr

jester77 wrote: »

I stayed until August, got the equivalent of 2 years salary after tax even though I was only there 3 years, lined up a better paying job for start of October and spent the September in Hawaii.

Jesus that was a handsome package, where I was people who had 30 years experience had to fight tooth and nail just to get over a years.

jester77

Bambi wrote: »

Jesus that was a handsome package, where I was people who had 30 years experience had to fight tooth and nail just to get over a years.

We had a good union and they got a good deal for us. There was only 2 of us working there that were relatively new (< 3 years) with everyone else 10+ years. The company didn't want to pay out a large x amount per year as it would be expensive because of the long term employees. So they cut a deal that involved a large upfront payment that was the same for everyone plus a small x amount per year for each employee. This along with the bonus for staying for 6 months worked out well for me.