Redundancy/Compromise agreement
Discussion
There's a strong possibility I'm looking at redundancy/compromise agreement, and I wanted to see if you had any advice for me.
Background:
Have been employed in a significant role at my current place for 3.5 years. The last 2 years have been particularly challenging, culminating in me running 5 departments with no extra money. I did raise this directly with both MD & CEO on several occasions.
There had been discussions about me moving into a different role, focusing upon operations, which I was happy to do. This took place in September/October 2016. At the time I asked how I could still get a bonus, and I was told by the MD that he would "work something out". To be clear, I have worked with the MD at a previous company and had no reason to doubt his word.
Fast forward to 1st November 2016, my payslip came with £0 bonus. I queried this with him, and was told that moving into an Operations role meant that there was no bonus. I stated at the time that it felt asthough I was being managed out, especially as the bonus has been removed, when he indicated it wouldn't. Ultimately he was vague in his response, but stated no.
I decided not to pursue this with HR, as I would start looking for another role in the new year, and simply didn't want the added hassle.
Two weeks ago I had a 1-2-1, first in 6 months, at which point the MD states that we haven't communicated over the past 6-7 months, and he wanted to get our cards on the table. He mentioned that he's not getting value out of me, to which I agreed, as he has me doing a role that doesn't require much input, and I'm running a department, of which I have no in-depth technical knowledge about what they do, and it is of little interest to me/outside of my skill set. This I might add has been made clear from day 1.
He basically said that if he's not getting value, then he has to look at redundancy/compromise, but before he does that, we should both think about the options.
What I was hoping to gain, were thoughts on the following:
1) From what I've described, would you consider, or think that a tribunal would consider I have been managed out of the business, especially as I lost the chance to earn a monthly bonus without any form of consultation. Indeed I found out after the event, eventhough he advised me that he would "work something out".
2) I am on a 3 month notice period, and ACAS have advised me that I should receive the 3 months + redundancy. I also have a bonus, which has already been secured, but is payable on 1st October, so do you think it is possible to receive: 3 months + stat redundancy of 4 years + bonus as my package.
In honesty, I am ready to leave, and providing I get a fair package, I don't have a problem and don't want to cause waves, so securing the right and fair package for me is critical.
Your help/advice is much appreciated.
Background:
Have been employed in a significant role at my current place for 3.5 years. The last 2 years have been particularly challenging, culminating in me running 5 departments with no extra money. I did raise this directly with both MD & CEO on several occasions.
There had been discussions about me moving into a different role, focusing upon operations, which I was happy to do. This took place in September/October 2016. At the time I asked how I could still get a bonus, and I was told by the MD that he would "work something out". To be clear, I have worked with the MD at a previous company and had no reason to doubt his word.
Fast forward to 1st November 2016, my payslip came with £0 bonus. I queried this with him, and was told that moving into an Operations role meant that there was no bonus. I stated at the time that it felt asthough I was being managed out, especially as the bonus has been removed, when he indicated it wouldn't. Ultimately he was vague in his response, but stated no.
I decided not to pursue this with HR, as I would start looking for another role in the new year, and simply didn't want the added hassle.
Two weeks ago I had a 1-2-1, first in 6 months, at which point the MD states that we haven't communicated over the past 6-7 months, and he wanted to get our cards on the table. He mentioned that he's not getting value out of me, to which I agreed, as he has me doing a role that doesn't require much input, and I'm running a department, of which I have no in-depth technical knowledge about what they do, and it is of little interest to me/outside of my skill set. This I might add has been made clear from day 1.
He basically said that if he's not getting value, then he has to look at redundancy/compromise, but before he does that, we should both think about the options.
What I was hoping to gain, were thoughts on the following:
1) From what I've described, would you consider, or think that a tribunal would consider I have been managed out of the business, especially as I lost the chance to earn a monthly bonus without any form of consultation. Indeed I found out after the event, eventhough he advised me that he would "work something out".
2) I am on a 3 month notice period, and ACAS have advised me that I should receive the 3 months + redundancy. I also have a bonus, which has already been secured, but is payable on 1st October, so do you think it is possible to receive: 3 months + stat redundancy of 4 years + bonus as my package.
In honesty, I am ready to leave, and providing I get a fair package, I don't have a problem and don't want to cause waves, so securing the right and fair package for me is critical.
Your help/advice is much appreciated.
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