been a crap day

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:53 pm

today was called into a meeting at work, and we have all been made redundant and put on 90 day garden leave with immediate effect

quite a strange feeling really almost stuck in Limbo[/list]

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:18 pm

Sorry to hear that. At least it'll tide you over Xmas and with a New Year, a fresh start.

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:23 pm

thanks for that, just going to attempt to sit out the 90 days and then look for another job after the end of March (when the 90 days is up) so if anyone needs a hand with anything let me know

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:32 pm

Excuse my stupidity, what is garden leave?

In any event, I suppose that you have 3 months paid leave which I better than nowt. I make it the end of Feb though Mark, not March.

Post by **Ben** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:39 pm

Sorry to hear it mate.

Garden leave - it's a theorectical working period for you to not come into work but still be paid by the company

Auto-fibre · Post by **Auto-fibre** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:52 pm

Sorry to here that mate - good luck in finding something else.

Dwayne

Beanpotter · Post by **Beanpotter** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:58 pm

murano3 wrote:Sorry to hear it mate.

Garden leave - it's a theorectical working period for you to not come into work but still be paid by the company

I think it also means that you're not supposed to work for anyone else during that time either, hense the time stipulation.

ScoobieWRX · Post by **ScoobieWRX** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:47 pm

If i were you i would make smart use of my garden leave and look for another job whilst you are being paid for the pleasure. Don't wait till March because if it takes you 3 months to find a job anyway and you wait until the garden leave is over you have then eaten up 3ths of redundancy pay when instead you could have 3mths redundancy money still in the bank.

Then once you have found a job choose to give yourself a couple of weeks holiday before you start anew and you can blow the rest of the money on some choice mods for your pride & joy

:D:D

On Garden Leave so long as you make yourself available for work with just a few hours notice required from your employer you can more or less do what you want. Howeever you cannot take a holiday during that time unless you have holidays owing to you, e.g. if you were owed 5 weeks holiday there is no reason why you couldn't take the last 5 weeks of garden leave off, booked as holidays owed to you.

Work smarter not harder :thumb:

Advice given free of charge by R & D Technical Recruitment

ndwall · Post by **ndwall** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:10 pm

Sorry to hear the news. Do you work for NU ? A few of my ex colleagues find out on Monday, I have escaped it this time.

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:27 am

Really sorry to hear that mate, find out myself on monday.