Could be losing my job today.

worried_jim

I am on holiday at the moment but got a text from my boss inviting me to join a conference call this morning at 10:00 regarding a business restructure.

Over the last 9 years we have laid off tens of thousands but not had a big cull for a while. My team is down from 30 to 13 and we have taken on more workstreams and are ultra efficient, normally I'm not too worried about these announcements but this one has got me in a right panick.

I love my job and have been there for 12 years (since getting made redundant) and I am very employable, I just don't want to go through it again. I am sure that it will just be a call about the team moving in the organisation- again. Been up all night worrying though. Wish me luck!

amersall

Good luck we always think the worst don't we?, it's human nature.

Pickle29

Are you in a union?
Make sure they follow the proper procedures!
Good luck

worried_jim

The office rumour mill is surprisingly quiet at the moment. I've hoovered and cleaned the kitchen cupboards- can't sit still and been up since 05:30. Keep checking the BBC news business pages as this stuff always leaks and nothing so far.

A colleague has checked our boss's diary for today and all it says is "The only thing the invite says is that rooms have been booked out in each location for the day to offer support to colleagues"

-as of this moment it looks like the whole team will be dialing in to the conference call now.

isplumm

Hi

Hope it goes ok - doesn't sound good if they have reserved a load of rooms for supporting your fellow workers!

Mark

worried_jim

So far-

As a result of the improvement activities that are underway, the current team of 273.7 roles (284 colleagues) will reduce in size. To minimise the impact on colleagues we will close all existing vacancies in the team, leaving a net reduction of 45 roles. We hope that many of the colleagues who leave the team will be redeployed elsewhere within the business.

For me, I think-

These colleagues are out of scope due to the specialised nature of their work.

I work in a specialist role so I think I am safe- just on another call to confirm but I think I have swerved this one. Phew.