Cawood

well gets into work yesterday morning, the MD comes over hads me n my colleage a letter and says sorry

they have decided to shut all of their service centres down as they're not making money!

i have been in this job 7 years now and its been a quality job, but new management comes in n decides to shut us all down!!

the job; im a service manager/senior engineer for a Nokia & samsung Service centre, really enjoyed it and am truely gutted about it

im pretty fuct now tho, as i cant do anything else

they've put me on 2 weeks risk of redundancy, then after that its 2 weeks redundancy notice then im kicked out!

got to sell the cossie for defo now, n got to try n find a new job fast to keep up on my morgage payments n all my debt

oh well shit happens

RS500/364

Think i am unemployed atm but soid it i looking at getting to more cosworths for repair and cash to be made!!

Gary F

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Not suprised you always say Nokia's are shit

MattyRST

I feel for you i have been made redundant and i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy.

Good luck in finding another job

gazrs

I got made redundent from a ford main dealer i had worked there for 6 years i came out of it alright.After 6 weeks i got my redundancy pay (capped at £280 a week) plus lack of notice i ended up with about £4000 and walked straight into another job.

Cawood

me? say nokia's are shit? never

sounded like you did alright out of it whats that about lack of notice???

RS500/364

Get the ime software and sell it on ebay your will be minted

gazrs

Because we got put into recievership on the wednesday and was shut down on the friday they didnt give us our 1 month lack of notice so we got that back.Theres quite a bit you can claim for.If you dont claim benifits for when your looking for work they take that off you anyway.I didnt know that and had money taken off me for something i didnt claim for.If you want know more drop me a pm and ill try dig out the letters etc they gave me

Punkie

This might be useful to ya fella

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=774

Chip

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Sadly nearly all companies seem to pay only the minimum they legally have to these days.

mechanic28

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sorry to hear this chap,cant u put the cossie in storage and wait for better days?

dojj

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our place offered 1 month wages plus a set amount for each year you had worked there

i would have walked with about £7k but i was happy here and they offered it to everyone as volentary first to get the numbers donw

cossie4i+

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Sorry to read about this

Its never a nice time to be made redundant, but just before christmas sucks big time

I do hope you find something soon

Steve.

Cawood

cheers peeps

n thanks gaz if i need any help i'll be in touch

Punkie thanks! i'll have a read through

mechanic28 not really bud, think i need to get shut n just get a cheaper car for the mo to run around in, its my everyday car

GTechR

You have a PM mate

JamesH

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Best of luck finding another job

Twellsie

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i feel for you mate, the company i currently work for has gone into administrative receivership so there is a fair chance my job could end up going the same way

Katie

If it's 7 years in the job you should be getting 7 weeks notice under s86 ERA 1996 I think...unless you are getting payment in lieu?

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/..._on_redundancy bit at the bottom there on the 1 week notice after a months service...extending to 12weeks for 12 years

The weekly cap from 1st feb this year went up to £310 aswell if I remember correctly (ie the most you can get per week redundancy pay)...as it was £290 last year and £280 in 2005...so check they give you all of it!

Cawood

gary - got ya PM cheers bud

nice one thanks katie, good to know, just had a read thru of it

DaBoy12s cheers n errr, good luck to you see you at job centre eh? ha

FasterFords

I've only got 1 more week of being "at risk"

Been with the company 9 years, so thankfully I'm getting a good amount from them, will look at going contracting for a while, to earn some extra dosh.

Cawood

so how long you been at risk then?

then you get 9 weeks notice of redunacy? then 9 weeks wages for redundancy pay?

looks like that acording to that link katie put up

n should be similar for be but 7 weeks

FasterFords

haven't seen the breakdown of the payment yet, but it works out nearly a years wages, so Im happy with how ever they've worked it out.

Martyn

You should get 7 weeks notice by law as its 7 years you worked there.

Get yourself registered to an agency and work for them while looking for a new job, that way you wont have to sell the car or eat into your redundancy money.
Go in with an open mind, it doesnt matter a fuck if you are doing a shit job, even if its picking and packing in a warehouse or something you would never normally do for work, as its only temp.
The main thing is to keep money coming in so you end up gaining with the redundancy once you get a perm job again

I may be right in remembering that you are also allowed paid time off from your current job to allow you to try and find a new one