Made Redundant today

Lucy1982_2

Hey

It's been ages since I last posted, I've not been very well and there has been loads of stuff going on.

I found out that I am being made redundant today. Well actually I'm not going back. I've been looking through my redundancy offer and it's just under £3000, but I have no idea what I am going to do.

I lost it a little on my cc which means that has risen, luckily I have insurance on that and my loan. Just need a hug and some advice really.

This is my plan so far:

- Get documents from the office checked by employment solicitor (they will pay for this)
- Visit recruitment agencies, perm and temp
- CAB for advice on anything I can claim
- Job centre
- Bank for help on loan protection etc
- Meal plan everything that is in the house.
- Ebay everything that isn't glued down.

Oh and then

- Cancel christmas!!!!!!

x

Burlesque_Babe

oh Lucy, sorry to hear you've been made redundant.

I've had it happen twice now so know how it feels.

Take a few days to get yourself together, you'll need it to decide what to do.

When you are ready, post your CV on all the employment websites, Monster is a good one to start with.

think of it as an opportunity to start again. The first time it happened to me I was blinkered and only looked for jobs the same as I was already doing.

This time I took time to sit and think about what I wanted to do rather than doing what I felt I should be doing. It might mean completely starting your career again which is hard (particularly financially!) but if you think about what you've always wanted to do, why not seriously look into it now.

Here's a hug for you

pink_princess

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Ah you don t need to cancel christmas .Being laid off is an awful thing but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel .
We are busy going through it at the moment (oh is ) you need to try and stay positive .
You should maybe wait til you know whats coming in then post an soa for the good people on here to help you with.
Food wise you can come join us on the grocery challenge ,were a cheery bunch and will help where we can.Good luck and welcome back.:hello:

Lucy1982_2

Thanks

My head hurts, and everything keeps going round it.

I had no warning which sort of makes it worse!

welshnoonoo

Oh Lucy I am so so sorry - but please don't cancel Christmas! Can't really give you any sound advice but here's a virtual hug (())

Lucy1982_2

Ok wont cancel christmas. Have £60 in savings and I am sure I can work a bit harder on the piggy points.

It was the look on my mangers face... I thought he was going to cry.

Burlesque_Babe

everything will go around in your head, it's only natural. The first time it happened to me, I had to get the train to London and the team were told. I sat on the train on the way back trying not to cry or panic and wrote lots of mad, panicky notes called 'what can I do now' or something similar in a book. I remember the chap opposite kind of giving me a kind smile when I looked up. I saw myself in the mirror when I got home and I was white, I must have looked awful.

We're all here for you to get you through each day.

spud30

Aww Lucy, so sorry to hear that hun.

On a purely selfish not, glad you're back

Lucy1982_2

Thanks.

Sensible head say it will be ok. I have a friend to is the temp person in a local agency, I will stack shelves if needed and there are some jobs in the paper that I am going to apply for.

It's just such a shock.

Lucy1982_2

spud30 wrote: »

Aww Lucy, so sorry to hear that hun.

On a purely selfish not, glad you're back

Thanks. I just needed a bit of a break. Just wish I had happier news. Still I have a euro millions ticket :rotfl:

tigzem

Hey Lucy, welcome back! Sorry it's not under happier circumstances... BB has given some fab advice. Hope you can find a great job with better benefits etc. Here's another hug for you :grouphug:...although it's the dodgy one!!! lol

ps - I noticed a while back you're not on my FB anymore, I was going to send u a message as noticed you'd not been around on here for a while x