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By *eviant Knight OP Man
over a year ago

Norton

Unfortunately just been told there are going to be job losses at my job and my role is one of the ones that's very likely to go. Got a 45 day consultation period before they finally decide

Anyone experienced this before?

Currently I feel extremely unsure of the future and don't really know what to think with inflation and cost of living going up etc

Any advice would be appreciated as well as any pics sent to try cheer me up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd send pics, but I fear they would make an already shitty day worse for ya

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As regards anything else

- Start looking

- Start preparing

- Get your ducks in a row

You ain't gonna stop the inevitable if your name's in the frame, so work towards minimising the effects, starting now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Start putting plans in place to find alternative employment now. Don’t wait until it’s decided or it’s over.

Plenty you can do now, like brushing up the CV, looking at what direction you’d like to go should you find yourself amongst the unfortunates, seeing what vacancies are currently out there.

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By *eiaorganaWoman
over a year ago

Dundee

"Unfortunately just been told there are going to be job losses at my job and my role is one of the ones that's very likely to go. Got a 45 day consultation period before they finally decide

Anyone experienced this before?

Currently I feel extremely unsure of the future and don't really know what to think with inflation and cost of living going up etc

Any advice would be appreciated as well as any pics sent to try cheer me up

Yep, going through it for the second time at the moment as my post has been scrapped again. Back into the redeployment pool until something else comes up. At least I have the safety net of being paid until then, but still a concern.

Perhaps take it as an opportunity to reevaluate what you want out of your career and the ways you can achieve what you want?

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By *eviant Knight OP Man
over a year ago

Norton

"Unfortunately just been told there are going to be job losses at my job and my role is one of the ones that's very likely to go. Got a 45 day consultation period before they finally decide

Anyone experienced this before?

Currently I feel extremely unsure of the future and don't really know what to think with inflation and cost of living going up etc

Any advice would be appreciated as well as any pics sent to try cheer me up

Perhaps take it as an opportunity to reevaluate what you want out of your career and the ways you can achieve what you want?"

Sorry to hear you are also going through this

It's all a bit raw at the moment and I'm struggling to get my head around it all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sorry to hear this, it is really an unsettling time when a firm is going to make people redundant.

Years ago, my old firm had a consultation and when it ended people who were to leave were individually taken in to an office and then were walked out the door.

Need to check what the terms of contract are and redundancy payments that are being offered. If your post is one that is earmarked, I would talk to HR, see what is on offer - when I wanted to go years later the firm had to pay for my solicitor and he negotiated a much better deal than I had been prepared to take.

Good luck.

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By *WDomMan
over a year ago

Taunton

Main thing to do, start looking for a new job.

If you’ve been there for more than 2 years you’ll get statutory redundancy pay, bit it is not much. If you have income protection insurance, check the policy details. Don’t start any new now though, it’ll be invalid.

Gather details of credit cards, mortgages etc. as soon as you get confirmation, start speaking to them to manage debt payments as best you can.

Not a lot of good plans I’m afraid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It could be a good thing if you have a good redundancy package? Get looking for another job and you’ll be laughing.

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By *omtom7Man
over a year ago

Tralee

Sorry to hear this guys

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do as much as you can as soon as you can to get another job.

As others have said, get your CV sorted. Find out which websites advertise the sort of jobs you are suited to. Use your networks, talk to friends at work and anyone who has recently left about it. Find the vacancies, research the company you might apply to, find out as much as you can about what they do, how they do it, how their recruiting process works. If you can, call them. My best hire ever was a guy who called me to talk about the role before he applied.

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By *udeSpaLoverMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

The consultation is your chance to suggest viable alternative proposals, uf you have any. And to see if they can find you a suitable or similar alternative role. You might have to interview for these if they're not similar enough though.

Also make sure you know what notice and redundancy you're entitled to. Notice is likely to be paid in lieu or partly in lieu, meaning you don't have to work it. If you have several years service then the redundancy should be a fair bit too and that's tax free. So you'll have time to look for other jobs. You might also have a annual leave accrual that gets paid in lieu too so thats more money.

The government have an online calculator you can use to check your redundancy entitlement too. From age 41 you get a week and a half for each year of service instead of just a week. Check if your firm is paying only statutory rates or enhanced too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *uzie69xTV/TS
over a year ago

Maidstone

I've been through more redundancies than I'd like to remember.

If you have long service history, and getting a substantial redundancy package, then it's worth paying off a chunk of your mortgage with it, so some reassurance you won't loose your home.

Most important is your mental health. I found reading Dale Carnegie's "How to stop worrying and start living" incredibly helpful. When I couldn't sleep at night for worrying, I would read that book over and over and I found it very calming. It was a life saver for me.

Good luck hun. One door closes, another opens and could be into a much better place - as it was for me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The consultation is your chance to suggest viable alternative proposals, uf you have any. And to see if they can find you a suitable or similar alternative role. You might have to interview for these if they're not similar enough though.

There is a cap on the total and it’s not especially high.

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By *eviant Knight OP Man
over a year ago

Norton

Thank you all for your comments

Unfortunately it's a company I joined at the end of last year so not expecting to have any redundancy payments.

Their criteria appears to be they are looking for roles that could be absorbed into the business the easiest and done by the remaining team, and because I haven't been there that long, it's a role that had been covered by two people previously. Not quite last in first out but pretty similar

Is this a fair criteria? I'm not sure whether a different criteria would help or what other criteria I could suggest

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By *udeSpaLoverMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Its just under £20k and the statutory pay is £681 per week, or what you earn if less than that. Thats why he needs to check if his firm enhances though as they may disregard the statutory limit or may pay more than a week for each year.

I once paid a dude the max of 20 weeks for 20+ years, and he was 64 so the entire lot was at 1.5 weeks so he got 30 weeks, plus 3 months notice and outstanding holiday pay. In such circumstances people cant get out fast enough but obviously a bumper payment like that is rare.

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By *lay 4 your plessureMan
over a year ago

Wigan

You can ask if redeployment to another role within the company is possible or try to prove that your role is infact essential and shouldn't be lost. Other than that, get looking for something else in the meantime, but don't take up another job offer until your redundancy pay is through to make sure you get it.

You'll probably go through a whole range of emotions and fear during the consultation process.

Just try your best to remember that possibly losing your job is not a reflection of you and is in no way your fault. Obviously you won't be feeling great right now, but try to get into a positive frame of mind, you never know, this could lead to the possibility of something much better! Good luck!

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By *rish_GuyMan
over a year ago

Foxford

Sorry to hear this, never a good thing to find out, ever.

Start doing what has already been said on here, start looking, update CV, etc. Any financial repayments your making, talk to them about it.

Inbetween all of that going on or even before it starts, take a break from it. Try to get your head around thing's. Even have a thing about,is this the type of job/industry you want to keep working in for the rest of your working life. A career change could be a good thing for you ring now.

(Some people mightn't agree with what I'm about to say next)

Try not to take another job. Just for the sake of having a job. True you'll be back paying off your bills,etc. Not liking your job, could be damaging to your mental health in the long run.

Don't be so hard on yourself & try not to worry about thing's. Look after yourself OP.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

Try to see it as an opportunity.

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"As regards anything else

- Start looking

- Start preparing

- Get your ducks in a row

You ain't gonna stop the inevitable if your name's in the frame, so work towards minimising the effects, starting now "

The above.

If you need any examples of what you do or other documents (and it doesn't breach your data policy or you can get them without being noticed) do it sooner rather than later.

Concentrate on your next job, fuck this one off as it sounds like they've decided already- which means you need to look after you, not them...bare minimum to get through is all thats needed.

If you do get a job offer before redundancy is officially announced- keep yer fucking gob shut or they might be able to avoid paying redundancy. can't remember the exact details when i was last in that position, but it was a fine line between redundancy eligibility and new employment.

Ge together with the others up for the chop. Talk, form your own little union and look out for each other. Find out what everyones skills are and if you see something that suits them and not you- pass it on...you never know what might come from it even 12 months down the line

Best of luck

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By *nigmaschild300Man
over a year ago

dunfermline

"Unfortunately just been told there are going to be job losses at my job and my role is one of the ones that's very likely to go. Got a 45 day consultation period before they finally decide

Anyone experienced this before?

Currently I feel extremely unsure of the future and don't really know what to think with inflation and cost of living going up etc

Any advice would be appreciated as well as any pics sent to try cheer me up

Yep I had that 5 years running in my last fulltime job .. it wears you down so in the end it pushed me to take the redundancy package and retire. That was 6 years ago . The company went bust 8 months later.

I now work when I want to.

If you're a worker there's always work out there.... so I would start looking elsewhere straight away.

Constantly being afraid of losing your job is no way to live.

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By *rooperRedMan
over a year ago

Littlehampton

Went through it last week, mate. I ended up being safe though. Get on LinkedIn, get your CV looking good. Google Docs have some really nice templates you can use.

Apply for anything which looks interesting. These days there's lot of overseas applications so don't get out off by a job having lots of applications. Someone's got to get it, right?

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Unfortunately just been told there are going to be job losses at my job and my role is one of the ones that's very likely to go. Got a 45 day consultation period before they finally decide

Anyone experienced this before?

Currently I feel extremely unsure of the future and don't really know what to think with inflation and cost of living going up etc

Any advice would be appreciated as well as any pics sent to try cheer me up

I was made redundant years ago.

Had 6 months gardening leave which gave me time to make decisions and decided on a complete career hange and to go self employed.

Part of any consultation period should include advice and support for those affected, so make sure you take advantage of any help. It's also worth looking around in advance for alternative roles internally as well as externally. There's plenty of jobs out there, even if it means a slight career change or relocation.

Good luck.

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By *223mMan
over a year ago

Thame

"Unfortunately just been told there are going to be job losses at my job and my role is one of the ones that's very likely to go. Got a 45 day consultation period before they finally decide

Anyone experienced this before?

Currently I feel extremely unsure of the future and don't really know what to think with inflation and cost of living going up etc

Any advice would be appreciated as well as any pics sent to try cheer me up

I went through this twice in one year. COVID hit my industry hard. And a certain company went bust just before!

It sucks no doubt about it but you have to keep a level head and look after number one. Keep looking and apply for anything just to keep that money coming in! And worry about the rest later.

I feel your pain mate, good luck

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By *coobyBoobyDooWoman
over a year ago

Markfield

Get registered with as many agencies as you can and once you know for sure if your role is going or staying, contact jobcentre if appropriate to get your claim sorted. Altho benefits are not much in the way of money, they ensure your NI payments are kept up to date which is really important x

Sending nudes

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

We've experienced this more times than we care to remember, sorry that you're going through it.

There's no shame in claiming benefits if you need to. They won't cover everything but they'll keep you afloat for a while.

You've had a lot of practical advice so I won't repeat that but you will deal with this and come out the other side. I know most people of your age have responsibilities that mean you need to earn a certain amount so taking just any job isn't always an option. The number of people who told us "oh if it was me I'd work in Tesco's stacking shelves if i was made redundant" with a smug look on their face obviously weren't aware of how much a shelf stacker earns or what the average mortgage was at the time. If that happens to you smile sweetly while doing what's best for you .

Good luck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"As regards anything else

- Start looking

- Start preparing

- Get your ducks in a row

You ain't gonna stop the inevitable if your name's in the frame, so work towards minimising the effects, starting now

The above.

If you need any examples of what you do or other documents (and it doesn't breach your data policy or you can get them without being noticed) do it sooner rather than later.

Concentrate on your next job, fuck this one off as it sounds like they've decided already- which means you need to look after you, not them...bare minimum to get through is all thats needed.

Best of luck

Good advice

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By *ister_ee_1981Man
over a year ago

Sunniest Exeter...

"Start putting plans in place to find alternative employment now. Don’t wait until it’s decided or it’s over.

Plenty you can do now, like brushing up the CV, looking at what direction you’d like to go should you find yourself amongst the unfortunates, seeing what vacancies are currently out there. "

This. Make the most of the foreknowledge, and get that CV updated, and line up something else.

Additionally try to further reduce any outgoings (it's a tough one, I know) to try to make that last pay packet stretch a bit further and buy some breathing space.

Take any interview you are offered (even if you don't want it) as the practice could be good, and start documenting any things that happened at work that could be used to answer interview questions. (they love hearing about "that" scenario that allowed you to overcome adversity)

Best of luck to you!

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

I went through two redundancy programmes for the same company and the results aren't nice. People start claiming victories that would have gone unnoticed, get bitter if you have more responsibility or are quick to point out mistakes that are easily solved. Definitely best to put a CV together and look elsewhere, whether you're kept on or redistributed.

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By *ed MartinMan
over a year ago

Shefford

Don’t wait for the axe to fall before you start looking. There’s every chance that the workload currently being carried by the people who are made redundant will be given to the staff they keep on, but with no additional pay or recognition- so your conditions are going to get a lot worse even if you survive the cuts.

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