Hi everyone. Thanks for reading…
I’ve been recently threatened with redundancy at my workplace. Other members of staff in the same role as me have also been threatened with potential redundancy. I know it will be me that will be told to leave due to the following:
Basically, the company and managers plan on ‘assessing’ everyone’s skills and making cuts to staffing. 1.3 FT jobs are up for dismissal and I know that I’m the least qualified. I’m a teacher in the FE sector if anyone’s curious. The college doesn’t have an adequate amount of students for the next year and have offered me a different job at the college, a job that I’m simply not qualified to do.
I only started in April, while I was STILL studying my postgraduate teacher training qualification (PGCE). A bit frustrating, but understandable that the company would see me as a cheaper option that hiring ad-hoc cover teachers.
I’m considering handing in my notice tomorrow so that I can look for other work, another college is interested in taking me on.
I’d be interested to see what fellow Redditors would do in my position.
I’ve also got a wife and kids that I need to provide for, so it’s essential that I work over the next academic year.
Edit: Forgot to mention that I’m on probation still (it’s a 6 month probation) and I won’t get paid for being ‘made redundant’.