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Should I take the redundancy?
My husband and I work at the same call center and it has just been announced that there will be redundancies made. We have 7 days to decide if we'll take the redundancy package ($15k each, so $30k total) and be out of work in a tough job economy.
Or we could choose to attempt to stay as they will be keeping about 50 staff for the really difficult calls they cannot handle in the new call center overseas, but they may not give us the payout if we try to keep our jobs and are rejected.
We live in Australia, have a toddler who is turning two soon and thankfully only have one-monthly car payment of $500 as our only debt. My mother has offered for us to stay with her while we look for new jobs, but lord knows how long that would take.
I am a fantastic employee with no blemish on my record and have won employee of the month, and all my call center "stats" are perfect. My husband isn't so lucky and I think he may have to take the leave regardless.
I just heard the news and cannot get my thoughts straight and would like to hear the opinions of the internet!
Should I try to stay and fight for my job, or take the money and be out of work?
3 Answers
- 6 years ago
Take the money and go!!! Otherwise there's a HIGH chance of loosing your job and having no money. 30k is enough of an emergency fund to give you time to find a new job, and if you find one quickly you can save the money =) I would also recommend getting a cheaper car and your 30k will last even longer!
- 6 years ago
This sounds like one of those situations that you'll have to talk about and work through with your family and husband.
