All I can say is thank God it's almost over!
This week has been a little hot, surreal and tense.
The weather, and therefore high pollen count and lack of sleep due to humid sweaty nights made us all a little irritable, particularly Little Dude who suffers badly from hay fever. We have snapped and grumbled, cried and stamped. Even last nights rain hasn't done anything, I feel we need a mega thunderstorm and soon. (I love storms!)
And then there was the Raoul Moat situation which for those who don't know, played out in Northumberland and areas close to me. He carried out an armed raid on a local chip shop and was assisted by two men who were arrested literally a mile from my front door. Rothbury, where the final days search occurred is a pretty rural town I visited many times with work. To see and hear about places you know well in this kind of context was well, a little weird. To say this was the most excitement Northumberland has ever had would be a huge understatement. Most people think we are just the bit between England and Scotland.
Last night watching the capture and stand off unfurl on Sky News actually took my mind off something much more important in the scheme of things.
Yesterday I was handed a letter telling me I was at risk of redundancy. Not unexpected, but seeing it in writing was a little more unsettling than I thought it would be. Later we got to see what jobs were available for those of us at risk but not ring fenced. Not a lot in reality, in fact nothing that I felt confident in getting or even wanted. There are two roles I could apply for that have reasonable salaries, but would be the posts at risk managers would be applying for as well as others 'in the pot'.
My gut feeling is to apply for voluntary redundancy, to take the money and run. What to is the million dollar question. I have a wide range of experience and could turn my hand to most things, but now I am wondering if I should be asking myself what I want to do. This could be an opportunity to re train, up-skill or try something new.
Decisions, decisions.
In the meantime I still have 800 words of my final assignment on Leadership and Management to write, check, proof-read and put in my portfolio by Tuesday.
On a positive note, I did get the screen on my iPhone changed as it was starting to delaminate.
So as I said - I will be glad to see the back of this week!
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You are so cute the way you talk! I'm assuming that redundancy means laid off? I hope that's not what that means. I hope there's plenty of good things in store for you!
ReplyDeleteindeed a crazy week. We watched the Raol Moat 'events' too. Unbelievable.good luck making your decisions. Never easy.;-)
ReplyDeleteSympathies about the redundancy issue - it's a horribly tricky decision which generally comes down to how much? My own partner may be facing a similar situation at some point.
ReplyDeleteTo hold that dreaded letter in your hand must give a sinking feeling for sure. I hope that this past week has been better than the previous one! And good luck with your decisions.
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