Unfair dismissal/discrimination?

getmore4less

In all the places I have worked you could make a list in order of the people that would get picked off when the cuts came(most likely at top)

More often than not the list would be close like if the needed 5 they would always be in the top 6/7 on the list.

Most people were smart enough to understand where they were on the list.

There will be reasons why your the one, putting a case together to save yourself need you to understand why it's you.

Fair won't be enough, you need to put a business case together that makes you worth keeping and someone higher to want to back that.

In my old jobs if you were a fixer and visible to senior management, even if a PITA you could survive.

Steph15

I wouldn't say I was disruptive. I've never done/said anything that has impacted a job. I have challenged certain ways of working but that is (supposedly) encouraged. I am the only one in this role who does things over and above the requipments. A business case for keeping me would be relatively easy to assembled but getting anyone to champion it would be the challenge as evidenced by these recent events.

Why don't I just go?
If only it were that easy (age/local job market/pension).

London50

Steph15 wrote: »

I wouldn't say I was disruptive. I've never done/said anything that has impacted a job. I have challenged certain ways of working but that is (supposedly) encouraged. I am the only one in this role who does things over and above the requipments. A business case for keeping me would be relatively easy to assembled but getting anyone to champion it would be the challenge as evidenced by these recent events.

Why don't I just go?
If only it were that easy (age/local job market/pension).

You can always come up with any number of reasons why you should be the one they keep and if you choose to then try and fight your case.
You my have many valid points that may or may not impact on the redundancy but if your company have decided that they want someone else in that position I think you will be wasting your time as there is no legal reason that has been shown by you that gives you a fighting chance.

zippygeorgeandben

Steph15 wrote: »

I work alone because I'm capable of doing the job without assistance. Incidentally, with the exception of one all the others are still being trained and are not currently able to do all the jobs that the role requires. I on the other hand have that experience -

These are the statements you should now be putting into your CV. Accentuate your positives. I'm not saying accept the decision and just move on, life isn't that easy but the longer you stay in this position of defiance, the less likely it is for you to move on and remember, you may be wanting the guarantee of a good reference from your current employers.

-taff

Did you have regular appraisals where subjective criteria were involved?

Geoff1963

There is a pejorative way to describe anything ; and no way to behave, which makes criticism impossible.

"challenge things inappropriately" is an excellent criticism ; because you either accept it, or in challenging it demonstrate the behaviour. I was once criticised for being too argumentative, so I know that one.

One year, I was criticised for not working enough in a team ; the next year I was told that the team had done well, but it was hard to see what particular contribution I had made . . .

The rules on redundancy are easier than for dismissal, because someone has to go.

I have challenged certain ways of working but that is (supposedly) encouraged.

When a Manager says, "Give me your honest opinion", they don't always want it. Think, "Does my bum look big in this ?"
They will, of course, make best use of what you've told them.

martinbuckley

Steph15 wrote: »

I have challenged certain ways of working but that is (supposedly) encouraged.

You'd be surprised at how many managers use this kind of talk to look like they are encouraging employee participation, but then take great offence when something is challenged.