Redundancy & applying for other "at risk" roles

[Baconbonce]

Hi,

The company my wife works for has made her job at risk and she is currently going through a consultation period and she will have to reapply for her role.

There are 3 different job titles at risk - eg. Project Managers, Co-Ordinators & Administrators (not the real ones)

She has been told that anyone whose job is at risk can apply for any of the at risk jobs - even if they don't currently perform that role. So a Project Manager could apply for an Administrator role if they desired and vice versa.

Does this sound normal - sounds somewhat unfair to me?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Paul

[edc]

This sounds like a bumped redundancy scenario where effectively people move down a level and you lose the people from the bottom. Technically this can fall foul of the procedures.

[Cmof]

Bumped redundancy can indeed be fair, but it depends entirely on the circumstances of the case. She should seek advice if not happy.

[fridaypassion]

My Mrs is just going through this at the moment. It's a horrible process and causes such a lot of stress for everyone. In a way it would be better if these employers just made a fecking decision on who stays and who goes and just cracks on with implementing it.

[Baconbonce]

Thanks for the replies - never come across bumped redundancy before so going to be reading up on that.

Will definitely be keeping an eye on how they handle the whole process.

Turns out they all either have to do either a 15 minute presentation or a paper on what they can bring to the job - they have all been doing the jobs for years!

Crazy waste of time and there's a cost saving right there!

Agree that they should just crack on with it and get it over and done with.

Edited by Baconbonce on Wednesday 22 June 08:38