Hmmmm..... redundancy again

[Alfa_75_Steve]

2nd time in 12 months I'm up for 'consultation'

Only this time, I know there is absolutely no chance of retaining a job at the end of it.

Currently trying to work out if I have some kind of legitimate claim against the company to compensate me for any loss made on selling my recently bought company car. (Opted out of the car scheme a few weeks ago.....)

[andyquantum]

Bad luck, hope you get sorted soon.

[Alfa_75_Steve]

Cheers - I don't think there's a 'may' about it this time.... as for the car, well, yes, I don't think I do have any legitimate claim - but it won't stop me asking.

[Kurtblythman]

Unlucky mate.

I just started a electrical apprenticeship about 2 week ago and last week i got a letter about possible redundancies. Brillient, last one in, first one out.

[paul26982]

theres just being 5 at my work today, bit worried myself tbh, theres no jobs at all here in the north east either

[Greedy Banker]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VCGcljqOSW0

good old maggie

[oobster]

Sorry to hear that, I was made redundant 1 month ago tomorrow and i haven't managed to find a new job yet.

Good luck though.

[Alfa_75_Steve]

The Welsh Development Agency will provide funding for re-training, which is a good thing.

However, I have absolutely no idea what I'd re-train as.

I did think that maybe getting an HGV license might be a good idea - but not sure if it would make me the kind of money I'd consider to be the bare minimum to keep me going.

Anyone know what the chances are of getting decent work for someone with a new HGV license? - especially interested in chances of getting good-money European runs etc.

I wouldn't want to do it long-term, only until the economy recovers and I can go back into my usual field.

[Pesty]

Ive been made redundant 4 times! over the years. I was gutted every time even in teh jobs I hated. its never good


should be safe but big changes are happening at my company. Parts being sold off smaller companies being bought which usualy leads to some rationalisation

[Mars]

oobster said:

Sorry to hear that, I was made redundant 1 month ago tomorrow and i haven't managed to find a new job yet.

Good luck though.

I was made redundant end of July and I'm still not working, although I have a telephone interview tomorrow which I am very optimistic about.

I've registered with loads of websites and there's definitely work out there, but I can afford to be picky thanks to my redundancy payout being calculated on 13 years service.

However, some of the results of those emailed searches beggar belief. One of them regularly manages to miss every single one of the search criteria by a wiiiiide margin. I'd unsub from it but it gives me a daily chuckle.

[Firefoot]

Alfa_75_Steve said:

The Welsh Development Agency will provide funding for re-training, which is a good thing.

Anyone know what the chances are of getting decent work for someone with a new HGV license? - especially interested in chances of getting good-money European runs etc.

I wouldn't want to do it long-term, only until the economy recovers and I can go back into my usual field.

There are quite a few jobs of this type available at the moment, but you will probably need to get digital taco training as well.

Give the Driver Hire place a call (by the magic roundabout on Ocean Way). They can advise you.
Driver Hire Parklands Industrial Estate, Eastmoors Road, Ocean Park, Cardiff, CF24 5JP Tel: [phone]
http://www.driver-hire.co.uk

[Dupont666]

was made redundant 3 weeks ago... it was fun at first and the payout good, but getting bored and the recruiters are ste, so am going for anything i can get now... have some good prospects but those are 6 months down the line, so need to find something in the mean time.