Redundancy - any tips from survivors welcome

[puddle]

I am being made redundant next year. It's been on the cards so whilst not actually a shock I would really welcome some advice and tips from people who've been there and come out the other side.

My priorities at the moment are negotiating a decent pay off and thinking about what i want to do next.

has anyone completely changed direction after redundancy? I'd like to do something different but not sure where to start.

TIA

[julen]

Yes, decent pay-off was top of my list, but we also managed to get everybody a number of sessions with a career consultancy. Some didn't think it was that useful, but most did. I liked it a lot; gave me a chance to take a step back and think about what I would really like to do next. I was quite surprised at how much came out of just sitting down with someone who knew to ask the right questions. Certainly confirmed for me that the options I was thinking of were the right ones, and gave me new ideas on top. HTH...

[puddle]

That sounds good Julen thanks. I have been told to think of what support I need/ want and so it would be useful to pick the brains of other people about what was useful and what wasn't.

[kslatts]

Hi, I was made redundant in March, I spent my redundancy money on a family holiday to Florida which is something I always wanted to do but could not normally afford, I then temped when I got back from my holiday until a perm job came up and looking back it was the best thing that could of happened careerwise as I now earn more and my job is a lot less stressful. I thought about a change of career, but after looking into it anything that interested me would have meant a cut in salary. Good luck, hope it work out well for you.

[puddle]

Thanks kslatts. Disneyland would be top of the children's list of 'what mummy can do with her redundancy money'.

Dp would rather have root canal than go there though.

[puddle]

bumping this.....