Playing the company game....advice needed please

[saintpeta]

DH has to reapply for a job in his dept and since he wants the redundancy how should he "perform" in the interview tomorrow? for a job he doesn't want? He's thinking of going for a job that is earmarked for someone else-if he doesn't get it they will have to offer him something? don't they ? Is there ever a situation where they would just say goodbye without anything at all? Anybody been through these un and games? Whats the best course of action? Unfortunately (in this situation) he is good at his job and so it is likely they will keep him in some capacity...but a payout now would be great I can't deny.

saint peta if your DH is offered a suitable alternative job, he will have to take it I'm afraid, otherwise he will lose his entitlement to redundancy pay.

Does he really get to chose exactly what job to go for and can try for one that is not the most suitable? Seems a bit unusual. Either way, if there is something suitable they offer to him, he must take it. You are right to identify that if he is good at his job (and reliable, good attendance and disciplinary record etc), they are much more likely to keep him, and rightly so. I would doubt that a 'bad' performance at one interview will make much of a difference if otherwise he is a good employee and others perhaps aren't as good.

I am assuming they haven't asked for volunteers for redundancy? He could consider volunteering anyway, on the off-chance they say yes if it means not having to make someone else redundant. Only problem with that is obviously they can refuse to give it to him, and it doesn't make him look committed and motivated going forward.

Does he feel it would be easy to get another job then, if he wants the redundancy?

Also - where I work if I was in this situation and decided not to apply for posts for which I was suitable then this would go against me.

I think that he has shown his hand and they know he would like redundacy as personnel have told himwhat he could expect if redundancy were offered. Actually its seeming more and more unlikely as I write!