Redundancy - tearful!!

marydot

MargieL wrote: »

I went through redundancy last year when the small Woolies branch I had worked in for 14 years closed. All the team were devastated and we all coped in different ways. The hardest thing for all of us was playing it out in public, lots of loyal and lovely customers coming in every day to sympathise with us would just set us off again. For me, my Mum was seriously ill at the time with a brain tumour (thankfully now recovered) so it put things in perspective and I coped better than most of the others. Ironically the lady who by far took it the worst (who we had to almost physically prise off the windowsill she was clinging to when the doors shut for the last time) got another job first, and has since met the man of her dreams (at the workplace) and had just got engaged!

It is really sad for you and if you weren't emotional about it you wouldn't be human.

Try to remain positive, there are plenty of opportunities and some things happen for a reason in the end.

Margie x

That really is a wonderful story!!:beer:

MargieL

Sagalout 1954 just wondered how you are doing?
As I said in my earlier post I was made redundant last year - had a big gap in work because my mum was ill -but have just finished my 5th week in my new job. It is really different from retail (woolies) and I am really enjoying it - working with a great bunch of people and actually much less pressure, and even less working hours.
Hope you are coping ok.
Margie x

whitewing

Being made redundant the first time (as a single parent) was the worse thing that could have happened to me. But it made me more willing to take risks with my future as I had survived the situation that I dreaded.

Being made redundant the second time (from a part time job) made me value my new husband. He was so kind and loving and sure that we would cope somehow that it has made our relationship tremendously strong.

dave4545454

it's a shame you feel tearful about something which isn't your fault

it is nothing personal, you haven't failed, many millions get made redundant. it's the company you work for that is a failure

heather8

I've just been on a course for people who are about to be redundant, and the way you feel is very normal. You may go through this time and time again. I had one bad weekend where all I did is cry.

Think of losing your job like a beaverement, that may help. It does get better, even though it may not feel like it now.

The sadiest part, is losing all your work colleagues, mine are like an extended family, some of us have grown up together in a way.

When the redundancy was announced where I work, some of my coolleagues were really really happy and some were sad. The ones that were initally happy are feeling sader now and the ones who were upset like me, are feeling a lot happier. You are on a rollercoaster and can go through many emoitions in 1 hour, I know I did, and it went on like that for weeks. Just remember you are normal and we all express our feelings different ways.

Horace

Being made redundant is like a bereavement and you will get upset and you will get angry..its only natural. In time, you will realise that it is probably the best thing that has ever happened to you as it has given you the nudge to pursue the career path that you have always dreamed of.

Good luck - it does get better. I was made redundant in 2007 and after 18 months of stress and health problems (various amounts of eye surgery) I set up my business at the end of April last year and I haven't looked back. I am just wondering why I waited until I was in my late 40's rather than setting up sooner.

MzFitz

I was made redundant 16 months ago and I still well up, it's still very emotive for me.

I was made redundant in November 2004 which really was "new beginnings" - spent a chunk of my redundancy on learning new Microsoft applications and things couldn't have been better. But I was mid-40's. Now I'm early 50's. It's very different.