Am I entitled to redundancy pay?

lincroft1710

How many months did you spend as SEO in the "old" job and how many in the "new"?

ryanm8655

Not sure when I officially changed to new structure, but my previous service was carried forward for the purposes of redundancy.

Off the top of my head about 3 months in old role and 3 months in new.

Had I chosen to leave I was told by both HR and director I could leave and get 1 months pay for each year of service plus notice.

As I understand it it is to stop businesses assigning people to new roles and then getting rid without having to compensate.

lincroft1710

So even if you fail probation you will have spent more time in the new role. If redundancy occurs and a person takes a new position which doesn't work out then redundancy terms may apply. But your problem is that you will have spent more time in the "new" role, which also could be argued from your description is little different from the original.

The people who left, on what terms did they leave, redundancy, VES, VER?

ryanm8655

Thanks for the reply.

In the first instance some people left via voluntary redundancy, some took early retirement, and not too long ago the remainder who weren't successful in getting a role in the new model were made redundant.

lincroft1710

It is voluntary early severance, as I keep telling you, voluntary redundancy does not exist.

All these people going and you being retained says to me that someone somewhere must have belief in you. You have to prove to them you are worth retaining and you're probably trying very hard. Concentrate on delivering what your bosses want and have belief in yourself.