It is tough NOW. So how are we coping

Hi Reverbe

What a bummer! Such a disappointment - not just a job, but a promising-looking one too......:mad: ..and, by the sound of it, you left another job to get it. That is VERY soon after starting the job - I'm not up on these things as to whether there would be any chance of compensation for misrepresentation or summat? Taken on under false pretences type stuff? Losing a job one has had for a while - well things have changed in the firm since then. But to lose one that one has only just started - surely they should have had some inkling whether the job would last at least a whiles when they took you on? Because of them you have deliberately given up a safe/r job and the job lasted two seconds.....I do hope that you are entitled to something. Even if you're not - I would have thought they could at least dish out a "goodwill gesture" payment. I'm presuming this is a redundancy - of the distinctly unexpected variety. It seems odd to just leave an ansafone message for you - cowards way out. Has anyone else been affected? I guess its a question of taking the chance of asking whats what when you go into the place to pick up your belongings. You do need a letter stating its a redundancy - to make it plain to the D.W.P. that this was a redundancy - and not a case of you resigning (so that you get benefit right away - rather than a disqualification period applied).

So I guess thats plan of action for today:
1. Go into the place - joint purpose: fetch belongings and quiz management as to the circumstances of the job going so fast and arrange to receive a suitable redundancy letter (a good idea if possible - even if its not a redundancy).

2. Cup of coffee somewhere nice.

3. Hit the job agencies and JobCentre.

4. Register for unemployment benefit (think its possible to register on line now - rather than having to visit the place in person? - things have changed since I was unemployed years ago).

5. Cook yourself a nice meal and have relaxing night in - or get husband/boyfriend if applicable to dish out the sympathy and a nice meal out.

FOLLOWING DAY;
1. Make a list of places to apply to on spec.

2. Do out those applications and hand-deliver them if possible.

3. Go for long walk somewhere nice in countryside or seaside.