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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
During my working life I was made redundant four times but just went from one company to another with no downtime.
On the last occasion I said 'enough'. and started my own company working as a consultant and typically to the company that had just dumped me. Plus many of their customers who heard that I was a free agent and asked me to work directly for them.
Should have done it sooner
On the last occasion I said 'enough'. and started my own company working as a consultant and typically to the company that had just dumped me. Plus many of their customers who heard that I was a free agent and asked me to work directly for them.
Should have done it sooner
Like you, I was made redundant 4 times in my career - the first 2 times I went straight into better jobs but the last 2 incurred long periods out of work due to a combination of ageism by employers and obsolete IT skill portfolio.
The one lesson for everyone is that loyaly counts for nothing.
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I was made redundant for the first time at age 59 when the company went into administration. Not easy to get a decent job at that age even if you have a degree, but managed until I retired.
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I was made redundant straight after graduating as the company did not require any more mechanical engineers. Then again in 2000 aged 52 with cut backs in defence expenditure, but then I was fortunate to go straight into a good position with another company. Then took early retirement package as they needed to cut back before another 3 years with a marine consultancy and deciding time was right to final draw stumps in 2007.
Absolutely - bottom line is what's important. On each of the occasssions I was dumped the companies were doing just fine but wanted more.
This is particularly the case with North American companies in which I worked - hire and fire.
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Our son was made redundant from a large US pharmaceutical company just as Covid was ramping up in early 2020. He decided enough was enough and hasn’t worked since. Looks after the house and woodland.
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