My role at work seems to have come to a standstill. I work for a large company. My boss was let go a month ago because most of our operational oversight is moving overseas, and our roles were quite closely linked/my remit is fast disappearing as they make that transition. (However I haven’t received any official communications from our senior management also overseas about this- it’s been badly handled and “officially” our team don’t really know what’s going on.) I have begun to be left out of the loop on decisions and processes that were previously part of my role, and the expectation from most of the people I work with is that I’m “next” to go, and there will be a second round of redundancies in June/July.
However I have only worked here for 1.3 years so I think I’m not technically eligible for redundancy pay/if I felt I had a case for constructive dismissal it wouldn’t be valid.
I also have a school age dd. Summer is always a total nightmare childcare wise as my fiancé and I work full time and we have had to use most of our annual leave up already as we had family emergencies and also are getting married this year. I would need to take 2 weeks off because of this in summer either if I stay at this job or if I changed jobs, honeymoon etc are booked. However if I changed jobs my annual leave would be pro rated accordingly and I would have literally none left for the rest of the year.
I have been severely demotivated by these events at work and it has really made my anxiety worse. It’s so shit knowing you’re “for the chop” and I have pretty much been left to my own devices for the past month. I know my days are numbered.
WIBU to resign a month before my dd breaks up for summer (this would be nearly 4 weeks from today) and take a break this summer instead of trying to start a new job/do wedding stuff/field childcare? The way I see it I either get made redundant at some point in the next 2 months, or I resign for the sake of my own sanity/ in time to not have to worry about summer childcare. I highly doubt I will get some great redundancy package due to my short service at the company.
My fiancé is a high earner and I have around 8k in savings. I have a good cv and haven’t had trouble getting jobs before- I would need to look for something to start in September.
Aibu to consider resigning and taking the summer off for dd/wedding then going back? I feel so demotivated here every day and I’m sick of getting no clarity from anyone. My new “boss” is a guy based overseas I’ve never met, who I speak to once a week. I just want out really. Any advice?!