Being made redundant yet asked to train someone else to do my job!!

NICKYS32

I am being made redundant from my job and have been under consultation. I have been told that my job is going and they have asked me to help with the hand over of my work to another person in the company. In other words they want me to train someone else to do my job. I only work part time and was wondering if it was fair of them to make me train someone else to do my job. It is quite complicated and would take alot of training and i resent having to train someone else.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Boomdocker

You still need to work your notice so I think its reasonable although I understand your frustration. I was in a similar position when I was recently made redundant. My view point was I wanted to leave with my integrity and I didn't want my friends to struggle so was happy to train them on the bits needed before I left. I wouldn't worry but just do what's asked and in your spare time focus on your job search. Best of luck.

mothershipton

hi, i sympathise with you as i was in exactly the same boat. However you are entitled to time off to attend interviews so make sure you do that. You should train this other person as you will need a reference when you leave.

I trained someone else before i left but made sure Ii didnt leave any notes for them to use (i just told boss that as i had been doing the job for a while didnt have notes)
I was in exactly the same pos, part timer training a full timer to do my job.

Good luck and remember to stay professional

bristol_pilot

Don't forget to change the root password on the computer system on your last day

welshmoneylover

Train them the wrong process!

staffie1

Hey? If you're being asked to train someone else to do your work when you've gone, doesn't that imply that there is still a job to be done? Why then are you being made redundant in the first place..?

japesy

take time off for interviews is a good plan, also whilst looking consider this,,,,,

you loved that job and leaving it is proving very stressful, maybe get signed off sick. It might help buy you abit of time. Also tell the person your training the company are a bunch of B'Stard's

If they ask what do you mean, ask them "what sort of company gets rid of you but makes you train you replacement?

good luck,

Dustangle

People don't get made redundant - jobs are made redundant.

If your job will still exist, and they just want someone else to do it then this isn't a redundancy situation. You are being sacked, and if you are being told redundancy as the reason then you may be being misled. That might even amount to a fraud on the part of your employer.

I'm guessing there's no effective trade union at your workplace as the employer wouldn't get away with this if there was, but you could do worse than get a bit of legal advice as to whether you are being unfairly dismissed.

If the reason why you are unfairly dismissed amounts to unlawful discrimination to do with your age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or religion or belief, you may be eligible for unlimited compensation.

Get proper advice quickly, preferably from a solicitor, from somewhere else than the internet.

PasturesNew

I used a description the other day that explained this situation, so I'll use it again.

Imagine you work in a sandwich shop. You sit on the till all day, at the end of the day you cash up. Somebody else works there too, they sell the sandwiches. Customer comes in, gets the sandwich from your colleague, then comes along to you to pay and you take their money.

Now, if half the customers start coming in, one of the two has to be laid off.. and if the till person is laid off the job still needs doing, but not full-time. So the sandwich person is trained up to take the money for the sandwich from the customer and to do the cashing up.

Just because the cashier is laid off, doesn't mean the job is no longer needed... just the job is no longer needed in its own right. There is no longer the business to keep two staff, so one has to go and the other one needs to be trained up to cover the tasks that are needed.

Dustangle

PasturesNew wrote: »

Imagine you work in a sandwich shop.

Do you work in a sandwich shop? If not, get professional advice.

bigheadxx

Dustangle wrote: »

People don't get made redundant - jobs are made redundant.

If your job will still exist, and they just want someone else to do it then this isn't a redundancy situation. You are being sacked, and if you are being told redundancy as the reason then you may be being misled. That might even amount to a fraud on the part of your employer.

I'm guessing there's no effective trade union at your workplace as the employer wouldn't get away with this if there was, but you could do worse than get a bit of legal advice as to whether you are being unfairly dismissed.

If the reason why you are unfairly dismissed amounts to unlawful discrimination to do with your age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or religion or belief, you may be eligible for unlimited compensation.

Get proper advice quickly, preferably from a solicitor, from somewhere else than the internet.

It could still be redundancy. Redundancy is effectively a lawful dismissal and it is reasonable for employers to alter the way it does things including somebody else taking over elements that made up an employees job or combining two roles into one.