Redundancy sucks
Had the same thing happen to me last October. the payoff looked good but it doesn't last and the interviews were very few and far between, what with it being near Xmas and all.
Now the good news!
I'm about to be offered my dream job (sadly not the one as the sexual plaything of a nymphomaniac brewery heiress), with a mahoosive pay rise, choice of car, German T's & C's and lots of holiday entitlement - by a direct competitor of my old employer!
This year's gonna be EPIC.

As to the weekend - it was bostin'! Saturday shopping with G/F & Emily followed by a steak dinner that night. A few beers & a jam session Sunday afternoon followed by a tex/mex blowout in the evening. All good.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 8:42, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

That all sounds jolly good.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 8:43, Reply)

Why thank you good sir!
I'm all raring to go with the new job!
What's your bro's line of work? I have in-depth experience of the jobhunting scene, having done virtually fuck-all else for the last few months! I may be able to give a few pointers.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 8:46, Reply)

The poor sod is a project manager for a luxury kitchen firm.
Their cheapest kitchen is about sixty grand so you'd think they would have a few quid knocking about, eh?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 8:49, Reply)

Only if they're actually selling the kitchens. All very well offering them for sale but if nobody buys them...

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 8:56, Reply)

The stupid thing is that he's got so much work on
that he was unable to take holiday owed to him last year: he had a week off in December and ended up working for three days of it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 9:00, Reply)

That end of the market is usually recession-proof
When the arse fell out of the car industry in the UK a few years ago, Aston-Martin, Bentley and Rolls-Roce were still going strong. Mind you, very few people buy those cars on credit!
Surely he has transferrable skills? There's need for project/contract managers in all of the interiors markets. He'll get something I'm sure but tell him NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE HAMMER FALLS - get his CV out NOW - before it happens.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 8:58, Reply)

It's been on the cards on and off for a couple of years
He's been looking about but not had any joy yet. What's not great is that he's in negative equity with his house as well. He's spent a fortune on it and it's lovely, but were he forced to flog it he'd have nothing.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 9:01, Reply)