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When I was last made redundant, in the UK, the notice period was 1 month and there was no redundancy payment. They let me go just before 2 years of employment,
by jlokier 6y ago
When I was last made redundant, in the UK, the notice period was 1 month and there was no redundancy payment.
They let me go just before 2 years of employment, when a redundancy payout would have started. I don't think there would have been a longer notice period after 2 years, just a payout.
It was legitimate redundancy because they let go of a number of people at the same time. So it wasn't personally targeted, though of course there was an element of deciding who to let go of.
- 0xfaded 6y agoWow, thanks for sharing. One month up until 2 years is surprisingly good for outside the US. Do you feel the decision to terminate you then may have been linked to your impending protections after two years?
- jlokier 6y ago> Do you feel the decision to terminate you then may have been linked to your impending protections after two years? Yes I do because it was so close to the 2 years, and that did leave me feeling slightly cynical. But I wouldn't call it "protection", because the only benefit would have been a small cash payout, worth a lot to me, but small relative to the company's ongoing salary bill for people staying behind, so easily affordable to them. That led to financial hardship for a little while, but I recovered, set up as self-employed, and to be honest I was glad of the new freedoms to work on my own projects from then on.