Author Archives: PF
Live!
This website went live at 1600 on Friday 17th July. My ex-company told me that I was at risk of redundancy on Monday, 15th June 20, and I thought about creating this site shortly after that meeting. But, realising that I didn’t’ have much content, I decided to give myself a few weeks before goingContinueContinue reading “Live!”
A summary of the redundancy process
The redundancy process is complicated and will differ between person to person. You can find a detailed description of the process and its rules and regulations on the gov.uk website. The following though is a summary of that process, from a friend who works in HR. They regularly have to go through the redundancy processContinueContinue reading “A summary of the redundancy process”
A recruiters view on CV’s
When it comes to CV’s, each recruiter looks at a CV differently. We all have different preferences and respond positively to different things, so you’ll never please everyone all of the time, but these are things I look for when I review a CV. My personal preference is to start with the oldest job firstContinueContinue reading “A recruiters view on CV’s”
It’s the end of the world as we know it….
Today is the last day I’ll be officially working for my company. At 5 pm, I’ll be unemployed. I’ll be on my own, and the uncertainty cranks up a little. I’ve had to do the modern equivalent of clearing my desk, deleting old files from my laptop, uninstalling the company VPN and sending back keysContinueContinue reading “It’s the end of the world as we know it….”
Notes from meeting 3 : Follow up to my email
Thursday 25/06/20 Not very positive. I think I held my own, but this is the first time things got a little heated. The highlight was my Line Manager, who is terrible in situations like this. Ums, urrs, always looks down, never looks directly into the camera, etc. Trying to share her desktop and in doingContinueContinue reading “Notes from meeting 3 : Follow up to my email”
The many disappeared
Saturday 20th June 20 My ex-company is the type where people disappear without warning. There tends to be a proclamation heralded by horn playing cherubs when someone joins. Emails and press releases that extol their previous work, life and achievements are circulated. But very very little when they leave. Sometimes there’s nothing. They vanish firstContinueContinue reading “The many disappeared”
Random things I’m going to miss
Listening to Wittertainment on the car radioCatching up with people in the kitchen when I used to make a cup of teaOveruse of drive-through StarbucksListening to the company receptionist being polite to callers, only to start verbally (and very loudly) berating them as soon as they hung upCommunal boxes of biscuits Calling home and telling myContinueContinue reading “Random things I’m going to miss”
Notes from meeting 2 : Start of Consultation period
17th June 20 This meeting was the second meeting in the process and followed the ‘You’re at a notice of redundancy meeting’ last week. It formally started the ‘consultation period.’ Similar to the last meeting, my advice was to listen, but start to ask any challenging questions if there was a chance. It was myContinueContinue reading “Notes from meeting 2 : Start of Consultation period”
There maybe (money) trouble ahead….
Tuesday 16th June 2020 Another retrospective post. It took me a while to come up with this plan, but I wanted to mention it towards the start of my Blog, where it was most relevant. Also, as ‘the plan’ uses the amount of money in my final redundancy package, I needed to know that figureContinueContinue reading “There maybe (money) trouble ahead….”
Welcome to my journey through redundancy 