Redundant

[thered]

Latest news...the reps have just had a meeting with the management and they feel that it's as far as they can go....full pay redundo..full pay lue notice..hols ....and 60 days at full pay tax free...if we rap things up for wed they will give us nother 500 tax free....mmmmmm ?20,000 or there abouts.....I'm happy.....just need to get another job now...think I'll have a wee break first though



thanks for your input guy's..most appreciated

well thats not a bad package at all gives yo time for a jolly and bide your time till the right job pops up

well done m8

[yamar1]

when you have been settled, make sure if you claim jobseekers allowance you ask for CONTRIBUTIONS BASED JOBSEEKERS, you can claim that even if you have loads of money in the bank (as long as your NI is up to date), you get it for 6 months then it goes onto income based where you probley wont be ellageble with 20k in the bank (shite i know) as they will expect you to use the savings.

[ruudvandan]

you probley wont be ellageble with 20k in the bank (shite i know) as they will expect you to use the savings.

unless you "spend" it first ;D

[Lainie]

dont tell them you got redundancy money. i was never asked for bank statements etc when i got made redundant 2 yrs ago. mind you to be on the safe side id open another act and put it there.. after 26 weeks it does become income based. pm me if i can help. i cant say too much on the open forum!!

[jasbo7]

Cheers guy's....got the guys from the job center into the work yesterday to give us the heads up on what we do and what to claim but its a bit of a mine field so we all made individual appointments to see them at another time if need be....We officially finish on the 31st March but i think they might let us go late on next week......hopefully have a word on Saturday Lainie if its still on...pm me where

[jasbo7]

Well thats us finished...they let us go early and paying us till the 31st....we now have to wait on a letter with the redundancy payments and a ''compromise agreement'' which we have to get to a lawyer to brief us on the details. The usual guff will be on it i suppose ...like ''you cant do this or do that'' but who cares really.....they wont release any money till we sign.....so wheres the dotted line.

[smirnoff_rules]

sorry to hear this m8 .. l wonder if u will be voting for labour this year ?

[jasbo7]

Phoned jobcenterplus this morning and after waiting 10 mins to get though this nice welsh lassie started to take some details but because there was some info i could not get my hands on she said we could not carry on and that i would need to call again later with the info. This was after going down in person to the center and being told i cant just walk in and fill out the forms, you have to phone up first, give some details then wait for another appointment then fill in another form which might take up another hour.....what a rigmarol...( like that word )..but it might get me ?64 a week jobseekers

[patkins]

Get all you can get Jasbo, it`s payback time.

[melloned]

Well thats us finished...they let us go early and paying us till the 31st....we now have to wait on a letter with the redundancy payments and a ''compromise agreement'' which we have to get to a lawyer to brief us on the details. The usual guff will be on it i suppose ...like ''you cant do this or do that'' but who cares really.....they wont release any money till we sign.....so wheres the dotted line.

Always a sad day when you walk away for the last time Jasbo Mate , if like my last place there were loads of good mates and characters , that gave you a helping hand and a few laughs along the way. Good luck with your job hunting , i know it's not easy , but try to get fixed up asap , as the state make it very awkward to claim anything , unless you've come from a foreign country without a pot to piss in ! and as Jok says , the longer you leave it , the more you get used to it .

[milkker]

hi guys been temp laid off for 6weeks now got letter today start back 4week time not so bad least its back

[jasbo7]

You gotta do the form filling over the phone first jas, this takes aboot an hour and they ask you same questions a few times but in different guises

Then they will send you an appointment for the desk stuff at the jobcentre, this also takes aboot an hour and they will ask you how you are looking for work etc, in your cases your reading locals and nationals papers and getting local weekly job paper, asking friends family, your registered with various agencys and your scouring the net and using the jobcentre website yada yada yada.

I'm surprised she has asked you to call back with the added info she needs, with me the one's I could not answer on phone she said to bring details to the desk interview???

JoK

ffs you were right m8, just spent the last 50 min on phone and no further forward...got to take the details i dont know off hand to the other interview next tuesday morning...this is a right pain in the ass ...but heyho

[milkker]

hope you find work soon jasbo i hate being off drives me right round the bend

[jasbo7]

hope you find work soon jasbo i hate being off drives me right round the bend

nah m8 i could suffer never working again but i could'nt afford it....i've got lots to get me by during the day(golf and doing nothin)....but glad your going back for now anyways

[jasbo7]

been there m8, read para2 of ma last post, cos thats what's coming next m8

You'll see one person first to confirm you are who you are and check your missing details.

Then you get to see your "Personal Advisor" there great they talk shite and ask you silly questions, just humour them m8, they also have security guards in there to stop them beeing bitch slapped

JoK

yeh m8 saw 3 gaurds when i went into the job center this morning...whats all that about...in sayin that some of the carachters that were wondering around were ..ahem..suspicious to say the least...hope to hell i can get a job befrore that next interview...it's going to do ma nut in