Im still here but feel bad.
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Come in to the office this morning and everything has been fine running smooth, and all of a sudden half the office has been made redundant it has come totally out the blue.
We knew that there where redundancies to be made but each time the business had said they will make the final cut they have backed out saying that they still have not made a choice, and now like i said today half the office has been given thier marching orders.
Now most of them who have gone are all good friends and we didn't expect to be told what was happening until friday, and i feel bad and upset that 1. Im still here and 2. most of my work friends have now gone
We knew that there where redundancies to be made but each time the business had said they will make the final cut they have backed out saying that they still have not made a choice, and now like i said today half the office has been given thier marching orders.
Now most of them who have gone are all good friends and we didn't expect to be told what was happening until friday, and i feel bad and upset that 1. Im still here and 2. most of my work friends have now gone
petrol_penelope said:
Come in to the office this morning and everything has been fine running smooth, and all of a sudden half the office has been made redundant it has come totally out the blue.
We knew that there where redundancies to be made but each time the business had said they will make the final cut they have backed out saying that they still have not made a choice, and now like i said today half the office has been given thier marching orders.
Now most of them who have gone are all good friends and we didn't expect to be told what was happening until friday, and i feel bad and upset that 1. Im still here and 2. most of my work friends have now gone
sometimes it's tough being the ones left behind - odd sensation to watch your mates leave. The office will be different next week, along with the missing faces there is feeling that 'next time ...'. It's an odd mixture of emotions and insecurity that something like this creates. ( In some respects it is not unlike survivors guilt ..) We knew that there where redundancies to be made but each time the business had said they will make the final cut they have backed out saying that they still have not made a choice, and now like i said today half the office has been given thier marching orders.
Now most of them who have gone are all good friends and we didn't expect to be told what was happening until friday, and i feel bad and upset that 1. Im still here and 2. most of my work friends have now gone
I know its really wierd, everyone (Whos not left) has just switched off and a couple of them (girls) who have shed a couple of tears.
And aswell because it was out the blue it was a complete shock to us all, Not alot of words have exchanged between people, they have pretty much packed it a fudged off.
And aswell because it was out the blue it was a complete shock to us all, Not alot of words have exchanged between people, they have pretty much packed it a fudged off.
This can go either of two ways. Either those jobs were actually necessary and the business will fail, or those jobs were in fact redundant, the challenge you need to meet is different and the business will go from strength to strength now it's better suited to meet those challenges.
I've been there, and I hope it's the latter. Sometimes it really is, but the redundancies have to have been part of a comprehensive refocussing of the business, and not just the only step in a cost-cutting program.
I've been there, and I hope it's the latter. Sometimes it really is, but the redundancies have to have been part of a comprehensive refocussing of the business, and not just the only step in a cost-cutting program.
petrol_penelope said:
they have pretty much packed it a fudged off.
So you might say they were fudge packers?Happened to me twice (in my last 2 jobs), both times it worked out for the best and I ended up with sizeable pay rises in the subsequent jobs, along with a ncie payoff.
It's not always bad. I actually felt sorry for the ones still there
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