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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To ask how many of you have

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MiaMarshmallows · 06/12/2020 18:12

Kept your jobs on the same hour or even done better out of coronavirus?
DP has but I know many who have lost jobs or had hours reduced.

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romaniac123 · 07/12/2020 21:22

I work for a company that organises scientific and medical conferences. I was furloughed from April - September without being topped up. Brought back on 3 days a week from September and flexibly furloughed, but I end up doing more hours than I should on my 3 days every single week. Quite a few colleagues were made redundant. No idea if or when we’ll get back to a 5 day week. Household income has taken a nosedive.

Nearly47 · 07/12/2020 21:33

Furlough for 3 months but back to normal hours now. But 1/3 of my colleagues lost their jobs. But I think more to do with Brexit than Covid as we are in tech. It was slow before Covid as we were loosing tenders abroad

JorisBonson · 07/12/2020 21:35

Police officer. Had a lot of cancelled rest days due to people being ill / self isolating.

It means I've earned a bit more but I am knackered.

GrolliffetheDragon · 07/12/2020 21:38

No change to my job. DH made redundant though.

And who knows what will happen next year/2022. There's still time for the fallout from all this to mean I lose mine...

stevalnamechanger · 07/12/2020 21:52

WFH, no commuting costs so invested the money. Not socialising so invested the money.

Work is very busy, working more hours than I would in the office with none of the benefits of my office ( amazing facilities and catering).

Taken up old hobbies I wouldn't be able to do if I was still commuting to the city.

Thanking my lucky stars, I know I am in a very privileged position.

user1472151176 · 07/12/2020 22:23

My husband and I have been lucky. His job hasn't been affected and mine was only affected during the first 3 months of the initial lockdown. If anything my hours and pay have improved. I know how lucky we are and appreciate it too.

spababe · 07/12/2020 22:51

I'm a publisher and I sell online. My sales are profit are a lot more than last year. I WFH normally so no change there.

My DH also WFH normally and does consultancy based on contracts. Due to changing politics he has been very busy and has worked full time for quite a few months whereas he is really semi-retired.

We both work for ourselves.

lionsandwhales · 08/12/2020 00:47

Earn more, saved loads as in thousands work in a newe very interesting and challenging new role BUT work into the small hours Inc weekends and haven't dropped off or collected my children from school at all this school year. Son desperately wants me to watch him at football training and both my ds spend to long on computer because I am on conference calls.

sweetkitty · 08/12/2020 00:51

DH moved from WFH 2 days a week to full time so saved £30 a week commuting costs.

My job remained unchanged and is very secure, I went from 4 days a week to 5. Lack of holiday and socialising this year has meant we are better off.

We have been very fortunate.

steppemum · 08/12/2020 00:55

My hours haven't changed. I work from home anyway. I couldn't visit peopel I would normally visit, so I switched to zoom during lockdown. Not as good but got job done.

I also do private tutoring. Again, did it with zoom. I hate teaching on zoom, but it worked, and I got paid.

Pretty sure I coudl have picked up loads of extra, but I had 3 teens at home needing supervising too, so was stressfull enough

hammeringinmyhead · 08/12/2020 01:13

I was made redundant with immediate effect 4 days before March lockdown started. My company folded. I got another job as an administrator for a financial services company in June - lower pay but grateful for it. DH WFH anyway and is the same level of busy as usual.

beautifulmonument · 08/12/2020 01:14

My job hasn't changed, except that I'm working from home now and we had a pay freeze.

HarrietsweetHarriet · 08/12/2020 07:57

I was made redundant in April.so lost £50k salary. Managed to get some minimum wage farm work from May to October but zero hours and weather-dependent. I guess it worked out about £700 a month and I got some tax rebates. No work since but I have 2 weeks seasonal work coming up in a supermarket. From January not sure what I'll.do but could possibly go back to fsrm work later in the year although it's intensely physically demanding and I am mid.50's. DH is a special needs LSA so very low salary and has worked all through lockdown. LSAs are criminally overworked and underpaid. He often does the job of a teacher and so much unpaid overtime. We are selling our home, relocating and hopefully buying something to be mortgage-free. I don't miss my 4 hours plus daily commute and we are trying to turn our situation around to make it a positive step for the future.
I'm the only one in my family /friendship circle who has lost my job. I'm glad for them but I can't help feeling awkward and like I've been kind of abandoned...

HarrietsweetHarriet · 08/12/2020 07:58

Meant to say DH is special needs LSA.

Chrimboo · 08/12/2020 08:59

I’ve had my hours cut by just over 1/3. Which is also means I’ve lost over 1/3 of my salary and I’m struggling to cover the basics.

Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady · 08/12/2020 09:06

Both me and DH are usually office based but both WFH since March which has been lovely. No loss of hours.

MrsJamin · 08/12/2020 09:10

I was made redundant from my part time job in which I was paid well under the going rate, I tolerated it as they allowed me to wfh. I pocketed the redundancy money and went straight into a new full time job and my take home pay has more than doubled as they pay the going rate and I'll be wfh indefinitely. It looked like I did really badly put of the pandemic but actually it's worked out very well especially as so many companies now support wfh.

squeekums · 08/12/2020 09:16

I found work during corona, in essential retail, food and petrol
It seems many were scared off public facing and there was just very few applicants.

LovelyIssues · 08/12/2020 09:52

I work in a school so hours haven't changed.

dingoesatemybaby · 08/12/2020 09:54

Public sector here (key worker but not frontline)

Kept job, reduced hours to allow for social distancing in the office (unable to WFH), no reduction in pay.

I realise I am one of the very, very lucky ones.

sas1879 · 08/12/2020 12:52

I ended up leaving a job of 17 years after being extremely ill and the company treating me appallingly to becoming the manager of a community centre on £100 more a month for 3 hours more work. I have jo idea what i am doing but i 3 weeks I have managed to make the centre over £3000 and feel so much happier in myself. I spent 17 years working for a massive company with basically never going sick and the minute I was seriously ill hospitalised almost dies etc all they wanted to know was when was I back. So got asked to apply for this new role filled out forms went to interview and they hired me. Feel so much happier and that should be what counts.

Angliski · 09/12/2020 15:45

I run a careers advisory firm from home. Started five years ago and just taking off in last 18 months or so.

Worked all through lockdown and had a good, busy year as many individuals and firms are rethinking their career strategy post lockdown.

My downside was that I had to go back to work early from maternity with baby at 10 weeks as I couldn’t leave my team to come up with a pandemic strategy. This meant I stopped breastfeeding earlier than I would have liked, which I feel a bit sad about. But needs must!

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