That's it!

[ricicle]

My current job in electrical maintenance/engineering is being transferred out to a contract company.I had the opportunity to join them under a TUPE agreement but declined this as I don't rate them.Luckily enough my company have agreed to let me go with a renumeration equivalent to a redundancy payment so I am just waiting now to see how long I have to stay to show the 'new boys' the ropes.

Eleven years loyal service gone and I am now on the look out for something better.That's why I have not posted much on here of late as my enthusiasm for my job is temporarily deflated.

 

[joe-90]

Never mind. Have a cup of tea.

 

[breezer]

ricicle, sorry to hear that (i truly am) as i have been there several times (just the redundancy bit) its not nice.

just dont go snap crackle and pop at them, one day they may offer you a job

 

[tim west]

I too have been through redundancy twice, but ive never understood how the TUPE agreement ever became law in the first place as it seems a cop out for the company you leave as they dont have to pay any redundancy and the danger i see is it makes it easy for a company to dump its workforce as and when they like not forgetting that the receiving company can also do what they like to your conditions of service once the agreement runs out.

It does in my opinion destabilise the structure that employment once had and especially when it can be hard to get a job these days whether because of age or cost.

 

[JohnD]

sorry to hear that mate

sadly things like that happen to a lot of us

keep looking , hard!

and keep on the right side of old and new company. you never know...

 

[crystal ball]

I have been made redundant 3 times from factory maintenance jobs (due to work going to far east), the last time I set up on my own, my first big contract was with my former employer closing the place down, and then with the firm who took over, lasted about six months in all, that was seven years ago and I am still going strong

TUPE another great invention from Margaret Thatcher

 

[Trazor]

TUPE another great invention from Margaret Thatcher

And obviously, immediately rescinded by the Labour party.............

 

[nashville]

What the hell's a TUPE???

 

[potshot]

It is difficult to know which is the most off-putting, the acronym TUPE or the full title, Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

 

[JohnD]

I have an idea the rule came about as a figleaf for the practice of thinning the ranks of public employees by hiving them off into the private sector, where their wages and conditions would be eroded in the interest of profit, while discarding responsibility from the master organisation.

For example, hospital cleaners

BTW, ricicle, see if you can register on this website. it will send you daily emails of anything meeting your selection criteria.

usually there is nothing suitable within a hundred miles of home, but it could be worth a try.
http://www.jobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/[email protected]&selection=928012481

 

[ricicle]

Cheers Mr D

 

[Shytalkz]

What the hell's a TUPE???

Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations...

Edited to add: missed Potshot's post

 

[tim west]

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[Shytalkz]

Hah, beat you Tim, just before you picked me up for pointless repetition

 

[tim west]

Hah, beat you Tim, just before you picked me up for pointless repetition

Doh!