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Why do they always do it this time of year?

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:43 am
by Furrtiv
Make you redundant, that is?

Oh well, off down the job centre I suppose . . . :(

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:49 am
by PFM
Ouch, that's rough. Puts a damper on the festivities. Hope you find something soon.

Probably not much call for Bouncy Castle artists tho.....maybe time for a change? :lol:

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:55 am
by RogerRust
Oh rats - hope you get something better sorted. All the best, Roger.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:09 pm
by alex_holden
Sorry to hear that. You're right, when the company I was working for a few years ago unexpectedly went bust I'd already bought all my Christmas presents in the expectation of being paid at the end of December.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:04 pm
by DaveC
Oh bad luck J! Hope you get sorted soon. Invicta just did the same to 8. :roll:
Ector sounds great now though, saw you going past in Oadby t'other day :)
If you need any bits to keep you on the road give me a shout
Dave

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:07 pm
by Orkney
Oh terrible :cry: really feel for you :(
Your absolutely right a fair few do choose the most innapropriate time of year , that or use some national disaster /crisis / state of finances as a scapegoat.
The worst part is they would have seen this coming a while back, suppose its too much to expect a bit of honesty & civility nowadays.
Best of luck finding something else an hope you get a bit of karmic kickback and end up finding something much better !

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:40 pm
by dave1949
Hi,
We met some time ago when i dropped off some bits at your place of work and you showed me some of your work.
You,re a talented young lady and whilst a terrible time of year for it to happen hang on in there.
keep us informed and BEST WISHES for alternatine employment being found very soon

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:16 pm
by MoggyTech
Think positive. When one door closes, another will open. With your talents, it will be easy to find a new and probably better job. Bad time of year granted, but that's life for ya.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:24 pm
by dalebrignall
i got made redundant 6 years ago used to work on a farm silly hours i got a job with royal mail never looked back.there is always something around the corner.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:48 pm
by RichardLewis
:cry: very sorry to hear sad news,hang in there something better will come. you will be fine in 2008. Merry Christmas. (you do have good friends):lol:

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:11 pm
by bmcecosse
A year ago today I was told I was going to be 'redundant' - best day of my life!! Forced early retirement with a cash pay-off - fantastic!

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:35 pm
by Furrtiv
Thanks for the support guys. Unfortunately, I will only get this month's pay (about seven hundred quid), a week's pay on top in leiu of notice period, and whatever bonuses or unused holiday pay I've got left over, so I doubt it'll be much.

At least I will have time now to break out the brushes and paints and finally do some painting! Pet portrait, anyone? Sorry I can't do cars!:)

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:10 pm
by NZJLY
Hope all goes well for you. I got laid off many years ago early December (on my birthday as well :o ) and ended up retraining, and as others have said I never looked back.
John

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:22 pm
by MoggyTech
Just to add, when I took a redundancy package, I started my own business, that was 12 years ago, and now only have to work one day a month. Best decision I ever made.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:18 pm
by bigginger
Made redundant 4 years ago, me. No luck finding more work yet, but health problems make things tricky. All the best to you though - good luck.

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:53 pm
by overider
Hi sorry to hear your unfortunate news,
I was chief engineer at a bottling company and worked long hours some times until ten at night to make sure the machinery ran smoothly, one year I worked Christmas day and boxing to make sure the machinery was ready to go on start up after the Christmas brake so the company could complete a big order for the 2000 millennium festival and all went well. When I returned back to work after three days off I was then taken into the office and made redundant. (nice company) NOT! :evil:

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:47 am
by Kevin
Sorry to hear of your bad luck news, and I cant understand why companies don`t at least give a decent amount of notice at this time of year to at least give people a chance to not go into a spending spree thinking they can pay it off in the New Year, I know that we shouldn`t spend what we haven`t got but thats often easier said than done and is just human nature, anyway here`s hoping for some good luck for you in the New Year :)

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:03 am
by badfelafel
When I was made redundant, went back to uni... will qualify as a lawyer soon :) Couldnt have been better!

Can use it as the excuse to try something you always wanted to do...

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:58 pm
by d_harris
Furrtiv wrote: At least I will have time now to break out the brushes and paints and finally do some painting! Pet portrait, anyone? Sorry I can't do cars!:)
Can you do Lizards?

If you can I might have a paid order for you!

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:15 pm
by Furrtiv
Can do drawings better than paintings, if it's a pet portrait you're after.:)With good photos, lizards shouldn't be a problem.