Indecent Proposal

I'm sorry to hear about the underhand way your firm are treating you Yvonne.

This is not a redundancy package, they are trying to buy you off. Legally it's the job that has to be made redundant, in other words the job will not exist and that's not happening in your case because somebody else is taking it over.

FC has looked at it from another point and they are perfectly entitled to do the above. It's a nasty business and it's about time employment regulations were changed so that the employer isn't allowed to be in a 'win' situation.

For your own peace of mind, which ever decision you make Yvonne, seek legal advice as soon as possible.

 

I haven't got anything to add to the informative posts you've already received except to say I'm really sorry you are going through this Yvonne. Get yourself some legal advice and take it from there. Your health though is very important - life is too short to be this unhappy.

 

Hi Yvonne, so sorry to hear about your problems, unfortunately I don't have anything to offer other than support and best wishes

I think you'll now know for certain though that GC is far more than just a gardening forum, it's an amazing place for friendly support and advice. I found that out last year when I had problems, the support and advice I received was overwhelming.

Good luck Yvonne, hope everything is sorted soon and you can at peace once again

 

Sorry to hear this Yvonne

Your not alone, i've been there

 

Yes, thankfully the job market is picking up and I have agencies contacting me regularly, so I feel a little hopeful.

The 1-2-1 meeting and appraisal system in my company is a joke, I didn't haven't any of these for 2 years. Just before Christmas the sales Director wrote something up without any meeting with me. It was basically a character assassination, and didn't mention that I had hit my target, grew the turnover by 27% and brought in two new clients. I asked him why this wasn't included and he told me if he had written anything positive, he would have been instructed to amend it. The cow manager I mentioned before had 5 different people raise grievances raised against her, its definitely not a personality clash!

I hadn't thought about taking time off sick, that would buy me time but I'm not sure I want to drag this out. something to think about, thanks.

This is exactly what they are trying to do, but if I was in a fair competition, I would win hands down due to my experience and qualifications.

No, I want to work in an ethical, professional environment. I haven't mentioned the impact on patients in this thread, believe me, that's a can of worms which may just be opened once I have been released from my contract.

Yes, I have to as I don't know how long it will take to get another job, I have a mortgage to pay.

The enhanced package will be enough for 4-5 months if I'm careful.

That's what I think I should push for, why should i go quietly, I haven't done anything wrong!

My work load represented 35-40% of the company's gross revenue, someone will definitely have to take over from me.

I agree, I think they know they are out of order, hence why they offered an enhanced package, rather than statutory redundancy pay.

The MD instructed my then line manager to put me on performance management last year (he has now left) He refused to do it as it amounted to bullying. So it never went anywhere. It would be interesting to hear them explain why that wasn't completed in a court if I was that bad at my job.

Thanks for all your support guys, you don't know how much it means to me xxxx

 

@**Yvonne** Please be careful about posting criticisms of managers online on an open forum as it would probably take somebody only takes a few minutes using Google + your name + avatar image used elsewhere + a few details of the issues you have detailed above to locate your postings here.

What would you manager make of all your above posts?

 

I know this is probably stating the obvious but do you have paper copies of all company policies updated to the correct version. Helps you check they cannot trip you up. Friend of mind had a similar instance and came a little unstuck as she had been working from copies of company documents 6 years out of date.
Good luck Yvonne, try and keep things in perspective so you don't become overwhelmed with this, the stress of these things can create a more lasting impact on you than the loss of the job, don't let them affect your health.