Forced to resign on the spot

Fireflyaway

I resigned earlier this year as I knew I would have been let go anyway. It was scary but it's worked out great. I'm really happy in my new job!
Try not to focus too much on what happened. It sounds unfair but it's probably just cost cutting rather than anything personal. Just keep applying. Don't wait to hear back as unfortunately these days many employers are just too rude to get back to you. Send off those applications. I'd also say don't be too picky. The idea is to get an income, you can keep applying for better jobs once you have landed something to get the bills paid. Go to agencies in person rather than online and apply to companies direct when you can. Hopefully in the end you will get a better job anyway!

Brynsam

General_Grant wrote: »

I can't understand why they didn't say "your position is redundant", here's your two-month notice period as garden leave".

Making you resign means that, if you wanted to claim JSA, the DWP would say you had made yourself unemployed deliberately and therefore not eligible for JSA immediately your notice expired.

If they had declared a redundancy then, once you ceased to be an employee and if you had not found other work, you could claim JSA.

I doubt they were remotely bothered about OP's ability to claim JSA (and doubtless didn't even think of it). Possibly they had a policy where people got a redundancy payment regardless of length of service, possibly they wanted to avoid making someone redundant for (internal) political reasons.

Possibly OP's face just didn't fit any more.

Masomnia

General_Grant wrote: »

I can't understand why they didn't say "your position is redundant", here's your two-month notice period as garden leave".

Making you resign means that, if you wanted to claim JSA, the DWP would say you had made yourself unemployed deliberately and therefore not eligible for JSA immediately your notice expired.

If they had declared a redundancy then, once you ceased to be an employee and if you had not found other work, you could claim JSA.

I wonder if you could tell the job centre you were 'constructively dismissed', which to all intents and purposes is true. By the time they've figured it out and decided whether or not to sanction on that basis you'll probably be back in work!

Comms69

Masomnia wrote: »

I wonder if you could tell the job centre you were 'constructively dismissed', which to all intents and purposes is true. By the time they've figured it out and decided whether or not to sanction on that basis you'll probably be back in work!

In fairness the OP got 2 months of wages to find s job.

annandale

That sounds dreadful, I think you are much better out of it

annandale

Making you resign means that, if you wanted to claim JSA, the DWP would say you had made yourself unemployed deliberately and therefore not eligible for JSA immediately your notice expired.

This is not true. A decision maker will look at all evidence and then decide whether to sanction or not as the case may be.

Giving out misinformation to someone who is stressed and ill is not helpful. It is decided on a case by case basis