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A cheerful subject.....redundancy- update.
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:20 pm
by Danny@APT
Anyone on here got any experience of it, or know/understand what's likely to happen (as in payout)?
You hear of it in the news a lot now, but you hope to never have it happen.
It seems after much deliberation that one or more of us in the workshop are going to have to be let go, and although my position 'should' be safe, I'd like to know what to expect.
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:31 pm
by Ben
Yes, I work for a company where this threat occurs every 6 months.
Basic rules in our place are 1 months untaxed money for every year you've worked. Plus 3 months money.
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:26 pm
by alexb
It's tax free up to
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:39 pm
by Mike Broadbent
0.5 week
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:37 pm
by Danny@APT
If it happens, I hope they go down the payment route of Murano3's company...9 years service +3 months=
Might be able to afford an Evo then...lol :twisted:
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:39 pm
by gary@apt
sure you'll be ok danny,is things get rough i have some contacts in motor trade always looking for good staff
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:47 pm
by Danny@APT
Cheers Gary.
Thing is no-one feels 100% safe as there isn't really any 'easy targets'- even the Top Tech is nervous as if they base it on efficiency/ hours sold/ wage costs, then he and myself are screwed despite nearly 20 years Fiat experience between us.
Should know more by the Dyno day, might have to have a chat then!
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:25 pm
by Danny@APT
Well, it's happened sooner than we thought it would. We all got called up to the boardroom at 3pm to be told they'd made their decision and were going to be speaking to us individually later.
Needless to say it's a good thing there weren't any urgent jobs to do as we couldn't do much but stand about feeling stunned and nervous.
The casualties were; the workshop controller, one Alfa Tech, one apprentice, and one of the older Tech's (currently at another site) going part-time.
All in all, not a good day.... and although my position is safe, I feel like crap.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:56 pm
by maff
glad you kept your job though mate... or you may have wound up with dan at mitsi, i think hes twigged its more shoguns and lardyness than ftos and evo goodness there.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:14 pm
by Danny@APT
maff wrote:glad you kept your job though mate... or you may have wound up with dan at mitsi, i think hes twigged its more shoguns and lardyness than ftos and evo goodness there.
I heard rumours of Inchscape shedding Tech's, didn't know Dan was one of them. Poor bloke's not been lucky with jobs the last few years.
Do you know if any of the other guys we know went too? I'll have to get on Live over the weekend to catch-up.
