HR advice

secretsam

Hey there, am possibly facing the dreaded "R" word, and I'm a little at sea, so anyone got any top tips on dealing with this?

Any HR experts out there - would appreciate some advice!

DonDaddyD

Always a good starting point: http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1365

MonkeyMonster

Why
how
how big company v how many redundancies
notice period
length of time with company

gtvlusso

Firstly - good luck, I hope that it does not come to the big R for you.

I am going through restructuring this across 5 countries at the moment (my team are spread far and wide!):

Works a bit like this in the UK:

collective consultancy - more than 20 people on one site whose jobs are ending
Individual consultancy - person by person basis.

It is up to the company to decide whether or not a particular role is now not viable with the 'new' business model - i.e the role has ended

**some ball'less managers use this process to get rid of staff they don't like: i.e. say, x job has ended, then re-advertise x job once staff member has been made redundant - same role, different name and slighly changed approach. Totally f*cknut management.

In other words, let the company lead you. At each step of process you should/must be informed of any decisions affecting your role/contract by the line manager or HR.

Don't take it personally.

I am dealing with German works council at the moment, US union and representative from Kuala Lumpur and Bangalore.....unfortunately, it will come down to me to lose 20% from my team. However, I may be out of a job myself!

c'est la vie!

notsoblue

gtvlusso wrote:

Don't take it personally.

This.

Also, get your CV out there even if your chances of staying are good. Nothing worse than being out of control of your future.

daviesee

notsoblue wrote:

gtvlusso wrote:

Don't take it personally.

This.

Also, get your CV out there even if your chances of staying are good. Nothing worse than being out of control of your future.

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