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girlofprey) wrote2020-10-15 07:21 pm
girlofprey) wrote2020-10-15 07:21 pm
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I was made redundant yesterday. Not anything to do with the pandemic, in fact, or not directly at least - the company I'm contracted out to is moving to a new building soon, and last week they apparently told the heads of my company they didn't need any staff back in until they'd completed that move, and then this week they told them that actually that didn't include receptionists, because they weren't going to have a company-specific reception in the new building, so the other receptionists and I weren't needed. So that's a pain. It's not like I wasn't totally expecting it because of the pandemic, but I did think I'd at least get to my next full paycheque before I was out of work. I will still get most of it, but...it's just not what I was expecting. But not totally out of left field - I'd been wondering if they'd even need reception in the new building for a while, because they're moving to a couple of floors in a building that has its own reception. I don't really do much besides greet guests, hand out passes to people who've forgotten theirs and watch the security barriers, so if someone else is doing that, I'm sort of doing nothing. But some of my colleagues tried to be optimistic for me, and said there was a reception desk on the floorplan, and pointed out I still do reception stuff for the building in Manchester because their building reception just calls and emails us about things. I guess I just didn't think I'd have such short notice between being told my services wouldn't be required and being let go, but that's the world of work, I guess.
I'm a little down about it, not because I loved the job, but just because I know how much work and stress it will probably be to find another one. Particularly in the current job market. A part of me wants to not bother, and just live off the last of my recent paycheques until spring, when hopefully there'll be a vaccine, the weather will be better, and any business that are going to close down have already closed down so we'll know where we are. I know that the job scene probably won't be much better in spring than now. And mum wants me to get on Jobseekers and get whatever benefits I'm entitled to until I get another job, just to have some money coming in. I don't really know. There's also a chance I'll have some redundancy payment coming in, but I'm really not sure about that given the type of job I was working, so we'll have to wait and see. The CEOs of my current company are apparently going to write to me letting me know all the details, and my manager says traditionally I would need to go in for a final face-to-face meeting, but given the circumstances he's going to try to avoid that. So yep. Unemployed and on finite cash for at least the moment.
The let's players I watch came back last night. It was pretty sad - the ones who talked about the situation at the beginning were really upset - but they're intending to get on with things. They are taking down a lot of their old videos though, with Ryan Haywood in them. It's a shame, because while I can't really enjoy watching him anymore, especially given some of the jokes they make and stuff they do, there were a lot of let's plays he's in that I really love for the other people in them and their jokes. And I guess I won't be able to watch them anymore. But it's fair enough, and they don't want to profit from him or promote him or be associated with him anymore, which is entirely understandable. It just really sucks.
Also this week I've been trying to get up a bit earlier and go to bed a bit earlier, and we've been trying to walk the dog earlier on in the day, because of the nights drawing in. And frankly it is throwing me for a loop. I used to do a bit of work in my room through the day, since I started cutting down on my computer time, and then a nice walk in the fresh air was a good palette-cleanser, moving into going online when I got back. Now I'm going more or less right after I get up, mum and I can't get a schedule sorted because she does other things earlier in the day, and I come back from the walk tired and just wanting to sit and play Animal Crossing. I don't really want to be out walking the dog after dark, but some more work needs to be done tweaking this schedule. There has been a lot of change this week.
I'm a little down about it, not because I loved the job, but just because I know how much work and stress it will probably be to find another one. Particularly in the current job market. A part of me wants to not bother, and just live off the last of my recent paycheques until spring, when hopefully there'll be a vaccine, the weather will be better, and any business that are going to close down have already closed down so we'll know where we are. I know that the job scene probably won't be much better in spring than now. And mum wants me to get on Jobseekers and get whatever benefits I'm entitled to until I get another job, just to have some money coming in. I don't really know. There's also a chance I'll have some redundancy payment coming in, but I'm really not sure about that given the type of job I was working, so we'll have to wait and see. The CEOs of my current company are apparently going to write to me letting me know all the details, and my manager says traditionally I would need to go in for a final face-to-face meeting, but given the circumstances he's going to try to avoid that. So yep. Unemployed and on finite cash for at least the moment.
The let's players I watch came back last night. It was pretty sad - the ones who talked about the situation at the beginning were really upset - but they're intending to get on with things. They are taking down a lot of their old videos though, with Ryan Haywood in them. It's a shame, because while I can't really enjoy watching him anymore, especially given some of the jokes they make and stuff they do, there were a lot of let's plays he's in that I really love for the other people in them and their jokes. And I guess I won't be able to watch them anymore. But it's fair enough, and they don't want to profit from him or promote him or be associated with him anymore, which is entirely understandable. It just really sucks.
Also this week I've been trying to get up a bit earlier and go to bed a bit earlier, and we've been trying to walk the dog earlier on in the day, because of the nights drawing in. And frankly it is throwing me for a loop. I used to do a bit of work in my room through the day, since I started cutting down on my computer time, and then a nice walk in the fresh air was a good palette-cleanser, moving into going online when I got back. Now I'm going more or less right after I get up, mum and I can't get a schedule sorted because she does other things earlier in the day, and I come back from the walk tired and just wanting to sit and play Animal Crossing. I don't really want to be out walking the dog after dark, but some more work needs to be done tweaking this schedule. There has been a lot of change this week.