My workplace is going through a ‘transformation review’ and I was told last November that we may be at risk of redundancy. We were told this month that the numbers in my team are going to have to reduce down to 8 we are currently a team of 17. I am having to interview for one of the eight positions.
When we first found out last November that we were at risk I started looking for another job. I have applied for what I could find and no luck. Most of them I never even heard back from, I have had two unsuccessful interviews and one of them literally sent a rejection email out minutes after I had submitted the application.
There is just nothing out there. Hardly any jobs. My local town has 15 jobs advertised and most of them are care agency work or night shift jobs at supermarkets. All are minimum wage or a few pence above. The jobs in the nearest city seem to be either completely out of my league asking for specific skills or low paid temp contracts.
I know loads of people who have been made redundant in the last year. My friend has just got a job and she had been looking for 11 months and she has ended up taking a pretty massive pay cut compared to her previous role.
I am worried. I don’t have a partner so it’s one income for all the bills and feel an overwhelming sense of dread that I’m going to loose my job.
Whats going on? Is it AI taking the jobs? If so does the government not need to step in here?