Another one bites the dust

epsilondraconis

Nightmare. Hope you find something soon.

I too was made redundant on a sunny day (a number of years ago now). I remember I didn't really know what to do - it was a kind of empty feeling. However because the sun was shining, it didn't seem quite as bad.

dunstonh

Sorry to hear the news.

On the upside, I was made redundant from my final tied agent stint when they closed the salesforce down. I had planned to go IFA for a long time but always put it off. But by given the push it made the decision for me and I have never looked back. So, positive things can come from this. Its given you the excuse to do what you wanted now.

Conrad

Best of luck Andy.

According to Newsnight last week, the result of the current economic landscape will be considerable growth in the number of small specialist business's being established as more of us shun the employed / corporate lifestyle.

herbiesjp

Sorry to hear Andy

Sound like you have a great personality and sense of humour with the starting post, and I'm sure that will taek you a long way in whatever you decide to do

All the best and don't leave the boards!

Kez100

I am very sorry to hear this. You are obviously extremely switched on and I hope you find something to keep you occupied very soon.

Tiddler_2

Yea, sorry to hear your news Andy and I hope you find something quickly and that it is something you'll enjoy.

Bad news is it's going to be a regular thing over the coming months. A lot of my business comes from new build market - one of my builders made a 3rd of their staff redundant a few weeks ago, and another has announced redundancies over the weekend.

An estate agent we used to get the odd lead from shut up shop last week aswell.

Going to be a tough summer I thinks!

judygarland

_Andy_ wrote: »

Thanks guys. To be honest I'm quite relieved in some ways, wanted to get out of sales/mortgages for a while.

I too was made redundant in November from a Building Society after 13.5 years (closed our mortgage processing centre). I now work for a company in the engineering field, best thing that could have happened to me. I fancied a change and being made redundant gave me a kick in the right direction.

You will soon find a job, good luck.

Graeme7777

Sorry about that! Hope you find something good soon

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

Good luck Andy. Just remember that every change creates an opportunity.

If I were in your position I'd probably look to go working for (or franchise) one of the companies offering Debt Management to the public as an alternative to Bankruptsy or IVA.

That way, when the market returns and there is a need for advice from knowledgeable experts, as opposed to robotic, non-flexible, non-advising bank/building society advisers, you'll have another string to your bow and you'll know what the clients have gone through. You may even have built a client bank.

superpup

Just wanted to say sorry to hear about the redundancy and wish you good luck in finding something else.

sp x