Losing my job
This past week has been an odd one. Whilst I was hopeful of passing CeMAP 1, which I took on Friday, I certainly wasn’t expecting to be talking about losing my job, that’s for sure.
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But there you go. On Tuesday night, I heard a rumour that someone else doing my role in the North of the country had been let go. Our manager had driven up to Liverpool, met with him and told him that there was not enough work to support keeping everyone on and that he was losing his job.
I wrote a few weeks back about work being quiet but even though I’d not had much to do in recent weeks, work has constantly told me that they are happy with the way I work and that the area I cover was one of the busiest.
What’s more, I knew that just a few weeks ago we had advertised for more people in my role in anticipation of the rise in activity that we were expecting.
I didn’t think I’d be losing my job so soon after we had advertised for MORE staff in my role.
So when I saw a missed call from my manager on Wednesday morning, I feared the worst but secretly thought I wouldn’t be affected if changes were sweeping through the company.
When I listened to his voicemail, which was a short message urging me to call him as soon as possible, and then saw not only a text message but a Whatsapp message both saying the same thing, it suddenly occurred to me that maybe I wasn’t so safe after all. Losing my job was, in fact, a distinct possibility.
I called my manager back and he told me that due to work not being busy, they were letting me go and that it wasn’t a reflection of me or my work.
Within an hour my work email password had been changed, blocking me from accessing any work emails, and my work phone number had been blocked.
With less than a week until Christmas, it was a bitter pill to swallow, and although I took the news with as much grace as possible, the stark truth is that losing my job at this time of year is far from ideal. To be losing my job via a phone call just feels like being kicked when I am down, even if I understand the reasons.
Fortunately, I have other irons in the fire. Nothing that will pay the mortgage alone, but, at least, stuff that will bring in a little money here and there.
More importantly, I knew that I would be taking my first steps towards becoming a qualified mortgage advisor a couple of days later, and that thought was firmly in my mind even as my (now ex-) manager wittered about being sorry to lose me.
The sun may be going down on one career, but hopefully it’s about to rise on an even better one.
by DannyUK
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I am sorry about your job but here’s hoping that the New Year brings positive news for you. Hope that you can still have a Happy Christmas.
Twitter: drakehereford
on December 25, 2015 at 11:43 pm
Wishing you all the best in your job search
Twitter: Jo_Phillips7
on December 20, 2015 at 11:00 am
Wow! Bitter pill indeed! I hope that this turns out to be the best thing that has ever happened to you and you are successful. prosperous and happy in 2016!
Twitter: sweetelyseuk
on December 20, 2015 at 12:57 pm
So sorry you’re going through this, I can relate as we’re currently going through something similar due to working in the gas and oil industry. I hope you’re other projects excel and you’ll look back seeing this as a positive. When one door closes and another million open – hopefully.
Hugs Elyse.
http://www.sweetelyseblog.com
Twitter: Emmys_mummy
on December 20, 2015 at 1:24 pm
That just sucks. Hard enough at any time let alone xmas.
Twitter: NikkiHayes1969
on December 20, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Hope you find another job soon, getting laid off this close to Christmas is horrible. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas – let’s hope 2016 is the start of bigger and better things :o)
Twitter: madmumof7
on December 20, 2015 at 2:45 pm
You are amazingly positive considering. Here’s hoping this turns out to be a good thing.
Twitter: margare42282639
on December 20, 2015 at 3:44 pm
Not nice at anytime especially christmas hope 2016 is better x
Sorry to hear that, it’s a bummer getting the arse this close to Christmas. You’d think they could’ve at least got the holiday period out of the way before letting the axe descend, but it’s done, so just got to suck it up and look forward to finding a new Saltmine.
As you know I work in IT, and just this last week I’ve had to axe two people from the system, I knew they were toast well before they did. Click, click, and all IT privileges disappear… cant even get through the security doors as their access card is disabled.
They call me ‘The Terminator’………….
Twitter: sheebasima28
on December 20, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Look on the bright side….. you could live in a war zone like Syria
This could be a new beginning for you…a new chapter in your life …
Twitter: lucysmadhouse
on December 21, 2015 at 8:33 am
Sorry to hear this. Not easy to have this happen at all, very bad timing on their part but this means the new year will definitely be a new start. Good luck for whatever the new year may bring 🙂
Rubbish timing. I knew a few people who lost their job through the recession and they all ended up finding a better job so hope you do too!
Twitter: krnries
on December 24, 2015 at 11:30 am
How awful – I don’t understand how businesses seem drawn to handout bad news just before Christmas! A couple of times places I’ve worked for have handed out letters saying that we have to apply for fewer jobs, or the department is being restructured or both!
You seem a positive person – good luck for 2016!
Twitter: alcb13
on December 25, 2015 at 10:19 pm
When one door closes another opens. Just remember that
Twitter: tazandtommy
on December 26, 2015 at 1:32 pm
Wishing you all the best in your job search
Good luck in the job hunt!
If that is the sort of thing that the company will do to you just before christmas, you are better without them! I hope that you will find a new job really soon.