I got made redundant at a job I loved/hated I travelled the world installing and commissioning expensive scientific instruments , the science and engineering was wonderful,being away from home for months at a time on my own was no fun. Like the OP I wondered how I was going to support my family , fortunately I walked onto another job , which I kept for 20 years , equally rewarding without the long distance travel. It taught me that loyalty counts for nothing and as one door closes another will open . To Saxo I'm glad its worked out OK , read the contract carefully as once you accept the new job with a different company then the redundancy money disappears as its deemed you have left the job, and accrued years are lost. A colleague who was also made redundant at the same time explained this to me ( we were offered jobs with associated companies) fortunately ( in hindsight) there wasn't a suitable position for me at one of the other companies