Deep Joy - Redundancies At Work Again...

[Dazza1004]

I am getting my notice of redundo on friday, my entire site got canned, 250 people

[38thBeatle]

For what it is worth, I wish you all well. These are indeed difficult times. I cam close to losing my job 2 ears ago and of course there is no such thing as a secure job.

[MrBump]

For what it is worth, I wish you all well. These are indeed difficult times. I cam close to losing my job 2 ears ago and of course there is no such thing as a secure job.

... better than losing your ears two jobs ago...

[38thBeatle]

( in Capt Mainwaring voice)I was wondering when you'd pick up on that typo- well done.

[Nadz1lla]

I am getting my notice of redundo on friday, my entire site got canned, 250 people

Ouch! That's a lot of out-of-work people! I'm sorry to hear that mate, I hope something else comes up for you.

Jeez, when I was made redundant I went on benefits for the first time in my life, and it was horrible! If 250 people are getting made redundant from this site or that, that's a lot of people going on to Jobseekers / Housing etc. How the hell do the Government keep doing this? Surely there's a reason why people say "learn from your mistakes"?

*Angry now, lol!*

[Elliot]

Well we can all blame the Condem alliance for this - most prudent people saw that massive cuts by central government just after a recovery was starting would land the country in a double dip, but the snide Eaton/Oxford educated smarmies like Osborne and Cameron decided that being little Tory boys would make them look good to their core voters with the usual effect of conservative governmnents - hard working people suffer whilst the rich sit easy.

What really galls me is that I voted for the Liberal party because I thought they might unseat my obnoxious local labour MP - Nearly 100 years out of government and they drop all principles for the political equivalent of 40 pieces of silver.  Scum. 

[Stevepage]

'Figures' showed that what Labour were doing was starting to work. We had growth around march till june then Cameron and his band of brown noses decided to make cuts every where and quickly as possible, we're already seeing the effects of what they've decided to do even before VAT has risen .

Yeah it was inevitable that cuts would have to be made some where but they should of at least given things a chance to grow more before they start going all gung ho on us.

[Frank]

This is why I work freelance - I'd rather work 3 month contracts than take a permanent job, better to grab the money and run to another job instead of sitting round waiting for the axe to fall.

[MrBump]

Well we can all blame the Condem alliance for this - most prudent people saw that massive cuts by central government just after a recovery was starting would land the country in a double dip, but the snide Eaton/Oxford educated smarmies like Osborne and Cameron decided that being little Tory boys would make them look good to their core voters with the usual effect of conservative governmnents - hard working people suffer whilst the rich sit easy.

What really galls me is that I voted for the Liberal party because I thought they might unseat my obnoxious local labour MP - Nearly 100 years out of government and they drop all principles for the political equivalent of 40 pieces of silver.  Scum. 

100%

[Stevepage]

This is why I work freelance - I'd rather work 3 month contracts than take a permanent job, better to grab the money and run to another job instead of sitting round waiting for the axe to fall.

I've pretty much been doing the same thing. I would like a regular job but there just aren't any around. If there is one advertised you have to compete with 100's if not 1000's of other people who are probably a lot more suited to the job than you are.

Hopefully I'll be getting some work on film sets soon though  :)

[Nadz1lla]

Good luck to everyone is all I can say then, really. Just need to try and ride it out as best we can.  :?

[ToneMonkey]

I am getting my notice of redundo on friday, my entire site got canned, 250 people

What do you do and where are you mate.  I'm on various sites all over the midlands, so I'll keep my eye out for you if you need me to.

[Ted 'N' Leo]

I'm in Local Authority, and (luckily) 2 people have resigned this month, so we've already saved quite a lot from that. And also another senior manager is thinking of leaving. So it looks like we may make it to 2011 Q2 without any redundancies.

Although i'm not sure how we'll cope after then. We've been through a restructure recently and really stretched the budget all we can. Uncertain times really suck :(

[Dazza1004]

I am getting my notice of redundo on friday, my entire site got canned, 250 people

What do you do and where are you mate.  I'm on various sites all over the midlands, so I'll keep my eye out for you if you need me to.

hi mate, that's really good of you thank you. I have known since february that this was coming so I already have something else in the pipe line. I am trying to see it as an opportunity to explore a path I otherwise probably wouldn't be brave enough to go down. I feel pretty fortunate that I have had plenty of time to get used to the idea and a decent pay off as well, I really feel sorry for the guys who do not get those luxuries.


Thanks to all for the support, I  would be lying if I said I wasn't bricking it to a substantial degree but I am hopeful it will work out for the best.

 

[Transcend]

I hope it works out well for you.

All the people at our place just got told completely out of the blue