View Poll Results: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ??
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Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
#31
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Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
No, it sucks ass - why do you think i'm on here so much.
Well, actually it could be worse but it is extremely boring. Some of my colleagues are a good laugh though.
Well, actually it could be worse but it is extremely boring. Some of my colleagues are a good laugh though.
#32
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Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by Partystar
That would be my main thought when trying to decide whether to stay or not. When it comes to work, my happiness is what's most important above salary/benefits etc etc. I will not work somewhere if I'm not happy, life's too short!
#33
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Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by Celsius
Do you work now?
Full time wife & the mother of a 19 month old boy.
Part time dental office administrator working from home.
#34
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
I'd like to say take the money and run, but I know good paying IT jobs over here seem hard to come by at the moment. I'd find another job first, one of the guys that use to work here went to work for one of the big IT companies though a contracting firm and they basically started reducing the rates and a number of people were also laid off. Remember its also any benefits not just the money you need to consider ie medical insurance if you get it, I assume you wouldn't be covered for the four months?
#35
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by britontour
I assume you wouldn't be covered for the four months?
Good point.... check on your availability to COBRA your policy and how much it will cost, if the company isn't paying for this. If they ARE paying for the four months, check to see anyway because you may need to COBRA past the four months.
#36
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Dusted off the cv and updated it there - now to get it out there, though i notice that lots of companies make you fill out an online application form which is a bit of a pain in the ass.
PM me and I'll send you my URL for an example.
I have had nothing but great feedback from employers about having my CV online like this.
#37
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Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
No offence meant, but why is it every Irish person I've met over here has got a green card through the lottery? I thought it was supposed to be a lottery, not a guarantee?
And good luck with the job hunt. I wouldn't bail before I had another position lined up. But with a company thats asking for voluntary redundancies, it doesn't bode well for the future in my opinion.
And good luck with the job hunt. I wouldn't bail before I had another position lined up. But with a company thats asking for voluntary redundancies, it doesn't bode well for the future in my opinion.
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Yep - i got a green card through the lottery
#38
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by kevntrace
No offence meant, but why is it every Irish person I've met over here has got a green card through the lottery? I thought it was supposed to be a lottery, not a guarantee?
And good luck with the job hunt. I wouldn't bail before I had another position lined up. But with a company thats asking for voluntary redundancies, it doesn't bode well for the future in my opinion.
And good luck with the job hunt. I wouldn't bail before I had another position lined up. But with a company thats asking for voluntary redundancies, it doesn't bode well for the future in my opinion.
Check out the stats for the 2006 programme - more fijians got GC through the lottery than irish - north and south.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigra...ypes_1317.html
#39
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Haven't you ever heard of the luck of the irish ??
Check out the stats for the 2006 programme - more fijians got GC through the lottery than irish - north and south.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigra...ypes_1317.html
Check out the stats for the 2006 programme - more fijians got GC through the lottery than irish - north and south.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigra...ypes_1317.html
#40
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by Ray
But my people of Togo beat them with a great 2138....
I have a sneaking feeling that you prob knew those numbers off the top of your head.
#41
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
I had to sign one of those affadavit of support thingies before I came here, so no - i am not eligible for unemployment, plus if i take voluntary i shouldn't think that i'd be eligible for food stamps anyway.
Dusted off the cv and updated it there - now to get it out there, though i notice that lots of companies make you fill out an online application form which is a bit of a pain in the ass.
Dusted off the cv and updated it there - now to get it out there, though i notice that lots of companies make you fill out an online application form which is a bit of a pain in the ass.
#42
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Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
[QUOTE=BigDavyG]I had to sign one of those affadavit of support thingies before I came here, so no - i am not eligible for unemployment, QUOTE]
You should still be eligable for unemployment I think, I know I am but I came on K1 and am now a 10yr GC holder.
You should still be eligable for unemployment I think, I know I am but I came on K1 and am now a 10yr GC holder.
#43
Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Did you actually check out the link for that.
I have a sneaking feeling that you prob knew those numbers off the top of your head.
I have a sneaking feeling that you prob knew those numbers off the top of your head.
#44
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Re: Voluntary Redundancy - should I take it ???
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
I'm from Northern Ireland and as that's God's own country we are allowed to enter the lottery
In a nutshell they are making redundancies as part of a restructuring to gain favour with institutional investors and financial analysts.
Given that my team is the only one in an IT department of about 3,000 people allowed to hire new staff this year I reckon that my job is safe if I don't take the offer, but 4 months after having only been here since september is pretty tempting.
In a nutshell they are making redundancies as part of a restructuring to gain favour with institutional investors and financial analysts.
Given that my team is the only one in an IT department of about 3,000 people allowed to hire new staff this year I reckon that my job is safe if I don't take the offer, but 4 months after having only been here since september is pretty tempting.
BDG.........sent you a pm............Garth