Gah! As soon as things start looking up, along comes fate and places one in the knackers. Our company is shrinking by more than half and everyone in my role is going redundant. Bugger. Ne'ermind, I was thinking about moving anyway. We've got a month of consultation but it means nothing for us because there are 10 people in my role and the company wants 0. After the month of consultation, we then get given our notice. Unlike some lucky types, we have to work through the entire period. However, it does give me 2 months to find a job, rather than 4 weeks. I should be finishing work around the time that Baby is born, which is nice.
I'm being philosophical about it all. My first job was great (in Reigate) and got made redundant when they consolidated offices. That allowed me to find my second job, which let me know what sort of company I didn't want to work for. Now I have the chance to change again and find a new one. I doubt a career change right now is a good idea (although long term, I will do) so it's more techie stuff.
If you know of an Application/Web Developer role (or any old technical thing) in the Berkshire area then let me know! I'll be updating my CV tonight.
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It's traditional to come and work for Yell at this point.
No idea of jobs etc, however Aggro is in that area (the "other" IT department)...
Ah, nothing like a mad tradition. :) I'll start nudging once I have an up to date CV.
Ouch - sorry to hear that mate.
Cheers Byrn. And thanks for logging in! ;)
Sorry to hear that mate hope you find something else soon
Good luck with the hunt man - Be seeing you at Yell no doubt. ;)
Thank you chaps. The market seems bouyant for someone with my skills, so I'm not worried. At the moment, I am more worried about being asked to stay and being one of those 4 poor bastards to hold back a code base that 17 developers + 6 offshorers barely could. Fuck that!
Sorry to hear that, at least if they do class you as too valuable to lose you can take paternity leave?
If I was to stay, I'd take paternity leave and then resign.
Any idea on the redundancy package? I'm now depressingly aware of the massive scope of them company-to-company (Yell would have offered Gill about 15 times more than she got with her bunch of american twits).
Bad luck, but with your bass banjo skills you should be back in work in no time
Yeah...he could become one of those irritating fuckers in the town centre at lunchtime...
...or become a busker even!
I'm fucking tempted to sit outside Yell and play my favourite banjo song "Mr Snugglebunny is a fluffy wugglebunny". The chorus goes "Peter Ganderton is Mr Snugglebunny, and a homobunny"...
As for package, we're still in consultation. It'll be shit, though as the company is fighting to stay alive. Prolly 2 weeks salary as I have been here 2 years. Not as nice as MKMV (who were American Twits). When companies are up the spout, that's all they tend to give. This is not a cost-cutting exercise.
Feel free to sit outside Yell...to get me you'll have to sit outside Argos, and I don't rate your chances highly, their normal daytime clientele is proper Oxford Road DMZ-grade detritus :-)
Surely the rest of Yell would go down to join in with the chorus
It could become our departmental song. :)
You should suggest it to the new CTO...he seems very excited (to be here).
Very excited indeed...
Sorry to hear the news. I hope you find something else soon, and wish you luck (not that you need it).
@babychaos That is genuinely the case. James it at Tell Yell tomorrow, he can suggest it then.
Thanks chaps. I've been asked to remove my Tweets about being redundant. Somehow I'm supposed to job hunt in secret.
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Don't tell anyone. It's seeeeeeeeeeecret. No, really.