been under the "pressure" twice

both times it was because the company wanted to downscale the operation but still needed to give us a job at the end if there was one available

first time round, got the boot as the company was taken over, only to be told, you can still have a job if you do 7 hours more a week for less money
after 3 months, those who hadn't taken their redundnacy were effectivly sacked as they made our working conditions a bit too shit really

second time around they were volentary again, but everyone got the letters and there were enough who took up the offer to make compulsory one avoidable

it may seem a lot of money at the time, but unless you can walk into another job virtualy straight away, it's a big risk to just take the money and run, one of the guys who was with us was last seen sweeping the streets and another is unemployed, and another has gone back to luthisania