Ahhh I'm still there until Nov 28 - Gah, rolling redundancies! I got given the last day (which has pro's and cons)
However if I find a job before then and have a letter of offer as proof, I can go, with my payout intact. Applied for a heap of jobs last week, totally unsuitable and applied out of pure panic. Need to work out what I want to do, what pay I can survive on and what hours I am prepared to work!
I have had the luxury of a work from home day and core (family friendly) hours of 830-430 since I became a Mum. No way I am going to get that again in my industry and maintain my wage. Happy to drop 20-30K and find a 9-5 role without the leadership part. Time to simplify I think....................
I hope you work out what you want and then find it exactly when you want it MN!
My job situation is now pretty rubbish - unlikely to get my contract extended - basically due to politics and the strange way large organisations and recruiting works - but really has screwed me - because I only took this job to get particular experience - which I haven't got - and now it looks absolutely rubbish on a CV when talking to recruiters - "oh yes I was working at this company and did all the prep work for this software but then they never let me near it" - the other project at same company is recruiting for trainers and using this software but they not interested in me (most likely because currently working for wrong agency) but all the recruiters know this - so I can see how it must look to them, it looks like there must be something wrong with me (employer has confirmed is nothing to do with my performance) - so really I am in a worse situation than I was before this contract - and financially this contract was really terrible for me too. I have just completed my CERTIV in Training and Education, but this job which was meant to be my 'in' into the training world - may well have just scuppered my chances. I now have to decide do I chase the money and go back to do what I used to do (although currently there is only a 2 month 5 day a week contract on the cards anyway, I can't afford 5 day a week day care for two children for just 2 months - childcare doesn't have places anyway) - or try and persevere to find something in the Training arena. Flip flopping between the two won't look good - so have to work out how long am prepared to try and persevere with trying to find a Training Role. My previous contract might well need some resource too, but they drove me so mad and wasn't really area I wanted to be in (but maybe is better the devil you know).
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