Blimey -.I've been made redundant!

[StoneRoad]

Sorry to see your news ElizabethofYork .
My sympathy, having been through the process a few times [it sucks !].
There's some good advice up thread about union support and information about the whole process.

If you want to take up early retirement - I hope you can get the figures to work for you.
Perhaps look up what ACAS and others say about the statutory requirements, for both redundancy and retirement, Also, how to tell if the offered enhancements are a good deal.
{that's what my OH did when the school management cocked up, we did quite well out of it ...}

Best of Luck with it !

 

[Ax^]

sorry to hear this ..

good luck with what you chose to do next..

 

[petee]

very sorry to hear this and my sympathies. i was blindsided out of a job once, i can't describe the feeling.

 

[bcuster]

can you retire?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Sorry to hear this ElizabethofYork sounds like a terrible blow, especially considering your super long service. Should you want to find alternative employment, you will have lots of transferrable skills. But if the redundancy settlement allows, take some time to figure out what you want to do next, whether you'd like to use your skills and experience in a similar job in the same sector, or use your transferrable skills in a similar job in a different sector, or retrain to do something else, or maybe retire, although lots of people nowadays are opting for semi-retirement, finding part-time work, so that's also an option.

What were the most enjoyable aspects of your job? Which bits did you dislike the most?* What was your childhood ambition, ie When I grow up I want to be a...? What do you like doing with your spare time? Are there any hobbies you've wanted to take up but haven't had the time? Lots of people retrain and start second or third careers in their forties, fifties, even sixties. Have you ever hankered after becoming a novelist, or maybe fancied setting up a dog-walking or bakery business? I know people who've retrained or simply embarked on new careers to be humanist celebrants for weddings and funerals, personal trainers, novelists, travel agents, counsellors/psychotherapists, journalists, teachers of English as an additional language, etc.

* E.g. I find minute-taking a nightmare. I was in a job a few years ago where the previous incumbent had created 'light touch' minutes with minimal detail; months later when I was minuting meetings, one meeting degenerated into a shouting match as the parties disputed what each other had agreed to in a meeting months ago, and they all had different recollections. But then when I sought to avoid a reoccurrence by writing up more detailed minutes as to who had agreed what, I was told off for 'writing War and Peace' and not being concise enough. Can't win. If I see a job ad/job description with minute-taking in it, I shudder, and now I'd rather avoid the hassle and the grief.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Sorry to hear this ElizabethofYork - can imagine the shock after 28 years, even if you knew redundancies were coming.

Hope the numbers add up to let you take early retirement.

 

[editor]

I've been at my university job for 28 years. Feeling numb at the.moment.

I'm sorry to hear that. It fucking sucks getting laid off/made redundant/sacked, and I can't imagine what it must be like after being there for so long.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

I've been made redundant four times. Two were a complete shock, two expected. Each time it turned out for the best, as it happened. I know it doesn't have to turn out good, but there's every chance it will.
Peace and love.

 

[Cloo]

I'm sorry ElizabethofYork - it's a particularly awful time in the university world right now

 

[BigMoaner]

So sorry to hear that.