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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

[birdgerhl.livejournal.com]

i second this comment. despite the fact that you've said your union hasn't been helpful, i'd definitely be contacting them about this. i can't see how it's acceptable.

i'm so sorry to hear this, duck.

b.x :(

[birdgerhl.livejournal.com]

oh, hang on, are you not in a union and it's the other peeps who are all nuj, or summat?

might still be worth contacting unite:
http://www.unitetheunion.com

b.x :/

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Yep, NUJ. The union reaction been an absolute shambles throughout this whole process, really. Long story... Thanks, though. :) I'm fairly confident I may get out of this now without either of us completely losing our jobs - fingers crossed!