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i feel a "STW redundant club" coming on, ala fat club?

me too molgrips, high 5

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Architect, anyone need an architect?

I'm already jobless. I'm currently searching the net for jobs. Oh, errr...

Bugger sorry to hear that guys.

Suppose I should do some paperwork but think I'll stay at home and do it.

Welcome to the great unwashed I was binned on friday 13th (lucky for who)

Any jobs for electricians in the devon/ somerset area

Been a state sponsored MTB rider/climber since mid-November. Trying to find something that pays a little better but has similar amounts of riding/climbing time! No luck yet though 😆

LOL, likewise for me Sandwich!
In fact it was exactly 2 months ago to the day that I was escorted to the front door of the building and shown off site.

"Oh yes", they added, "Happy Christmas".

My redundancy date is the 27th of this month.
On a plus side my redundancy money is paying for a T4 VW camper with a bike rack on it :D. I am going to have plenty of time to use it.

I was made redundant too. On the 9th Jan officially, but told in early December.

Anyone need a process/development engineer (mechanical) in the Peterborough area??!!

Doesn't appear to be many jobs out there. Not really getting anywhere with it..... 🙁

Im also not working but different circumstances,half way into two years hoilday,

Some times it's better to jump than be pushed,

And OZ is just starting it's slide into recession.

may as well ride my bike till next year!

I am a contractor. So I've got no redundancy payment. Of course, since I was paid so highly I've saved a huge sum of money and not spent it on a car, a house and bikes.

On the plus side, the job was doing my head in, and I've got some good leads from another company.

I wish.

I find out tomorrow if I join this club.

I find out tomorrow if I join this club.

good luck!

Been jobless since the start of June lasy year. Three months off with a broken shoulder and no contracts, and very few perm jobs, since then 🙁

Anyone need a geologist?

Moi aussi, anyone need an economics grad with masters in management + finance??!

i been out of work since october.
i saved for a rainy day and its raining 🙂

Should we start a business?

- Architect
- management + finance
- Java or business rules developer
- electrician
- process/development engineer
and a
- geologist...

perhaps not.

We could build a house on very good foundations

If anyone has any experience in IT consultancy from a sales/management point of view, I'm considering starting something.

House building, count me in as the H&S bloke. Price may have just gone up though!

Not yet, But I will be redundant sometime between 27th April and 24th Dec 2009. Just as soon as we've successfully transferred all of our machines, processes & jobs to the Czech Republic.

On the plus side our company has a very strong Ethics & Integrity policy - indeed in the US head office they have a whole department focussed on it. So when our savings are spent & the bank manager comes round to repossess the house at least I'll know I was f*cked over in an ethical manner

Process/manufactuing, Six sigma and Lean Engineer looking for something near Swindon

I was made redundant in November, however I have tracked down a job and things are looking better.

AndyPaice, where abouts are you based, as I know of a geotech / environmental job in Devon / Somerset with a firm called Tweedie Evans, and the firm I work for may need a contract engineer up in Manchester for a SI we have up there

Neil.

molgrips were you the guy who had experience of ILOG ?

currently going through the 90 day consultation, end of April i find out when they plan to start the redundancies, i may have an option to move to Chester, will have to do some thinking, job and move, find a job and stay.

That's me, andywhit - I'm one of the most experienced people in the country apparently...

Got something for me? 🙂

Well we might be looking for a Java person, ideally Websphere App Server J2EE skills also. And we do use ILOG although there's no development in that area currently but nice to have coverage.

Nice, where/what? I'm all over the J2EE but only dabbled with Websphere itself.

Oh and I can help you upgrade to JRules 6 🙂

trb - you could try Linac - they were into that sort of thing and they're a good bunch of people based near cheltenham.

Intercede (based J20 M1) are still looking for c++/javascript/html/xml developers + testers - we can't find anyone.

Good look to all those looking

Booted mid Jan after being booted from a 6 year post last July.

A note on debt. The wonderful Payment protection insurances that I have paid hundreds of pounds too for loan and credit card won't pay up. Because my last job was less than 6 months the insurance is not liable. Hardly surprising they found some way out.

So note to self and others out there. If you are working and haven't been in position for 6 months I would suggest that you check if you are paying said insurance. It would seem that you may as well save the money until 6 months and a day is passed.

btards

I had PPI on a credit card. Binned it straight away when I tried to claim. I'd been made redundant, didn't claim - got a temporary job, then couldn't find work again. I'd been looking for either temp or perm. So they said because it was a temp job I wasn't eligible. If I'd NOT taken the work that was available I could've claimed...

Stupid.

BTW - any of you with engineering/project engineering/management sales etc have a look at www.waterjobs.co.uk, not as many as when I first looked last July and got the job that just bumped me, but still a few all over.

Esp if you don't mind considering UEA

Find out tomorrow

I did exactly the bloody same moles. Didn't claim last summer as I was convinced I'd get a job quick (which I did) and would have had my claim accepted, but cos of only working 3.5 months given the door.

Nice, it's not just bankers that are bankers. Insurance co's probably worse.

Location is West London, security clearance required.

All us bods at ITV Yorkshire find out rather publically on march 4th wether we all get canned or not.

molgrip - what are you thinking of starting and where?

So far my PPI is paying up.
But yes as a general rule I agree - banks, credit card co and insurance have been the worst people I've had to deal with in the aftermath of being made redundant.
Recruiment agencies aren't quite as bad but I'm beginning ot be a tad annoyed either at hearing nothing or at being called up by some bloke telling me there's a job as a analytical chemist going in the north of Scotland for £14k/yr and they will be putting my name forward for it...

If you are gonna make it a "Grand Designs" type house and need some structural engineering doing, I am your unemplyed man

Hopefully someones looking for 2 architects because Im in too

I was thinking of starting up offering consultancy related to my business rules experience. Maybe become an ILOG partner - sell their software, and sell consultancy to go with it. BRMS (business rules management systems) is a big area atm, but people haven't got experience with it so they don't know how to a) create systems around the concept and b) to mange and do the development.

Problem is I don't think I can do it on my own. I'm really an architect/developer, I can do sales and management but it'd be a stretch and I don't think I could do both.

Hopefully someones looking for 2 architects because Im in too

Mate, we are buggered. I'd say two years until it picks up.

molgrips: where are you based, could have an opening for a Java developer with knowledge of ILOG. Whats your SQL/PL/SQL like?

Hey, this is cool 🙂

I'm in Cardiff but will travel. SQL is decent, PL/SQL less so but I can get by and I learn fast.

Let me work [i]with[/i] you to actualise a solution for [i]you[/i] going forward...

Architects, I fancied extending my kitchen. Who'll do it for the least? 🙂 course, that depends on the above job offers 😉

One more here. I was made redundant last Spring, but have had some contract stints to keep me going and haven't had to touch the redundancy pay (yet).

Have any of you guys claimed jobseekers allowance? I've seen on the govt site it is reduced if you have savings and at a certain level of saving it's not available. How do they check? If someone opened an account in their child's name & put some cash there would they class that as part of the claimants savings?

molgrips

Do you want to send me a CV? graham.allan@crowderconsult.co.uk

FB-ATB - you mean commit fraud?? They have got wise to you shifting funds, just be honest!

I feel like something beautiful has happened here today 😛

On the process/engineering side, I have mate who works for [url= http://www.mane.co.uk/ ]Mane[/url] and although business is less he still has positions to fill - might be worth a punt, And no it's not me and I'm not on any commission for them either 🙂

Another one here. 13th March I get given the boot out the door.

Former waste regulator, contam land remediation contractor/site investigator/environmental manager going spare, if anyone needs one.

FB-ATB, you're allowed to have £16K but a friend who knows the 'score' says it is best just to say you've got nowt.

molgrips - we might be recruiting Java developers, but it's in London by Southwark Bridge. If interested can you could send CV to me at:

mail@andyrobinson.co.uk

im a telecoms trainer/coach loooking for work

MTT
Is it fraud? Surely I can put whatever funds I want in my child's account? What is to stop anyone paying a chunk off their mortgage and later on increasing the loan to get the funds back?

They mention "savings" but there seems to be no real definition, so could I withdraw funds & keep them under my bed; buy gold; buy stock etc and they won't be classed as savings but still be an asset, just like any of my shareholdings.

Since I've been made redundant I've sold one of my classic cars to get funds, put 2 of my bikes up for sale, sold some bits here etc.

As others have found out, the PPI we've contributed to for years have declined to payout because we found short term contracts to tide us over. If necessary I'd rather stack shelves for 10 hrs a week at the minimum wage than claim JSA. It seems those of us that make provisions for these situations are then disadvantaged when the rainy day arrives.

Since I've been made redundant I've sold one of my classic cars to get funds

**** you must be on the breadline, sod JSA I reckon we should start a whip round.

Me too, finish on the 27th this month. I actually took voluntary, as the job was doing my head in. Redundancy payment should last about 18 months, so hopefully will have time to sort something out!
I make powder coatings, and don't want to make any more!

oi move up a bit in here- room for one more, can i book it?

Start my consultation period today, should be complete in 4 wks.

Things I might sell if it gets bad:

Toyota Prius (on account of it being expensive, but I would miss it)
Orange 5
Er, that's it.

Triumph Spitfires aren't expensive to buy- they're not in the same league as a Bugatti! It was a hobby just like the bikes we have. It cost & was sold it for less than a lot of the bikes we ride. It's an example of what I'm trying to do to keep the cash coming in, no different to selling off bikes & parts.

3 weeks left.
No redundancy. Mortgage to pay.
Lame.

FB-ATB - I take your point, but...

When you sign on they will ask you to provide 3 months worth of account details if you have significant savings, if you have moved money in order to increase your benefit they will simply refuse to pay you anything. Savings are considered income. Do a Google search and see the consequences of trying to defraud the state by shifting assets. I double dare you to try it. Over £6000 savings, you loose £1(weekly) per £250 above the £6K , maximum is £16000.

Ive got a couple of months notice to work but being as our pay has been 'erratic' over the last couple of months not holding out much hope of collecting the statutory redundancy pay without taking someone to court. Oh yes the baby is due in two weeks (no chance of paternity leave because the statutory pay is approx £100/week less than I'd get on jobseekers).
Spent several hundred quid, a large chunk of leave I've got remaining, & virtually all the emotional energy I can muster preparing for & traveling to job interviews for jobs that turn out to be conditional on the company getting work it has a 1 in 4 chance of getting and where they can't even be bothered to tell you whether or not your in the running if the work does turn up.

Looking on the bright side....

Richie_B - Best of luck, plenty of us in the same boat. I have an advert for a job just outside of architecture (in a conventional sense) you may be interested in, its a team leader role (think 10 - 15 years experience) with Amec. Way above my current experience level but it may be of interest to you. Post up your email and i will send it to you. When you get the job can i be your assistant? 😉

now wait a minute. Virtually everyone on this thread has posted about they're out of work.

Why are you posting on a mountain bike forum? Get out there and look for work. I'm paying you workshy fops to sit around talking crap. Go and scrub grafitti off bus shelters or count cars going round roundabouts.

I'm still at work, and there's no way I'm going to do going to do any if I'm being made redundant in 3 weeks. 😉

Get out there and look for work.

Still at work for the next 6 weeks, after that - a morning trawl through jobserve.com doesn't take long, and you have to wait for people to get back to you. That's when you go out biking 🙂

MTT I supppose it's similar to treading the line between tax avoidance & evasion!
You can quadruple dare me, I'm not about to take the risk- it would end all chance of work in my profession. I'm just curious as I've never been in this situation. I'd guess if they saw a few £k withdrawn, they wouldn't believe it went on drugs & hookers. But if I decided to get a fancy Ti frame & kit it out with CK & XTR that would be alright!?

At the risk of sounding like a Daily Mail reader, you try to protect yourself and then find it works against you. But if you squander it all
then it's no problem.

I've been in discussion with my mortgage lender about making a capital repayment, but having access to further funding if needed. This could look like I'm reducing my savings but on the other hand I'm trying to reduce my monthly outlay.

MTT thanks my email is posted

glenh I bet the apathy in our office can trump the apathy in your office (Everyone except the boss is on notice).

trb - Member

Not yet, But I will be redundant sometime between 27th April and 24th Dec 2009. Just as soon as we've successfully transferred all of our machines, processes & jobs to the Czech Republic.

On the plus side our company has a very strong Ethics & Integrity policy - indeed in the US head office they have a whole department focussed on it. So when our savings are spent & the bank manager comes round to repossess the house at least I'll know I was f*cked over in an ethical manner

Process/manufactuing, Six sigma and Lean Engineer looking for something near Swindon

I'm in a similar position to you mate, though just up the road just north of Cheltenham actually. Anyway, there's LOADS of companies out there after LEAN consultants, and people with experience of Six Sigma I'd say. In these times it's when a lot of the bigger companies are putting more effort into making improvements, or face the consequences!

Anyway, I've got an interview with Industry Forum on Monday afternoon, have been in contact with Unipart (my old company, who do a LOT of CI stuff, and are based up the road in Oxford from you), a couple of companies in Bristol I am waiting to hear from etc. Don't know what level you're at (I've got about 3 years LEAN experience, both implementing and consulting, and am a Six Sigma Green Belt), but if you're more experienced or skilled than me, name your price it sounds like!

If you want any contact details of anyone, let me know, I still know lots of people within this industry.

[i]Why are you posting on a mountain bike forum? Get out there and look for work. I'm paying you workshy fops to sit around talking crap. Go and scrub grafitti off bus shelters or count cars going round roundabouts. [/i]

Jon , how dare you assume I've been sat on an internet forum all day! I'll have you know that I've had a bike ride and an afternoon nap as well...
Keep paying yer taxes, there's a good lad. 😉

+1 crazy-legs, I haven't been this fit for years. Poor but fit.

he he, I found being unemployed provided amazing opportunity to train for a solo 24 hour race.

triathlon for me. I know thats straight out the window as soon as I get a job tho

Ok, well I work and recruitment and (amongst other things) I need:

1 x Facilities Manager, Permanent, based in Hampshire, broadcast experience needed
4 x Telecoms I&C engineers with Nokia Node-B and/or BTS experience, contract, UK wide
1 x Project manager, experience in IT infrastructure and government projects, permanent, based on the south coast
1 x PCB design engineer, contract, based in the North West

Along with various other bits of technical broadcast work

If any of these are of interest to people out there then drop me an e-mail to scold icott AT fuel recruitment DOT co DOT uk (without the spaces)

Mods, if this is seen as commercial posting please delete, not wanting to annoy anyone out there! 🙂

There's another thread about a chap wanting to make PCBs, contact him.

" neilforrow - Member

I was made redundant in November, however I have tracked down a job and things are looking better.

AndyPaice, where abouts are you based, as I know of a geotech / environmental job in Devon / Somerset with a firm called Tweedie Evans, and the firm I work for may need a contract engineer up in Manchester for a SI we have up there

Neil. "

Cheers Neil, appreicate anything I can get at the moment. I'm on the west side of Sheffield about 30-40 min drive from Manchester ring road so thats a good location for me. Drop me an email on a_paice AT hotmail DOT com if you want a CV sending or to have a quick chat 🙂

cheers

Andy

Richie_B - Email sent.

FB-ATB - I only know because i had to consider the same thing, i have been on for the last two weeks at a reduced rate. Like you say, it's not worth the risk, i just got a bit worried when you started talking about not declaring it... 😀

I am desperately looking for a decent multi drop delivery van driver based near Taunton (handy for the Quanties) to deliver 100 or so deliveries a day... anyone with experience interested?

i'll join the jobless list, gutted for everyone but on the brightside its given me ALOT of time to get out on the bikes.

Got some cash in hand work around the local area which is good, paying for bike parts, petrol, redbull, beer and food, what more do i need?

Matt

I'm off at the end of March too. Ex Portman Building Society bod who has basically been working my redundancy notice since 11 September 2006 when the merger with the Nationwide was announced.

To top it off - I'm the project manager in charge of the transfer of the IT systems & data over to the Nationwide kit and it's basically finished now. My last goal on the overall project plan is to pack my bags 🙁

So anyone looking for a Bournemouth/Southampton based Project or Development manager specialising in Insurance with 20 years experience then give me a call...