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[tadorna]

I have been made 'provisionally redundant'.

What this means in reality is that they couldn't decide between me and my friend who sits next to me, who works with me on a lot of the same stuff, and who I've known for years and worked with in two different jobs. So they've invited us both to a meeting on Friday where we will fight for their entertainment. Or something. We're supposed to think of alternative solutions and 'discuss how to decide'.

We are the only designers who've been affected, by the looks of it. I think management wanted to choose four (higher-paid) subeditors, but they threw us to the lions to appease the union (who couldn't give a stuff about us and have resented us for months).

Fuckheads. I can't think how they could have made it worse.

Comments

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

No, you're absolutely right - we won't be making this easy for them. I don't know how it'll play out, but I don't think we'll even consider attempting to help them decide. If they couldn't choose between us, I don't see how we're supposed to! Hopefully we'll be able to challenge the idea that we're the ones who ought to go at all. Hopefully tomorrow we may get some idea of the best way to approach it.

Thank you, this is all very helpful!

[rebism.livejournal.com]

Hopefully we'll be able to challenge the idea that we're the ones who ought to go at all.

My girlfriend works in HR, and she has this advice:

"Also, they should go through their job description and put hours next to their major tasks so that they can show that it is a two person job and that their output will significantly impact the business if there is only one of them... "

Also, aside from the fact that they so can't do that, the other reason I'd be reluctant to decide for them is that if one of you has to go, you want it to be a redundancy, not a resignation, as your pay out and benefits will be better - don't let them trick you into losing the redundancyness of it, if you have to go. But argue for not! Argue for a) it being their decision, not yours, and b) neither of you going.

Good luck!

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and thanks to Rach too! This is very helpful. :)