BBC redudency

[sorestomach]

Hi my partner won't talk to me about it as he knows I'm stressed.

I've just had a baby and hubby works for bbc.

I think I knew someone who was told they could be losing their job last June and their job was terminated at the end of the financial year.

Is that how the BBC does it, give lots of notice? Or how much notice do they have to give?

With the greatest respect this is something that many families sadly face. You are in a great position if he may get 2 years pay and his redundancy hasn’t actually been decided yet.

He will have to think about transferable skills or consider relocating if possible. Or you will have to consider working too. I know plenty of Asian women who work, including a GP whose husband is a stay at home dad. So I don’t think your view is exclusive to all Asian women and may have to change to help your family circumstances.

@sorestomach the most bizarre thread which is very unclear what you want from it.

And really Asian women don’t work as they bring up babies? Most of my colleagues are Asian women who are also mothers.

I don’t think this thread is very genuine tbh.

Keep feeding it, yeah... 🙄

I don't work. I'm Asian. Women bring up babies not men or nurseries

Blimey!! I better tell many of my colleagues to quit work and stay at home. How dare they be social workers, family support officers targeted youth workers teachers, pastoral support etc.

I'll say ' You're Asian!!! Why are you working when you have young childen'
Apart from them thinking I'd gone mad, I'm sure most if them have the same reasons as me. That is, they need money, they are doing a job they enjoy, pay into their pension and so on.

Agree with this, what a load of nonsense, Asian women do work and there’s no shame with your child going to nursery

You do you OP but don’t have a dig at others for sending their kids to nursery

2 years salary is a great safety net and should get you to him being 57 and able to draw pension, which after that length of time with the BBC ought to be decent.
Don't want to minimise your feelings but worrying doesnt solve anything. If the worst DOES happen, necessity is the mother of invention and you will find a way through it. 2+ years is a long way off and a lot can (and will) change in that time

U you fire not making friends here!

‘Get fucked. We are all not baby killers like this forum likes’

Thats quite something

Ok sure.
Well you have two choices
a) be totally dependent in a situation that leaves you stressed and worried and vulnerable
Or
b) take some ownership of the situation and realise you could resolve it by planning to go back to work

I’ve was made redundant about 10 years ago and I have a bit of knowledge from other roles about how redundancy works. But no experience of the BBC.

1 in 10 jobs need to go which means 9 in 10 won’t. It’s not nice for managers to choose who to make redundant so often they make the person redundant who has told them they are ready for early retirement, or are unhappy in their role and looking for a new job anyway etc.

Managers often stop hiring externally for open roles so, where possible, that role can be filled internally by someone whose current role is being made redundant and the person doesn’t actually leave the organization (and the organization doesn’t have to pay redundancy costs so it’s a win win). When I was made redundant HR gave me a list of all the roles in the organization which were currently open.

There will be some compulsory redundancies due to restructuring and reducing department sizes but it should be much less than 1 in 10 of the workforce. When I was made redundant I was told and put on gardening leave on full pay that day. There was a 30 day consultation period and at the end of that they told me my role WAS being made redundant and I then moved onto the 3 month notice period on full pay which was in my contract. During that my redundancy payment was discussed and finalised and paid to me. My last day as their employee was 4 months after I was told my role was at risk but I didn’t work any of that 4 months.

Wow I got that OP was rather odd but the later posts are another thing altogether

Asian women do work.
What a stupid things to say.

Well, he decided to have a baby at the age of 55+ so I’m sure he could manage to talk to his wife, autistic or not. And work in another job too if it comes to that.

Maybe he doesn't want to talk about theoretical possible future problems? Try and live in the here and now a bit.

After all, most of us could be given our notice at any time if the employer goes down the pan.

Things will sort themselves out. I was fired last year (53 then) and found another job within 6 weeks. Yes, it's not quite as senior, but even so..

Another shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted comment. What is the point other than to make the OP feel even more stressed and anxious than she already is.

She can't unbirth the baby now can she? So its less than helpful. Plus you don't know anything about her circumstances outside a few posts.

People get made redundant and its stressful, but they go on to find other employment.

OP, hold tight and try not to worry about what might happen. I remember moving into a house with a new born to find the Mortgage rate had just shot up and wondering how on earth we would manage, but it all works out in the end. You will find a way through this.

@sorestomach
Your rhetoric of 'Asian women don't work after babies' is v damaging to all those women who want to work and are discouraged.

What about trying to get job and bringing money into the household. It would be more helpful.