Job issue

If I were in your position Daz, I’d rip the living **** out of them…………….I don’t take crap like that any more…………….I’ve decided. I think you should play havock with them…………..but keep your six covered 😉 Mark 😀 😀 😀 Have fun 😀 :dev2:

That and poor management.

Do you know I’m a firm believer that a poor HR dept can ruin a good firm.

Scary thoughts…

I hate to think.

I agree.
The audacity of many HR departments. I wonder how much money their ineptitude costs companies…

Methinks he might be about to make life extremely interesting for someone.

Go for it Daz.
Look out HR Daz is on the warpath 😀

Hi Daz,

First- sorry to hear the news of impending redundancy

Second, Even sorrier to hear the way they seem to be behaving in terms of other temps being brought in etc.

Go for it, but remember not to lose your rag if/whenever they speak to you about it. Losing your temper never helps, so keep a cool head and set out the facts as you see them, without making any provocative remarks, and without making any snide or cynical comments. It’s tough not to loose your temper, but worth it. Oh, and make sure you take notes of what is said during any meetings/interviews, as they may come in useful if it all ends up at a tribunal etc.

I suggest you also speak to an external third party for advice – try your local ACAS office, or Citizens advice who should be able to put you in touch with someone who can offer help and advice free of charge. Reliance on heresay and “barrack-room lawyers” doesn’t work in these situations.

I’ve sufferred similar treatment in the past, and quickly came to the conclusion that even if they offerred me my job back then I’d tell them where to stuff it as I couldn’t face working for an organisation that treated staff so unfairly. But, by making them jump through all the hoops possible I did manage to put back my end date whilst being at home on “garden leave” and get another months salary out of them 😀 , which gave me a longer period in which to find another job.

Unfortunately redundancy is all too common these days, but treat it as part of life’s rich tapestry and a learning process, in five years time all your current aggro will (hopefully) seem such an insignificant issue you’ll wonder why it all seemed so important at the time.

Good luck – don’t let the bu99ers wear you down.

Paul F

P.S. In my case I had a month or so technically “between jobs” 🙁 but ended up in a new place earning significantly more 🙂 within six weeks of my official redundancy date, so who knows, you might just find things don’t work out as badly as you fear. Keep yer chin up mate.

Daz if you have formally received notice of redundancy ,i think your allowed time off for job searching ,check with your rep first.As for your predicament it looks like a case for constructive dismissal to me, your actions now depend on whether you want to still work ,there or grab the compo and run.
best of luck
dave

Good for you. Keep us updated as I’m sure I’m not the only one who is interested to see how it turns out and we have your welfare in mind.

Well, the union rep has been e-mailed….

So there you have it. A unanimous answer. Good luck for the future

Ditto. Stick it to the man!!!

Go for it mate and take them down. By the sound of things you have a very strong case indeed.

I’d go for it if I were you. Go for it big time. This sort of thing is far too common lately. My eldest suffered the same sort of thing a few years back. He was doing a job where he was asked to train someone to do his job and told to apply for the vacant position which would have meant promotion. In the end he was turned down for the promotion but the person he trained got the promotion and he was made redundant. We still don’t know to this day whether the fact that his boss was a woman and the trainee he was given was also female had any bearing but I have since heard that she always blocked promotion for men and promoted underqualified females.