My husband is a Finance Manager who was three months into his probationary period in a new job. He was called into a meeting this morning thinking it was something work related only to be told they weren't going to keep him on and that needed to hand his work equipment in and leave. He's in shock as they were praising the work he'd been doing since he'd started. However, another colleague a while ago had told him that due to irregularities in the company's accounts, he'd been hired as the fall guy. He put this down to malicious gossip and didn't think about it further. Seems like they were right after all. His manager walked him out of the office and apologised for hiring him saying he had no choice but to do what he had "for the sake of the business".
We're both gutted. We have twins at nursery and I've recently gone back to work to help pay the mortgage. I'm panicked atm and don't know what to do. I don't earn enough to cover everything. I've been crying ever since I've found out. He's a qualified accountant and left his previous job due to a toxic work environment. Needing some reassurance that all will be fine please. I can't even think straight atm.