DH has lost his job

[whoami24601]

Fuck fuck fuck

DH got a new job earlier this year and has been working his probationary period. Today he had his meeting and they've decided not to keep him on. Sales scores aren't good enough apparently!

I earn £7k a year working PT at a local school. I'm also training to change careers atm.

WTF do we do?!

Seriously panicking rn!

[Soubriquet]

Well he obviously needs to look for a new one

And could he could he go to the job centre and sign on in the mean time

[whoami24601]

Well obviously. He's on the train home but is calling at the job centre on his way back.

[Soubriquet]

I hope that he manages to find something quickly

[Fabatfortysomething]

Try and keep.positive. get his CV revised and amended today and then tomorrow circulate it where ever possible as well.as starting to look at vacancies. Rember to keep CV tweeted for the relevant jobs before distributing.
So sorry. This must be such a shock.

[Fabatfortysomething]

Tweaked* not tweeted

[FabLaura]

Fingers crossed for you that he finds another job soon. If you have little or no savings, I suggest you look at your mortgage agreement to see if you can take a brief payment holiday to take the pressure off a bit or work out the minimum amount you need to pay bills and get any job to tick things over. I work in retail and of course they're all hiring at the moment for Xmas. My shop and I know Tesco have minimum 4 hr shifts starting at 5am so you could squeeze this in before another job. Not perfect I know but as a brief stop gap do-able. Good luck

[Patroclus]

Go online to sign on, thats all they will tell him. He should then get an advanced payment of around £320 in 2 weeks or so after his first appointment

[HollyBollyBooBoo]

Nightmare, really feel for you. Guess you need to be dead practice. Cancel any 'nice to have' things such as sky, gym/club memberships, lottery etc.

Ask mortgage for a 3 month break.

Start using up everything in your cupboards & freezers to cut down on food shop spending.

Use any points on store cards - sainbos/boots etc.

Tell people now you're not doing Xmas presents and you don't expect them either.

Sell anything that's sitting around not being used even if it's for a few quid on Facebook buying/ selling pages.

[TheQueens]

Ah poor you and DH, try not to take it out on him and work together, will make things a lot less stressful. Get him to apply for universal credit as soon as he is home. It takes 5 weeks to get your first payment but you can get an advance after meeting to provide yours/his ID. I'm sure he will try his best but if he doesn't find a job in the meanwhile at least you know you have a universal credit payment on the way. There will be plenty Christmas temp jobs coming up even if nothing full time is found just yet. Try not to panic. If bills may be late in the coming weeks then get in touch with companies explain the situation and I'm sure most will be sympathetic and help. Can you sell anything? I presume he still has some sort of pay packet to come though? Please don't worry but I know how awful it will seem for you, I really hope he gets sorted with a job soon. Sometimes these things work out for the better. Try and stay positive!

[AmIThough]

Yeah he needs to sign on straight away and start claiming jobseekers + universal credit.

[SuperMeerkat]

There will be so many Christmas jobs at the moment. I know they will only be temporary and I know it may not be his sector but at least it would be an income for a couple of months while he looks. Take the heat off so to speak.

[Sam983]

If you and your DH want some advice or help, feel free to pop me a message, I spent years working in sales recruitment and am happy to help (I would have sent a message, but can't figure it out!)

[whoami24601]

Thanks all. He's currently downstairs looking at universal credit and job hunting. It's probably a good time of year to be looking as you all say. We are extremely fortunate that we do have some savings so should be able to manage for a couple of months (but obviously we'd rather not!) I'm over the initial shock now so need to stay calm and work together to sort it out

[Kaykay06]

That’s really stressful, I have had a financially stressful time recently so I understand how you must be feeling. But as others have said I hope your husband manages to get to job centre and sign on etc. My son did sales for a while and found it really hard and left for somewhere else. Hope something better comes up for you both very soon

[TheDogsMother]

Recruiter here. Get onto all the job boards and set up alerts for roles that fit his criteria. Also upload his CV so that recruiters can find him. Try Indeed, CV Library, Reed, Monster for starters. There are plenty out there so just Google to find them. Good luck to you both

[notacooldad]

What a shock for you both.
Is their an agency he can sign on to. My friend doesnt want a regular job and has his name down on a local agency and does all different kinds of jobs. One week he may work in a warehouse, another week he may be in a shop. He has had a few long contracts and a few places have offered him permanent work but he likes flexibility at the moment.

God luck and fingers crossed for you.

[Babyroobs]

If you don't already receive tax credits you will need to claim Universal credit online. He can also choose to claim New style JSA if he has paid enough NI contributions over the past few years, however this would be deducted from any UC amount.

[marvellousnightforamooncup]

I know it won't solve the problem but I've done temping before when similar happened to me.

[whoami24601]

He's applied for universal credit. Luckily he gets paid on Monday which should see us ok for a month, then he has some sales bonus to come next month (he reckons about a months salary) so we should be ok til December I think. He's applied for one job but it's tricky when all the kids are here! Hopefully he'll get more done tomorrow when the big ones are at school

[OnlyFoolsnMothers]

He needs to go to a cafe then and apply- he should be applying calling the hours he would usually work- looking for a job is a full time job. Good luck!

[Babyroobs]

Sorry but he has not done the best thing applying for Uc today if he is going to be paid on Monday as that whole wage will be taken into account and you may not end up with any UC. It would have been much better to apply the day after. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[whoami24601]

Oh dear what?! Everyone on here said do it straight away! Will that delay the claim or will they just say we're not entitled to anything? We've never claimed benefits before so have no idea what we're doing!

[Babyroobs]

Just seen he is due almost a full months pay the month after too ? If you weren't entitled to UC before then I'm afraid you aren't going to get anything if your income hasn't changed ??

[whoami24601]

So do we need to wait and reapply after the final payment he gets from his work? I'm confused!

[Dowser]

It’s awful isn’t it?
My son was frogmarched to HR and was suspended last year.
After a lengthy process he was dismissed early this year.
He’s now going for unfair dismissal
It’s hot the whole family hard
I hope you’re in a good employment area.
Christmas jobs here are few and far between
Good luck
It’s so worrying.