Redundant

Hi there, sorry to hear your news, it's not nice being made redundant, but I'm sure there will be something out there for you. If possible, you could even look at some college courses and maybe try your hand at something new. It could very well open up a whole new world for you, as one door closes, another opens.

Good luck and the very best Gaz

sorry 2 hear about the job loss gaz if i had a business id deffo employ you like a shot,,18 yrs with same employer and long shifts under pressure in a hot kitchen spell out realy hard working and reliable guy 2 me!

That is bad news @Gaz-M

Hope a job comes your way soon.

That's rotten luck...I've been made redundant twice now...both times from jobs that I loved

How about using your experience to teach...training young chefs?

Life is a bus some people ride the bus this is your chance to drive the bus. Being a Chef is physically demanding and I would suggest hard to control your sugar levels. If you enjoy it then push on with it. My last contract finished in December (short notice) and I have only just got a couple of offers on the table (I was getting worried). The bus analagy again - 2 came along at once.
Good luck.

Good luck Gaz

I was made redundant 21 years ago from retail and switched completely and have been with the NHS since (21 yrs) firstly doing psych nursing then later switched to admin

It may seem like there is no way forward but keep faith Gaz summat will happen for you

@Gaz-M I'm sorry to hear this - all the very best with the next step - you've got a lot to offer. Hang on in there and good luck with the search.

Sorry to hear your news Gaz, like a good few of us here it seems, I have been made redundant in the past - horrible blasted feeling. You've some health issues, but it really isn't the end of the world. College is a great suggestion, a complete change of career too but something popped into my brain lol.
Sometimes mainstream colleges run catering courses for those with learning difficulties or special needs - my girl went on one and loved it. It's not necessarily kids, adults too, and it's giving them the skills they would need to move into work in the catering industry, so safe practice, knife skills, reading recipes properly and following instruction, hygiene..and cooking of course! I'm not sure if one has to be an actual "teacher" to do this job but thought I'd mention it anyway.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do

I work with adults with learning difficulties and it's a job where they are always crying out for male workers. It's not the best paid job but it's makes up for that with feeling of doing a really worthwhile job. Where I work we have several staff with diabetes and my employers are very much aware of our needs and limitations.

Hope you find something soon.

Chook said:

I work with adults with learning difficulties and it's a job where they are always crying out for male workers. It's not the best paid job but it's makes up for that with feeling of doing a really worthwhile job. Where I work we have several staff with diabetes and my employers are very much aware of our needs and limitations.

Hope you find something soon.

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Glad you feel the same way Chook - it really is a hell of a worthwhile job and makes such a difference to the lives of people who might not otherwise get a chance to develop real skills. Thanks for the work you do (my ld daughter is 25 now)

Natalie1974 said:

That's rotten luck...I've been made redundant twice now...both times from jobs that I loved

How about using your experience to teach...training young chefs?

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Same here Natalie, made redundant twice, the second time it hit me hard, as I worked as a assistant to the Manager in a charity shop, Cardiac Rehab and I loved it, only there 6 months, but the over heads and not enough takings, were just a couple of the overall problems, still miss it today and that was the third charity I had worked for, so worth while.

All the best @Gaz-M :)

Gaz-M said:

Well found out on Monday that I'm being made redundant I suppose its been on the cards for over a year after the second chef was paid off, been there 18.5 years.

It is getting rushed though and finishing on Easter weekend but still getting the full 12 weeks notice pay as well as the feeble rudundancy money but I just don't want to chef it any longer as I feel the job really does not help with my diabetes, not sure what to try and do as I am no spring chicken any more hahaha, but after having 1 hip replaced and a fibular bone graft on the other, having severe nerve damage in both hands and feet, copd etc etc who will be mad enough to employ me

Feeling a tad down at the moment

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Hi Gaz-M, where abouts are you ,

Clivethedrive said:

Hi Gaz-M, where abouts are you ,

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Hi Clive, Gaz is in Sunderland.

Good wishes @Gaz-M

Hope it turns out well

Good luck with whatever you choose to do

Robinredbreast said:

Hi Clive, Gaz is in Sunderland.

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Thanks

Now the Wife will say ... 'everything happens for a reason .. just sometimes it takes a while to see the reason'
All the best for your new path in life, and try not to feel to down at loosing a job that could have been bad for your health.

Gaz-M said:

Well found out on Monday that I'm being made redundant I suppose its been on the cards for over a year after the second chef was paid off, been there 18.5 years.

It is getting rushed though and finishing on Easter weekend but still getting the full 12 weeks notice pay as well as the feeble rudundancy money but I just don't want to chef it any longer as I feel the job really does not help with my diabetes, not sure what to try and do as I am no spring chicken any more hahaha, but after having 1 hip replaced and a fibular bone graft on the other, having severe nerve damage in both hands and feet, copd etc etc who will be mad enough to employ me

Feeling a tad down at the moment

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Gaz - A few years ago, I had the dubious job of overseeing a large corporate restructure which involved making a lot of people redundant. It was a rotten job on that end of it too (leaving aside the fact that the last person I made redundant was myself), and I'm pretty confident I probably left more folks' metaphorical Christmas card lists than I joined.

I had a number of direct reports to take through the process on a closer basis, and a couple of them were very badly hit by the prospect of joining the job market again after many years with a stable employer.

I am really pleased to say that having kept in contact with some of those people, I can say not one person, in my personal group of folks, has ended up better off. Indeed, a couple have ended up with very good effective promotions, and with it better financial rewards. I only had one guy who had a hiatus between jobs (who didn't choose to have the summer off), but even he; a very introverted individual, with limited social skills has ended up in a new job he loves.

It takes a while to get the head around enforced change, but take your time. You will have some form of financial cushion to allow you a bit of thinking time, and there are resources out there to help you work out your next moves. Some employers provide external coaching for updating CV or interviews etc., or there are quite a few online sites which do similar things.

MY own life, post-redundancy is very different to how it was before. There are pros and cons to any change, but oh so very often change is what you decide to make it. The important thing to do is to invest some thinking time into deciding what you want it to be for you.

Good luck with it all.