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What should I say about my redundancy to my next employer?

  • After my recent redundancy, I am looking for a job in the same industry, ideally the same job as previously. I am expecting a phone call soon from a potential employer. I absolutely don't know what to say. HR sent me a reference by post stating my position, date of employment and that I was a valued employee (really?). Thank you and good luck. I remember during my redundancy meetings, HR told me: "The results expected in your area haven't been achieved for some reasons, you are at risk of redundancy". 4 days later I was asked to go home. My gut feeling is that they wanted to get rid of me but they could not sack me on professional ground. Sometimes I want to sue them for what they have done. I am confused. I described on my CV what I have done during my 16 months employment there but the next employer is going to ask why have I been made redundant? HR said that that has nothing to do with me and the next employer can contact them for more infos. I believe that they are using my work internally to succeed without me because my project reached business maturity and I was close to success. Is this legal? ACAS is hard to reach. Please advise further. Thanks.

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    Just say u got layed off by law ur current employer cannot ask ur previous employer the reasons behind your redundency they can only conferm the dates of your employment. Secondly you can go to the nearest citizen advice breau and ask them on what you can do this scheme is set up by the government so they are there to help search on internet for the closest one to you and explain ur situation you could possibly sue them for unfair dissmissal, best of luck to you I hope this helps ....

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You just tell your next employer that redundancies were made in your department. If you are qualified for the job they will hire you, your previous company have given you the satisfactory reference for a new job.

alikat

You just tell your next employer that redundancies were made in your department. If you are qualified for the job they will hire you, your previous company have given you the satisfactory reference for a new job.

Alikat

Just say u got layed off by law ur current employer cannot ask ur previous employer the reasons behind your redundency they can only conferm the dates of your employment. Secondly you can go to the nearest citizen advice breau and ask them on what you can do this scheme is set up by the government so they are there to help search on internet for the closest one to you and explain ur situation you could possibly sue them for unfair dissmissal, best of luck to you I hope this helps ....

salman

People in the UK are being made redundant every day. You do not need to explain anything. Lots of staff are loosing their jobs. As for a reference, your previous employer will just sign a tick sheet about reliability and absence. Stop worrying, and also you cannot sue them for anything. You must move on. UK

Kernow Lady

People in the UK are being made redundant every day. You do not need to explain anything. Lots of staff are loosing their jobs. As for a reference, your previous employer will just sign a tick sheet about reliability and absence. Stop worrying, and also you cannot sue them for anything. You must move on. UK

Tavy

You were made redundant. End of story. If you're still worried, try ACAS again - they aren't that difficult to contact.

Jo W

How long ago were you made redundant? If you do think you were unfairly dismissed then it might be worth asking at http://www.redundancyforum.co.uk - the barrister there can give you some free advice (an ACAS call centre wouldn't be able to give you proper advice). The redundancy shouldn't affect you getting a new job though. If they were really unhappy with your work then they could easily not have given you a reference at all (they don't legally have to provide one). Thousands of people have been made redundant but this isn't because they were bad at their jobs - e.g. look at the recent job losses at GAME - over 2000 lost their jobs but doesn't mean they were bad at what they did.

Debbie c

Why would you want to sue them? You have been given redundancy and a positive reference. If you were in a supervisory role you assume and accept certain responsibilities including responsibility for the performance of those employees that you are assigned to supervise. A CEO gets a seemingly enormous salary because he has legal responsibility for the entire company and everyone employed within it. Even if a lowly employee he has never met does something that causes a scandal for the company, it is the CEO's resignation that will be demanded even if he is totally blameless. In your case, if you were in a supervisory role, perhaps the employer felt redundancy was fairer to you then demotion. Imagine the embarrassment that would be felt by an employee promoted to supervisor and then being demoted back down again because his/her performance as supervisor was considered poor and not what the company expected. It is often a mistake to promote young employees as they react to their promotion in a totally immature inappropriate manner which not only causes disappointment to the employer but could adversely affect the new supervisor's relationship with his/her former colleagues.

Ed Fox

How long ago were you made redundant? If you do think you were unfairly dismissed then it might be worth asking at http://www.redundancyforum.co.uk - the barrister there can give you some free advice (an ACAS call centre wouldn't be able to give you proper advice). The redundancy shouldn't affect you getting a new job though. If they were really unhappy with your work then they could easily not have given you a reference at all (they don't legally have to provide one). Thousands of people have been made redundant but this isn't because they were bad at their jobs - e.g. look at the recent job losses at GAME - over 2000 lost their jobs but doesn't mean they were bad at what they did.

Debbie c

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