For being angry at DH for not looking for another job

[Heatherbell1978]

DH works for a small company that has been hitting the wall since the summer - we can thank Brexit for that as it's made the business unsustainable importing into Europe. They've been bailed out a couple of times by investors but it seems pretty certain to me that it'll fold and he has no sweet redundancy package to tide him over. Our salary would half overnight and this would be a disaster.
But he's doing nothing to find a new job - he is ploughing all his time into this company as he's so bloody loyal but no time into looking around. The job market is fairly buoyant where we are and he's skilled so should attract a bit of interest but it takes time. Time he should be taking now rather than when he loses his job.
There are things we could do to tide us over - mortgage down to interest only, kids out of after school clubs etc but it would be tough. My salary is good but not enough to support our outgoings alone.
I'm getting really angry with his attitude now and panicking about the whole thing. AIBU?

I think @sheepdogdelight has it right

He may feel better prepping rather than feeling he is deserting them when they need him most (given your description of his loyalty)

How many years has he been there? If it's a decent period it could be worth waiting on the redundancy. If he's over 41 then 1.5weeks pay for each year he has been there.

I notice this thread is a couple of months old so this may no longer be relevant.
if his company goes into administration, he will have to claim any redundancy from the insolvency service. It’s not that quick. This has happened twice to us and took around 2 months to be paid. Also he may be able to bring a collective award claim against his employer due to not being put into a consultation period. Again this will be months down the line,
Do you have any insurances? If not it may not be too late to get either mortgage cover or income protection. Unfortunately there will be an exclusion period of at least a couple of months so it may already be too late. We have had both in the past and they’ve been very helpful.
Do you have an update OP?

Imo YANBU. A few thoughts and how I think I would handle it:

• I'd try to get him to agree there is more than a 50% likelihood the firm will go bust. Perhaps ask him what % figure he would estimate as the probability of this happening. If it becomes clear he thinks it won't I would address this first
• is he aware of your financial situation if he loses his job (in detail - you said you manage the finances). If not I'd suggest sitting down with him and going through the figures
• this may not go down so well (you know your husband best) but in your shoes I would then ask what is more important to him, his family or his job
• I would then explain what I was doing and when to help the situation
• I would then ask him what is doing / plans to do and when. If he says he will update his cv I would gently point out that's a first step but doesn't by itself resolve the issue and what else does he suggest. I would ask him to provide timelines

It sounds horribly stressful so I hope you can resolve it. Best of luck.

Missed this is an old thread. I hope it's resolved.

This.

He works there. He's obviously committed to the role. Perhaps in his opinion, the company can survive and his tactic is correct. If he's skilled, he'll find another job quickly so maybe he isn't too worried.