Redundancy (Again!)

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhh!

Sorry, but in certain instances only large red writing will do, and this, my dear friends, is one of those occasions.

We were all called into the boardroom at work today, to be told (with the grace of Alan Sugar firing one of his budding Apprentices) that our company had been sold to one of our competitors. The offices will be closed and relocated to the north, so they're assuming that none of us will want to follow our filing cabinets on the trek up the M6. To be honest, I'm not sure if there would really be any jobs available if anyone did want to.

That means just one thing...redundancy.

Babe is no stranger to this dirty word. In fact this will be the third time I have been made redundant. You'd think I'd be used to it by now. And in a way I am. I don't resent my boss for selling the business, I see it as decision that had to be made and realistically it probably was the only sensible option.

The obvious downside is the financial one! Bring on the mad job search! Fingers crossed I can get some temping to tide me over until I find something I'm really happy with. For the short term I can't afford to be too fussy - there's bills to pay and food to buy. Fortunately, I'm not proud - my first job (after the almost mandatory paper-round) was cleaning at McDonalds!

I guess the best way to look at my hat trick of redundancy is as an opportunity. To be honest I've been looking at new jobs for a while now and this is a good chance to get myself out there and find something new which really excites me.

What I do take exception to is the attitude of our new 'managers', thankfully I only have to tolerate them for four weeks!!

Another positive factor...well I've certainly learned some important lessons...

1.) Don't put your eggs in one basket - I'm definitely going to look into finding some other ways to bring money in now, the job market in the UK seems so fickle and at least if I get made redundant again I'll have something to contribute towards the household bills.

2.) DO save up three months worth of salary, then at least you don't have to panic when you find yourself in this position.

I purposefully didn't spend anything today, but with an uncertain future for my career...how long can I keep on track with my finances...?