In the process of being made redundant

nuahkhali

Hello,

I have been working for my current employer for the last 4 years however in the last 3 months my role has become very stressful and very demanding without getting overtime pay for working long hours plus there have been office rumours for weeks that job cuts were being planned all this has made very unsettled as i am the only person who does my role. I was told by my boss last week that my job is likley to be made redundant and since being told this i have visited my docter and have been signed off with depression for the next 3 months as i simply cannot cope. My employers are still asking me to attend the redundancy meetings. Can they do this what will happen if i dont go? I am reluctant to go back to work let alone for a meeting. TBH i would prefer not to think of work until at least i have recovered

There is no trade union recognition at work and only a handful of people are being made redundant.

SarEl

I am sorry, but being off ill does not make the employer back off and stop. They have an obligation to try to consult with you. You do not have to comply, but if you don't, then they can simply go ahead. With or without a union. My advice would be to talk to them. I do understand how stressful this all is - you aren't alone by any means. But you do yourself no favours by failing to talk to them - if there is any alternative they can't explore it if you won't talk to them.

Ewarwoowar2

If your job is very busy, with long hours, etc, how is the job redundant?

sillygoose

Hi,

I have been made redundant 4 times over the years so I know how it feels. But companies feel no sympathy and being off sick won't change anything so try to relax and look forward. The thing I really want to say is never feel you have failed in anyway... the company has failed YOU. In some ways it can feel a bit like being dumped in a relationship I know. But its their loss and any company making redundancies now is probably on course for going down the pan sooner or later. (3 of the 4 that did me are gone now.)

Being positive, your probably just getting a head start on other people who will sooner or later be following you onto your local job market... take it as a heads-up and start looking for whats next. It will change how you feel about employers in future, you will be inclined to separate heart and head a bit as its not really a relationship, its too one-sided to be that. Think of work as a mutually convenient arrangement. You do some stuff for the company, they give you money. As long as its mutually convenient its fine, but neither side owe each other anything or have a long term commitment.

Sometimes a change of job can be good, a fresh start to undo those little mistakes you made early on in the last one you always slightly regret over time.(the giving in too easy to people dumping their tasks on you, the person you never hit it off with, the way you dressed, not joining the coffee break clich! etc)

Good luck.. I hope you find something soon.

nuahkhali

Ewarwoowar2 wrote: »

If your job is very busy, with long hours, etc, how is the job redundant?

The job is redundant as i was worked hard to ensure that all the loose ends had been tied up before being told. It makes sense looking back on why so much pressure was put on me over the last few weeks.

Ewarwoowar2

Ok, I was just trying to find another angle to help you.

A redundancy process should not really stop for sick employees. However, they should be consulting with you by telephone or a meeting to discuss ways to avoid redundancy. You could even do it by e-mail.

It would be potentially more cruel to delayed the redundancy exercise until you came back to work. Having it hanging over you could increase your anxiety and make you worse. You might get into a cycle of not being able to cope with the process, so your mental health does not get better, this further delays the process, putting you under more stress because it's hanging over you.