My experience of Redundancy Reviews

2 years ago, the company I worked for went into liquidation. Having been with the company for five years already, and still thoroughly enjoying my job, it was an upsetting time. The company was small, and it was made up largely of the same people who had been there since the beginning when the company formed back in 1998. I became so attached ...  Read the complete review

My partner works in the motor trade which since the old recession hit has not be doing that great, having said this the garage he worked for was still making money & they always seemed to be busy. The garage was part of a franchise of three, one unit got sold off, this didn't ring any alarm bells as it was not making money so they got rid, ...  Read the complete review

I worked for a company that was a subsidary of a major bank and had been there for 8 1/2 years. We had rumours that things werent going too well and realised very quickly that something was happening at our company. This I must point out was a year before recession hit, and my personal opinion was that our company were well aware of this ...  Read the complete review

A lot of people have shared their amazing stores about redundancy, but mine is slightly different in that I'm going to discuss how other people's redundancy affected me. My previous job was for an independent catalogue company. Literally the day after I started, the first person in the team got made redundant; however it wasn't a ...  Read the complete review

This is my first non dooyoo miles review but I felt it was important to share my experience to others. This review is not actually about me but my partner who is waking up today to his first day ever of unemployment following being made redundant. I will be using this review to offer some hints and tips on how you can prepare and also support ...  Read the complete review

After taking a year off on maternity leave I decided I would return to work full time... - my husband had decided this all along, but I like to irritate him somewhat. Also, the compnay pauy a "return to work" payment - after being back from maternity leave for 3 motnhs you get 6 months worth of pay over the next 6 months. - Alot of money ...  Read the complete review

What an awful topic to write about but as I've gone through redundancy twice (nearly three times) I thought it was time to share my own feelings and opinions! The first time I was nearly made redundant was when I was 18 and working as a secretary in a small law firm, they were downsizing and I was last one in, first one out basically. ...  Read the complete review

Redundancy would normally be ok, were we not in the middle of a bloody recession! On the face of it you get some cash, get a new job, and move on. Except it isn't always that simple. I've been made redundant twice in the last six months. The first time it was ok because I have been there just 2 years and got a pay out, but that didn't last ...  Read the complete review

My experience of redundancy is based on my husbands very recent redundancy. I'll let you in on a few details about us so this review makes sense. Been with hubby for 10 years, got an 18mth old money eater (toddler), a morgage, finance on the car, an overdraft that we live in etc etc. Hubby has never been motivated enough to ...  Read the complete review

Redundancy is a horrible experience to go through and I wouldnt wish it on anyone, unfortunately however its happened to me once and twice sadly to my partner. In my case I was suddenly told I was out of a job almost 4 years ago. I had worked for my employer for 4 years and for the most part was very happy, I had a decent job with ...  Read the complete review

I've reached that "dangerous" age when it's always in your mind that you may be getting to the time in your life when working no longer becomes the most important thing. Whether or not you are actively thinking about retirement, inevitably the situation may be that if your employer is looking to reduce staff numbers, you must be an ...  Read the complete review

I remember Halloween 2002 incredibly well! Only the day before I had been over the moon as I had done a pregnancy test and discovered that I was pregnant with our first child. I couldn't believe it when 24 hours later my bubble burst entirely when my husband phoned me from his work to say that he had received the news that everyone dreads and that ...  Read the complete review

It was a Friday afternoon in mid March 2005 and thoughts were drifting to the approaching night’s debauchery and a weekend doing stuff with the kids when the little ping that tells me I have new mail went off on my PC. Given that in recent weeks my workload had reduced substantially and no new projects were on the horizon I was welcome of the ...  Read the complete review

This is a difficult issue to deal with and to write about. I’ve been on the receiving end of redundancy 3 times in my life, actually 3 times in the last 10 years and it’s not something I’d relish going through again anytime soon - actually never having to go through it again would be much more preferable. My first experience of being ...  Read the complete review

I've just noticed this topic and thought I'd share with you my experience of redundancy. Back in April of 2005 I decided it was time to move to another job if I could find one. For various reasons I ended up staying where I was and accepting promotion. I worked for a large credit card company and had been there for nearly 8 ...  Read the complete review