Redundancy

[JeMeSouviens]

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Where are you located just now? No chance of having to relocate?

My old job was Edinburgh based. I usually did 3 days in the office, 2 at home. In the new one I am the only person in Scotland. There are a few others scattered around Europe and down south, an Aussie and some Bay Area Americans. We’re going to move up north next year. I’ve always wanted to live closer to the mountains. Less Hibs though.

[McD]

I finished up on the 31st, they couldn’t get rid of us quick enough, or so it felt.

I've applied for 5 jobs, not heard a peep back from any of them so far (still fairly early days to be fair).


I'm really struggling with not having a purpose or proper routine, which is being exacerbated by being stuck in the house, and crappy weather/places being shut so can’t even take the wee one out somewhere to get a break from it all.

[Keith_M]

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My old job was Edinburgh based. I usually did 3 days in the office, 2 at home. In the new one I am the only person in Scotland. There are a few others scattered around Europe and down south, an Aussie and some Bay Area Americans. We’re going to move up north next year. I’ve always wanted to live closer to the mountains. Less Hibs though.

So completely remote, then. I think a lot more jobs are going to go that way.


It's nice that it gives you the chance to move up north, though.

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I finished up on the 31st, they couldn’t get rid of us quick enough, or so it felt.

I've applied for 5 jobs, not heard a peep back from any of them so far (still fairly early days to be fair).


I'm really struggling with not having a purpose or proper routine, which is being exacerbated by being stuck in the house, and crappy weather/places being shut so can’t even take the wee one out somewhere to get a break from it all.

Yeah, I know the feeling, as I'm on 'Gardening Leave' just now.

[Keith_M]

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I was fortunate enough to get a job with a previous employer, albeit at a lower level than when I was with them previously and also meaning I have to travel for nearly two hours a day in total to get there. It really isn’t great, but it’s something at least.

I’ve been applying for other roles for the last five month but I’m finding it increasingly frustrating. As someone who has worked in hospitality and retail for my whole career, jobs in those sectors are incredibly few and far between at the moment and other sectors are not looking at people from outwith their own, regardless of experience and transferable skills.

And that’s feedback from the ones that even reply. I reckon 95% of the roles I’ve applied for don’t see any kind of response at all, not even to say ‘thanks but no thanks’.

That's a bit crap, mate. A simple 'thank you for your application' E-Mail wouldn't kill them.

I think the employment market in general is going to be depressed for a while but hopefully we'll have some sort of recovery when people are vaccinated and things start getting nearer to normality again.

[Allant1981]

Must be horrendous for people losing jobs just now(any time really) I have recently advertised for 20 hour part time posts and the qualifications that some of the applicants had was unreal and very over qualified, where as previously 20 hour posts were very hard to fill. Hopefully all those who have lost their jobs get something sorted soon

[McD]

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Yeah, I know the feeling, as I'm on 'Gardening Leave' just now.

yeah that’s kind of where I’m at. Officially left on the 31st, but 3 months pilon (which will be paid at the end of January), would like to have found something before then (even though the tax will be a mess), and then be able to move on in a positive fashion rather than this crappy limbo

[Allant1981]

If anyone is looking for a fixed term post for the next 6 months working at the mass vaccination sites in lothian have a squint on the nhs website(porter supervisor mass vaccination site) as I've just asked for it to be advertised again, might be of use to someone out of work just now. Don't be put off with the job title as its not really logistics work

[Keith_M]

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If anyone is looking for a fixed term post for the next 6 months working at the mass vaccination sites in lothian have a squint on the nhs website(logistics supervisor) as I've just asked for it to be advertised again, might be of use to someone out of work just now. Don't be put off with the job title as its not really logistics work

Logistics Supervisor/Helipad Operative



Helipad Operative?

[Allant1981]

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Logistics Supervisor/Helipad Operative



Helipad Operative?

That's not my one, but I'm sure we could get a helicopter on the eicc

[WeeRussell]

Mental how many folk it’s happening to on here. It’s round the corner at my work too, but would have been happening with or without covid it seems.

Personally I don’t plan on sticking around anyway, so it’s my intention to volunteer should the opportunity arise, but hopefully it takes long enough that I can remain working as close as possible to when the world opens up, and allows me to look at going abroad ASAP e.g. I’m qualified to teach English as a foreign language and with a redundancy package just about clearing credit cards etc, I would be happy to get away and give that a go.

I am someone with no children, mortgage or ties other than a fair bit of debt to clear going back to student days. I understand for most it’s not as simple as that and plenty of my colleagues will be stressing over this for the next few months in what is already a difficult time.

Fingers crossed it works out for all those concerned about their position.

[Hibrandenburg]

Up nice and early for day 1 of 5 months of retraining. First 1 month in the classroom then it's out on the roads. Minus 12 outside so glad to be doing a month of theory first. If all goes well I should have the fast track apprenticeship and state exam completed by June.

[ronaldo7]

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Up nice and early for day 1 of 5 months of retraining. First 1 month in the classroom then it's out on the roads. Minus 12 outside so glad to be doing a month of theory first. If all goes well I should have the fast track apprenticeship and state exam completed by June.

Guid luck. 👍

[Hibrandenburg]

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Guid luck. 👍

Thanks Ron!

[Keith_M]

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Up nice and early for day 1 of 5 months of retraining. First 1 month in the classroom then it's out on the roads. Minus 12 outside so glad to be doing a month of theory first. If all goes well I should have the fast track apprenticeship and state exam completed by June.

Keep on truckin'!

[Santa Cruz]

I'm not sure if there is a thread for job opportunities, so I'll post on here. It's not a job as such, just a money making opp. Edinburgh Council (and I presume other LA's) are recruiting for election staff - polling clerks etc. I can't do it this time and it is traditionally a lot of retired people who usually help out and they may be excluded due to covid, so there may be more vacancies than normal for that reason. Money isn't too bad as a one of payment, I think it was about £180 before tax (might be slightly wrong), it is a long 15 hour shift, but an easy one. Email address I have for enquiring about a position in Edinburgh is [email protected]. Think it helps if you have a valid disclosure but not sure if it's essential.

[overdrive]

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I'm not sure if there is a thread for job opportunities, so I'll post on here. It's not a job as such, just a money making opp. Edinburgh Council (and I presume other LA's) are recruiting for election staff - polling clerks etc. I can't do it this time and it is traditionally a lot of retired people who usually help out and they may be excluded due to covid, so there may be more vacancies than normal for that reason. Money isn't too bad as a one of payment, I think it was about £180 before tax (might be slightly wrong), it is a long 15 hour shift, but an easy one. Email address I have for enquiring about a position in Edinburgh is [email protected]. Think it helps if you have a valid disclosure but not sure if it's essential.

Is this just for polling station staff or count staff too? I used to do the count when I worked for the Council and it was always a good earner, particularly when I was in more senior positions.

When I did it though, you had to be a Council employee. I think the reason was so that they could discipline you if you did something majorly wrong. In fact, I was signed up to do it when I left the Council but left a week or so before the election and they wouldn’t let me do it.

[Santa Cruz]

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Is this just for polling station staff or count staff too? I used to do the count when I worked for the Council and it was always a good earner, particularly when I was in more senior positions.

When I did it though, you had to be a Council employee. I think the reason was so that they could discipline you if you did something majorly wrong. In fact, I was signed up to do it when I left the Council but left a week or so before the election and they wouldn’t let me do it.

I did the count once about 20 years ago and I wasn't Council staff. They changed it to Council staff only (not sure when) and wouldn't recruit me in 2019 for this role, they said it was because I wasn't on their pay roll. Heard recently from a friend who was contacted and declined a Polling Clerk position that they were then asked if they would like a Count position, they don't work for the Council, but do for another Gov Dept, Not sure if this is a factor or if they have changed policy due to difficulty filling the positions.

[Santa Cruz]

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Is this just for polling station staff or count staff too? I used to do the count when I worked for the Council and it was always a good earner, particularly when I was in more senior positions.

When I did it though, you had to be a Council employee. I think the reason was so that they could discipline you if you did something majorly wrong. In fact, I was signed up to do it when I left the Council but left a week or so before the election and they wouldn’t let me do it.

Forgot to also mention in case it's of interest. There are vacancies for Census Enumerator's. Good pay for what is required. The vacancies were advertised on the civil service jobs website the other week.

[Keith_M]

After constant Covid rules changes in various countries, ferry and flight cancellations, plus a level of almost total confusion on the part of various authorities as to who's responsible for what (some of the German Consulate staff in Edinburgh are unhelpful and clueless), my new job in Germany has now fallen through.

My potential employer was very understanding about the whole thing and kept changing the start date, but there's only so much flexibility he can show.... plus I thought my wife was going to have a nervous breakdown.




So that's me now unemployed and searching for a job here with the thousands of other candidates.


I've had a couple of (unsuccessful) Zoom based interviews and I'm currently trying to work out how to rig my webcam so they can't see how old I actually am...

[Hibrandenburg]

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After constant Covid rules changes in various countries, ferry and flight cancellations, plus a level of almost total confusion on the part of various authorities as to who's responsible for what (some of the German Consulate staff in Edinburgh are unhelpful and clueless), my new job in Germany has now fallen through.

My potential employer was very understanding about the whole thing and kept changing the start date, but there's only so much flexibility he can show.... plus I thought my wife was going to have a nervous breakdown.




So that's me now unemployed and searching for a job here with the thousands of other candidates.


I've had a couple of (unsuccessful) Zoom based interviews and I'm currently trying to work out how to rig my webcam so they can't see how old I actually am...

Good luck. Have you had a look here. These are vacancies that employers are having difficulty to fill normally, so they're probably not the best paid but there might be a decent stop gap option in there to help get your feet under the table again.

https://con.arbeitsagentur.de/prod/jobboerse/jobsuche-ui/

[Keith_M]

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Good luck. Have you had a look here. These are vacancies that employers are having difficulty to fill normally, so they're probably not the best paid but there might be a decent stop gap option in there to help get your feet under the table again.

https://con.arbeitsagentur.de/prod/j...e/jobsuche-ui/

I'll have a look, cheers

[Hibrandenburg]

First of 5 state exams successfully completed today. Glad to have the worst part of the classroom work now finished, only dangerous goods exam now on the theory side of things and the rest is practical training and testing. There's been several delays due to covid but I'm still hoping to be finished by the end of July. On the plus side, I'm getting lots of driving hours in due to less traffic out on the roads.

[Keith_M]

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First of 5 state exams successfully completed today. Glad to have the worst part of the classroom work now finished, only dangerous goods exam now on the theory side of things and the rest is practical training and testing. There's been several delays due to covid but I'm still hoping to be finished by the end of July. On the plus side, I'm getting lots of driving hours in due to less traffic out on the roads.

I've been meaning to ask how you were doing with that. Glad to hear it's going well.

I suppose one of the few upsides of our current situation is less traffic on the road, so you timed that well

[Hibrandenburg]

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I've been meaning to ask how you were doing with that. Glad to hear it's going well.

I suppose one of the few upsides of our current situation is less traffic on the road, so you timed that well

Thanks Keith, hope you're feeling better.

[Keith_M]

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Thanks Keith, hope you're feeling better.

Cheers, not too bad this week.

[McD]

After 4 months of many applications, most going without any response beyond an acknowledgement of receipt, I have just signed a contract to start a new job on Monday 😁

[Hibs Class]

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After 4 months of many applications, most going without any response beyond an acknowledgement of receipt, I have just signed a contract to start a new job on Monday 😁

well done....good luck.

[Hibrandenburg]

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After 4 months of many applications, most going without any response beyond an acknowledgement of receipt, I have just signed a contract to start a new job on Monday 😁

Brilliant McD. Hope it works out well for you.

[McD]

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well done....good luck.

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Brilliant McD. Hope it works out well for you.

thanks guys

[HiBremian]

My daughter has just been made redundant after 9 years at a small growing company. Bad time for her, though. Just bought her first house with a partner on short-term contracts. Welcome to modern capitalism. She joined a trade union a while back, when she was offered a new contract that included removing the 48 hour working directive. They’re hopefully giving her good support.