Does this sounds dodgy?
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- Dita_kz
Need an opinion or has anyone been in the same position?
I got made redundant a bout two weeks ago. The day after I left some else started doing the same role as me!
Surely that is illeagal?
- save0
It is illeagal....
- Dita_kz0
i thought so!
You know what else i was told the reason why i was leaving was because they profit was low
then l find out one of my friends there is getting a pay rise!!!!! WTF!
- normal0
Sounds like it's possible that their reason for dismissing you was wrong. I would give NABS a call if it involves the creative industry. They have a helpline and can give you more info and useful advice on the matter including contacts with solicitors etc. They are really nice and helped me out when I encountered a client who did not want to pay.
- Dita_kz0
oooh thanks!
i'll check it out
- DutchBoy0
if you can prove this you can sue their asses. they fired you for the very wrong reasons if what you say is true.
i'd not let this opportunity pass to fight back.
go for it, Dita.
- shutdown0
if that person has the same job title and is doing exactly the same job then it's illegal but if he/she has a slightly different job title they could get away with it.
Did you get the reason they laid you off in writing? If they said that AND gave your friend a raise then you have extra grounds to show legal action.
- Dita_kz0
i want to but i don't want to stir up shit with my other true friends that i worked with.
I can't believe it! I mean i hated the place but that's not the point i feel like a total idiot!!!
- JazX0
They got rid of you to bring someone else in. Total politics, you could try to sue them, you damn well could in the US of A. Someone is blowing someone, IMO. Unless of course they are more qualified than you. :)
- UndoUndo0
I had a friend in a similar situation, she took them to a tribunal.it cost her nothing and it cost her employer quite alot.
- lvl_130
i'm confused. did you ge laid off or did you get fired? either way it's shitty, but it sounds as if either a. they knew you didn't like the job/weren't performing to expectations or b. they were having financial trouble; and hired someone else for probably significantly less. both of these are just thoughts of course.
i was in a similar situation and was laid off after three years. 4 months prior they just hired a new guy that had dabbled in flash...hmmm. makes you think. bastards. so much for senority
- rasko40
industrial tribunal; unfair dismissal.
- JazX0
get used to it, it's how business is done. sadly
- Dita_kz0
thanks for all your feedback.
I was made Redundant (laid off) and i was very good at my job the only thing about it as time went on i had less and less to do (it was like they were pushing me out!!) thats why i began to hate the place. I mean i knew there was no where for me to go (to move up in the company) but that doesn't give them the right to treat me the way they did. I work hard and put in the extras when needed. I even learned loads of stuff i never knew before. Plus made some really good friends (the ones i can trust).
Its sad but i really think I am going to look into this further its not the money its the principle of the whole thing.
It's difficult to explain to you all as there is so much to the whole thing and i would be here all day!!! :)
- Anarchitect0
here we call it 'being put on a shelf'. They can' ask you to leave, but they'll make your life miserable until you go.
- Dita_kz0
oh yeah forgot to point out i saw this happen to a colleague when i first started there! He was made redundant the day he came back from his Honeymoon!!! How shit is that!! When you see it happen and then it happens to you begin to see the bigger picture about the company!
- rasko40
Do them for sexual harrassment aswell, likely they will be keen to settle out of court.
- skt0
'being put on a shelf' is that like the same as 'yooor teas ooot' ?
- k0na_an0k0
Burn the place down.
- robotron3k0
everyone needs a good lawsuit, it is, after all, only civilized
- shutdown0
throw everything at them..sexual harrass....laying you off and taken someone new one plus make up some other shit.
You got nothing to lose!