Little rant...

[Clanger]

It's my last week of my job, I am being made redundant, and although I have been in my job for a year, had the keys to the door, trusted to keep the shop running until the manager gets in, trusted to do the work and do my best so far...all of a sudden, because it's my final week I am being treated like an imbecile.

Grrr it gets my goat.

I have been forthcoming and told my regular customers I am going, and they have all been really sweet, some have even offered me character references which is great, but my manager is treating me like something else...!

So that's why I'm online instead of doing work. Sod 'em!!! I would usually have got two or three pieces of work done by now...but if he wants to treat me like a child, that I'm untrustworthy, well I'm damned if I am going to work when he's not here!!!
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[Kwaks]

My sympathies, but by behaving as he expects then are you not proving him correct?
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[Hetzer]

[the grim reaper]

Unfortunately, you are probably being judged by the conduct of others. I know of several people in a company I used to work for who became very light fingered after they were told they were being made redundant. Don't take it personally, although I would do what you are doing and think 'Sod 'em'. Put your feet up and relax

Cheers

Grim
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[AngelGrinder]

Look up garden/gardening leave. I'm pretty sure it allows you to leave and go job hunting, while still getting paid until your redundancy date. I may be wrong...
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[Feasty]

I'm currently part of an 11 man team in which 3 members have been given voluntary redundancy and next week is their last week. They've since done bugger all work and spend the entire time on the internet and ignoring phones. The managers don't bother them and I'm supposed to pull them up if they don't answer phones and keep the work going.

Bugger that... I'd be doing the exact same thing if I were in their shoes anyway!

The rest of the team are now training up contractors to replace them...
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(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[bazza]

Bazza's rule of employers #1: There is no employer on the planet who wouldn't sack an employee in a heartbeat if they thought it would protect/increase their profits. Not one.
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[kawashima]

I'm sorry to hear that. I remember you are working for a cleaning shop as a submanager.
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[Handsome]

In other words he's had you doing part of his job for twelve months and now the place is going tits up he has to be showing he's doing his job and has done for the twelve months you've been there...
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[unitybiker]

steal all the knowledge and buissness practice and apply for a job at another dry cleaners , unfortunatley in that line of work there's litlle of value to steal ,unless you are a transvestitie ,or do the math and work out is it worth having the keys copied so you can nip back at a later date and steal the computer.

[unitybiker]

or is it time for a work related injury ,that cleaning solvent stuff is bound to have casulties .If so do'nt use work net to enquire for symtoms and a good solicitor as the boss will have the records of net traffic .If you've enquired already then to do the work related injury you''ll have to steal the p.c. anyway. Have you used up all your sick entitlement.Because of your work relatied injury he 's closing the shop before he has to pay compo to you ,thus imcriminating himself.

[Flip]

Being good at your job doesn't save it in this situations unfortunately. Cock smoking on the other hand... I've seen many a good lad lose his job because he didn't smoke the cock but the lads that say 'yes' a lot (and often can't do the job properly) somehow keep theirs. People that may have had a run in with management at some point usually go as well. Funny that.

(Big) Companies love redundancies.

[pa_broon74]

Employers get very skittish with those they've made redundant in the last few days of their time.

I remember when I left Fujitsu, I resigned giving one months notice, they besically wouldn't allow me to do anything. On the last day I was essentially frog marched from the building after having been threatened with a strip search for all the access cards we used to need to service POS equipment in post offices.

It's par for the course, I couldn't help thinking they were just miffed I was leaving even although my last few months were extremely adversarial. The management really were shitheads, they kept asking if I was sure I was doing the right thing. I said yes, superannuated pension, 37.5hr working week versus shit pension, 60+ hrs only partially paid and you want me to commute weekly to Hull from Edinburgh? I think it's a good move...


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Didn't catch anything.

[Darth]

Anybody who leaves my work be it through there own will or against it is escorted briefly to their desk and then straight out of the building! lots of trade secrets in oilfield chemicals apparently. I have a good number of the formulations in my head anyway
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[Clanger]

[Harold_Shand]

Take everything which is not nailed down.

It's the rules.
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Harold_Shand's theory might be the best explanation.

[BenR]

If he's being arsey with you it's probably to upset you enough so that you just walk out, thus he doesn't have to give you any redundancy.
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[Paivi]

[Clanger]

Paivi - my boss is selling the business. So there is no job for me anymore. What the new owner does is his choice. The business was not sold with me included.

It's okay, I have already checked my rights.

As it is, they said 'according to my contract, they were obliged to give me 4 weeks redundancy notice.' But they didn't read it very well, because it actually states one weeks notice. But I didn't point this out for obvious reasons.
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[Skudd]

when I was made redundant after 20 years of being in one of the most highly trusted positions, they all but kept me away from anything that involved honesty for the last month. It was funny though that they had to keep coming to me to do the sensitive stuff as they didn't have a clue. It was even funnier that in the last week I was there that they had a raid, Only £8k was taken, they knew it couldn't have been me as there was £450k in the room that they missed................... I wouldn't have.
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[kawashima]

[Raffles]

[quote="AngelGrinder"]Look up garden/gardening leave. I'm pretty sure it allows you to leave and go job hunting, while still getting paid until your redundancy date. I may be wrong...[/quote]

I think that you may indeed be wrong. I can't be bothered to Google it but as far as I am aware gardening leave isn't optional. Gardening leave is imposed upon an employee whilst they are serving their notice. It means that the employer does not want the employee on the work premises but does not want them to work for someone else whilst they are on notice and still being paid. It is called gardening leave because that is pretty well all that you are allowed to do, tend the garden!
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[Handsome]

You are allowed time off to attend interviews as I've done it at two work places in the past when they've gone belly up, don't think it's called anything specific and I think it's only to attend an interview not to actually job hunt, I could well be wrong on that point though...
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[colin1]

Places where I have been let go from, they are so proficient at letting go of staff, and used to people being miffed, that they literally escort you off the premises on the day you get the news.

Makes sense really, as you arent going to get much work out of someone who is being let go.

I'm a bit shocked at skudd betraying is scouse roots and not having a try for £450k.

Any self respecting scouser, would rob a student for 10p, so leaving an employer who just let you go with £450k, seems a bit out of character
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[Skudd]