Money Moral Dilemma: Should I take my job back after being let go when lockdown began?

Sparky6_9

Was you a permanent employee and how long had you been employed by them? In other words did they legally get rid of you and are you entitled to any compensation? Meanwhile take the work and look for something more secure. Good luck.

jeetster

A no brainer!
Take the job and if you find something else which is better, then give your one weeks notice and move on. Always leave on good terms should you wish to come back.

Devonian_Rodders

There are very few jobs around where job security is guaranteed.   You need a job, and based upon the cutbacks in employment 
in the UK and elsewhere, any job is better than NO JOB.   You can always look for something better whilst working, and in my experience, you can get another job IF you are already working, rather than being unemployed.

actoplacto1

Bit of a no brainer. You have initial job security so go back but use the time to find another job when it all settles down . 

Edina_Typhoon

This is really a no brainer.  Yes, take your job back, but start to look for something else at the same time.  There is bound to be a lot of redundancies and job losses when the furlough scheme ends and businesses who have had no income for months cannot afford to pay all their previous employees.  So if your employer is offering you your job back, I'd consider yourself lucky and take it before they change their minds!

citizen_gav

Letting you go was probably just business, nothing personal.
So with that in mind, you should go back to the job, apply for a new job, and as soon as you get the new one, go on the sick for a couple of months and then quit. It's just business.

crmism

You don't say how long you've been in that job or what it entailed but, if it had been for a number of years, you might have expected your employer to show some loyalty rather than dismiss you on a week's notice.
Did your job provide you with the necessary skill-sets to go self-employed? While that might imply a degree of insecurity, you would at least be your own boss and decide the hours and days you want to work. It might sound like throwing yourself off the end of a plank, but I have known many people who have done well for themselves with the right work ethic. Self-employed people only fail because of their attitude and inability to provide a good service.
If you don't think you could do that, another job on another payroll could land you in the same position if a second wave of the pandemic blows in. If you haven't the confidence to go it alone, it could be the only and sensible course to follow.

Gjktholden1962

Yes totally. If you have no other job offer, and you do not take your job back - who loses? You.  Your employer clearly doesn't care either way.  If you take the job only for as long as it takes to find another, now who looses - not you?

Sachakins

Take the moral high ground. Take the job back, look for another, if you get one, then request a weeks leave, then say that's your weeks notice, smile and leave.

Trevor0453

Go back if you need the money and then look for a better paid job, no dilemma in my eyes !