post here will it affect you ?
me brother was and walk stright in to another job but only 3 out of the 10 staff there now have jobs and they was all good blokes

 

being a "good bloke" means shit these days. If your industry has too many employees and too little work then its inevitable. I think the key is having a good base of skills so your not stuck in one small sector. Theres a lot of people my way made redundant whove only done one thing all thier working life and now redundant dont have any transferable skills.

Also ageism is still alive and well regardless of what the law says. Over 50 and your fucked unless you really stand out for some reason.

 

being a "good bloke" means shit these days. If your industry has too many employees and too little work then its inevitable. I think the key is having a good base of skills so your not stuck in one small sector. Theres a lot of people my way made redundant whove only done one thing all thier working life and now redundant dont have any transferable skills.

Also ageism is still alive and well regardless of what the law says. Over 50 and your fucked unless you really stand out for some reason.

 

i was made redundant about 2 months ago . couldn find another job so i went self employed. . found my self a months work and now im sat on my arse with not 1 job out their!!! and to think being a fully qualified spark i should be ok. . im strugggling to cope but i cant imagine how some other people are doing without trades or qualifications etc.

 

Me, 2 weeks ago

I am lucky though as there are plenty of jobs in my sector !
Decided to take december off ...LOL

 

Thats the one thing i dont get is all these sparky training courses claiming they placing hundreds into work every month sounds like they telling a few porkys to me

Hopefully im on my SIA course soon which will broaden my employability.

 

Thats the one thing i dont get is all these sparky training courses claiming they placing hundreds into work every month sounds like they telling a few porkys to me

Hopefully im on my SIA course soon which will broaden my employability.

 

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

 

LOl, you mean you will become a paid thug

Only kidding mate, I work in a club in my spare time so appreciate doormen (I am not one though)

 

i was made redundant when just had my little girl she was 3 weeks so didnt need to look for a job right away

 

my mates a good doorman now he sits on his arse for 13 hours a day in a shed at the park and ride good money he says but fuck that

 

. . Ye it all lies. . i have looked for every electrical job possible and ive found about 4 over the last 2 weeks which aint really any relevence to my experience. any jobs goin at ur place flux

 

Im not that interested in doing loads of door work. security guarding suits me fine

Thing is sitting in a shed might be shit but its good money compared to most minimum wage retail shite round here. Im not paying for the SIA so id be a fool not to take it up.

 

i was made redundant last week, my last working day is xmas eve, had an interview for a job with potential to start in new year so "if" i get that it wont be so bad.

However there very little work around at the minute.

 

easy money, my mate said its good money as no one last a week

how you gettin the sia for free ? i gave up when i had to get a licence

 

howcome no one lasts a week?? its not difficult work security guarding

 

he sits in a shed with no music no telly about 5/5 square and the only thing he does is tell ppl what time the bus will come lol but theres a sign thats says buses run every 7 mins

 

Buy a laptop and a internet dongle and sit on the net all day then.

 

so hes doing nothing and gets paid surely they would have recruits queing rounf the block for a job with no work in it

Most of the fucktards round here could still amuse themselves all day in a shed

 

so hes doing nothing and gets paid surely they would have recruits queing rounf the block for a job with no work in it

Most of the fucktards round here could still amuse themselves all day in a shed

 

long way to travel to work mate ill ask if theres any jobs for you

 

LOL I think the commute would cost more than id earn

 

was made redundant just over a month ago, nd its been a hard month, every where i try seems to be paying people off, engineering up here seems to be slowing right down.

 

I've been made redundant, finished on friday but get paid till wednesday.
there's loads of spaces on the dole! good money aswell if you have a couple of kids! hours suit me! think I'll also have december off!

 

2 of the lads i work with were got rid of today and i was told that 3 had got to go and ges wot im number 3 . but as i set off to go to see the boss he rang me and told me to pull over and he told me im safe till the new year as long as the orders we have been promist come in and if they come in im safe till the spring .............LIFE IS SHIT

 

got made redundent from my last job in august then got a job end of september which was quite cool

 

Think this thread might be more relevant come Jan/Feb time.

 

i get made redundant this friday. oh well. will have to look for another job.

 

i will be unemployed 1st january....was told in october to give 90 notice...was sent home on a month ago...full pay till end of december tho...thinking bout going self employed because i cant find anything..hopefully my redundancy will keep me going for a while....

 

Well i got laid off today , 8 years service, find out on tuesday about payments etc .

Propper pissed off as im not in a fit condition to do what i'm qualified for (diesel tech)

Nothing out there either

 

I officially finished yesterday but got @6months wages to tide me over

 

i was made redundant back in january but wasn't too bothered as i got a reasonable payout. i had 7 months off, and started work again in august, luckily just before the news headlines got really bad

 

Brother got made redundant yesterday at 5pm.

All I can say is that SUZUKI are cunts

 

the building trades usually fooked at this time of year anyway but its all good so far

 

spoke to another mate today they make tractor parts half there work force laid off gone as the pound is shite no one will buy of them

 

not yet but i feel it will not be long!

 

Found out today from one of my former work colleagues that the company i left in April this year (when i quit) has just given 50% of its staff compulsary redundancy notices & a further 25% of the workforce there have been offered voluntary redundancy - just in time for christmas & the new year

If only i'd stayed & put up with 6 months of general crap & shit as after the number of years i'd worked for them i'd have just gotten a very nice & very large redundancy payout by the sounds of it

 

Yes !!

Once in 1983, the whole company was sold to the Yanks & they closed it down. Was out of work for 3 weeks before getting another job, asked for 3 weeks Holiday before I started work again & got it.

Im sure its a lot harder now not the jobs to go to.
So glad I made retirement on my terms lets hope the good times return.

 

No problems with job cuts up here, but were always the last to be affected as it's a poor area compared to rest of England when it comes to the price of living.

 

back in the early 90's i took 9k to walk out there and then plus a months pay on top as we did not need to work the notice. i went straight in to another job the following monday. some of the blokes where 6 mths out of work but they were lacking in skills so it all depends on your skill set i supose. i feal for anyone in this situation as we had 9 blokes caned last month due to the drop in the dolla as all the cars we convert are from the USA and it went from 98c to the au dolla to 65c so put all the cars up by 30%