Losing My Job

[DrBlueBob]

My advice is not to brick any windows or torch anything until the redundancy money has been lodged in his account.

You used to be fun, you've changed. :-)

 

[aguero93:20]

You used to be fun, you've changed. :-)

Money is important mate, loads of time to brick and burn after he gets it, especially if he hasn't found a new job yet.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

My advice is not to brick any windows or torch anything until the redundancy money has been lodged in his account.

Well der

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Hi mate.

Thanks for the sound advice firstly. It is pretty much how I see it with whatever I say tomorrow being completely irrelevant. They are offering me two months redundancy and two weeks pay (one for every year I have been with the company) and I am assuming that I will be out at the end of May with the already mentioned redundancy and other payment. I am going to try and spin them for another weeks pay as I have been there for two and-a-half years service.

This isn't quite as good as i first read it. The standard can be worked out using the Gov websites - links below. Still i'm guessing you are only entitled to a couple of weeks pay and they are offering 2 months +.

I stand by what i said above - a lawyer will pick holes in the process - what your employer is saying and doing and make a claim for constructive dismissal or something similar. They are often settled as employers tend to just pay people off to avoid the process. Its cheaper to give someone £xk than go to tribunal. That said they might not settle and the further it goes; 1) the longer you go with no payout and 2) you're in limbo as you cant quit (you will be advised to go to work or go off sick).


https://www.gov.uk/staff-redundant/redundancy-pay
Statutory redundancy pay rates
These are based on an employee’s age and length of employment and are counted back from the date of dismissal.
Employees get:

• 1.5 weeks’ pay for each full year of employment after their 41st birthday
• a week’s pay for each full year of employment after their 22nd birthday
• half a week’s pay for each full year of employment up to their 22nd birthday

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-redundancy-pay/y

 

[DrBlueBob]

Money is important mate, loads of time to brick and burn after he gets it, especially if he hasn't found a new job yet.

Oh sorry, that was a serious post? Good advice in that case. Definitely wait until after the redundancy monies have been paid before committing vandalism and arson.
Can he smash his secretary's back doors in or is that crossing a line??

 

[aguero93:20]

Oh sorry, that was a serious post? Good advice in that case. Definitely wait until after the redundancy monies have been paid before committing vandalism and arson.
Can he smash his secretary's back doors in or is that crossing a line??

Depends. For all we know the OP could be differently sexually inclined, we shouldn't make assumptions.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Depends. For all we know the OP could be differently sexually inclined, we shouldn't make assumptions.

You don't know his secretary. The only assumption I made was that any reference to bricking and torching was made in jest.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Depends. For all we know the OP could be differently sexually inclined, we shouldn't make assumptions.

Says the poster assuming the secretary is female?

 

[aguero93:20]

Says the poster assuming the secretary is female?

No. Whatever gender the secretary identifies with, it might not be compatible with the OP's preferences.

 

[Indaparkside]

People have had experience of this before and some people work in recruitment and HR and can offer sound advice. There's a wide range of knowledge on here and why not tap into it?

No disrespect but think I’d rather talk to acast:)