We, (collectively DP and I) are worried about tomorrow and its consequences.......

[tiredemma]

DP's work are currently undergoing a kind of re-orginsation.

At the moment he is the manager of one of their branches in the city (having previously been the manager of a branch at an airport location).

Tomorrow he will find out if he is either being made redundant ( why do companies announce redundancy at xmas time - last year I was made redundant on 22nd dec!)or if he is being promoted into area manager.

Both will place different stresses on the household- which tbh - since I started University is chaotic enough as it is.

If he is made redundant- I will have to leave uni as there is no way we can afford for me to go.
If he promoted then it has the added stress on the house of working away from home more so than usual- basically he runs around after all of us so that I can do my placements etc.( me being selfish realises that I wont have the 100% support that I have been used to as he will have to dedicate his time to setting his area up etc- im worried about his stress- he suffers from anxiety and Im concerned as tbh- we hardly see each other as it is- im sure we will see less and this will have an impact on the realtionship.)

ARGH! not looking for advice just wanted to rant/offload

Why cant life just be simple?

Oh dear, poor you. Hope the outcome is better than you fear. BTW if he is made redundant then I think you will be entitled to extra finanical help for your studies: ask the welfare officer at Uni about it.

thankyou- I hadn't thought of asking for help from uni, should the worse happen.

thanks again

tiredemma, that's awful, I really hope that you don't have to give up uni, can you not slow-track if needed so that you can work aswell??? I know it's easy for me to say, but should he be made reduntant, he would receive redunancy payment and that would free him up to do something new?? Hope it all works out for you, what a horrible thing to say, you're going to be made reduntant or promoted???

I know- it is a bit odd.

To be honest- deep down I dont feel he will be made redundant, he has worked very hard and is held in high regard by senior management- but of course the threat is always there.

If he is promoted then his office wouldnt be based in our home city, as it is now- which means a lot of travelling each morning and night- But that will be something that we will just have to deal with.

I hope he keeps his job- but the added stress of doing so worries me.

Oh Emma, fingers crossed for you & dh!

If the worst comes to the worst go & see your study advisor & ask what you can do.. it really would be a shame if you had to drop out of your studies now, especially when you're doing so well.

Hopefully dh will be Ok & you will manage to work with the added pressures.

Fingers crossed

To answer your qs about redundancy at xmas, companies go through the budgeting process usually at this time of year and out of that come projections for staff for the following year...

Job safe!

Promotion, pay rise and bigger car.

but will have to travel approx 80miles round trip per day.

It will be stressful, we wont see much of each other, but im sure we will manage.

thanks for your good wishes

So glad it's turned out well!

Bloody employers doing this just before Christmas though. Really feel for his colleagues. My old firm told me just before Christmas one year they were making my entire dept. redundant - but I couldn't tell my team until after New Year. Awful.

I know- I feel awful for the ones who have lost their jobs.

Good news

I've travelled approx 100miles round trip for the last 8 years, 2 of those since ds was born, and it's not as bad as you think.

Plus, as he gets more settled he can look at managing his time so that he can be there for you when he can (e.g. I used to do early starts so that I could finish at 4 and get back for ds. Worked really well. And I missed the worst of the traffic that way too.)

Pay rise, bigger car, job is safe - that's all good.

Oh good news TE

What CD said is usually the case. Budgets for next year, and requirements for long consultation periods often mean it comes up just before christmas.

What kind of company does your DP work for?

But then, is it right to let people go and overspend at Christmas, to tell them in the new year that you're making them redundant.

Really hard either way - but I'm glad your dh is OK tiredemma.

Well, to be fair - its not a company's responsibility if people 'over'spend.

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VVV- he works for a national car rental company ( boring I know!!)- He started as just a customer service rep at the airport desk just 6 years ago and worked his way up to this new post which is overall management of an airport location and two city locations (like a mini regional manager I suppose)
He is very good at his job and I wasnt surprised that they kept him on.

Thanks again everyone x

Oh I see. So quite a relatively large company?

Yes - quite large.

( you dont know of anyone working for a car hire company waiting to hear about a job do you? I shouldnt have told anyone and now im paranoid in case Ive said too much!!!!)

LOL no! I was wondering if it was a slightly different industry (Pest Control) for that reason. But not - so no worries

"slightly different"? WTF am I on? Vastly different

Ha ha!!

I went ever so slightly paranoid for a moment then! Had a vision of DP bursting through the door telling me his position had been given away to someone else as he breached confidentiality and the UK knew via mumsnet!
Its a large car rental co ( NOT avis! )

I'm sure they'd be fine. They know your hearts in the right place dont they?

that would be my argument. At least I clearly care!

Off to make him a meal now to celebrate.

( Ps- congrats on your wedding -I meant to say on the other thread)

Thank you

lol @ VVV, very subtle!

congrats TE, glad it was the promotion even tho it will bring it's own issues.