To wonder wtf?

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DH is in redundancy consultation. Everyone 'at risk' has to apply for new more senior roles.

18 months ago directly after returning to work after paternity leave DH was put on a 6 month appraisal.

After the 6 months he was offered the option to step down or be fired.He chose to step down and took a huge pay cut but seemed happier.

The Manager who orchestrated all this then destroyed all paperwork relating to the 6 month appraisal.

DH does not want to stay in the company. I've spoken to Acas and his union who state that he could have used the appraisal to support his inability to do this quite senior role and secure redundancy.

As there is no paper trail he can't actually do this and he's only just told me now.

So WTF is it just DH or do all men behave this way?

Garlic - in the final update it states all employees must work their notice.

I saw that :) I was thinking they might vary that term, as they're restructuring anyway. Has to be worth asking, doesn't it? Assuming he's got a formal offer from the new company.

Further alternatives: why not look at the worst they can do if he gives a fortnight's notice & buggers off? Or tell the new company he wants the job, but has to serve a month's notice. Tbh, if they're not willing to be reasonable at this stage they're probably as bad as the current employer.

Garlic - I thought that too about the new company

I agree with Garlic - the new company surely doesn't want to employ the sort of person who doesn't honour their contract of employment.

He said it was too good to be true. Don't like seeing him down now.