Redundancy

[petitflower]

I am facing possible redundancy at work. I am really annoyed at how it is being handled. I feel undervalued but don't want to complain for various reasons.

I'm having sleepless nights as there aren't many jobs in my field available. I'm coming across as down and unintentionally surley when I am in the office.

I've also got other things to worry about.

Any advice as to how I can try to act professional and as cheery as I used to be. Colleagues are reacting to me in a negative way as I must be giving out negative vibes and it is not their fault.

I'm not very good at "playing the game" in the work place. I also have no support from anyone.

Thanks

Our firm has recently gone through a redundancy exercise. Everyone has gone out of their way to try and be understanding during the consultation, some people were very anxious. I don't think anyone would blame you for

Oops, for experiencing stress and being less cheerful. Is there not an employee counselling programme?

You can try to compartmentalize things and make some contingency plans so if the worst happens you have a start. The emotional strain of possibly being ranked against colleagues and found lacking is just really tough but I think once the decision is made its better than the uncertainty.

Thanks for your replies.

The situation is that the others in the office are not affected by redundancy and don't know that I am. It's not a "we're all in it together" thing.

I guess I will have to wait and see what happens.

Have you got a line manager and do they know? They should be looking out for you and defending you if necessary, I’ve done this for people. For instance a guy going through a disciplinary (obviously confidential) and I just had to say I know he’s got a lot going on at the moment if you could cut him a bit of slack.