Toid! 

I was just thinking about you, yesterday.

Did you get a decent package, so to speak? 

you seem quite pleased Deman, hope you are getting a good pay off

Not enough to become a lady of leisure, no. Enough to cushion my arse in the immedate future though.

But this place is so horrible I (and a gang of my colleagues who are also out) will be glad to see the back of it.

good for you then and good luck finding a new job, its tough out there

Thanks - the alternative (staying here on shitty part-time shifts for terrible money and unsociable hours) was even worse than the prospect of the dole!

hope you find something soon then you can spend your cushion on nicer things 

good luck 

well, I guess its a good thing then, at least you come out with a decent(ish) package  

better than walking out with nowt

Hope you find a job to suit you soon Derm.  I too was made redundant a few years ago (my choice as I didn't want to relocate 150 miles away).  It work out for the best.  The money wasn't better but the work, company and people who work there certainly made up for it.

Good luck.

Will you be leaving any surprise 'gifts' for your boss? 

On balance I'm going to say congratulations deman. You hated it so much, you'll get something now that you will want to get up for.

Thanks, everyone.

Blizzie, a gift-wrapped dog turd is a temptation... but no!

i once had a really bad tight fisted mean grumpy boss - on my last day i put some joke fart powder in his tea - he spent a good part of the afternoon running to the toilet

good luck 'toid.   Hope you find something you really enjoy soon. xxx

Good luck with the job-hunting Demantoid   I hope your 'cushion' affords you a little leisure and small luxuries  The future is hopefully looking bright!

Good luck in the future Deman.

I wsh you all the luck in the world Demantoid.  You deserve much more than job you had and I'm sure you will get something that will be perfect.

Crack open the champers tomorrow night....and get like this lol.

Glad to hear you`re out of there Toid. Hope you take a deserved break before you go job hunting. Good luck.

Good luck in all that you do Demantoid, but be careful with your financial 'cushion.' (if you're getting a good one...)  It's surprising how quickly it goes...My neighbour's husband left work 5 months ago, and got £23,000 redundancy, and he is stil not working as he has not even bothered looking for a job. And believe it or not; there is only a THIRD of the money left now...

He bought a van with a view to becoming a gardener...  He is officially starting his 'business' next week, (he is going to put flyers through letterboxes!) even though he finished work in April!  (What kind of divvy starts a gardening company in the autumn FFS?)  There is £8,000 of this money left, after they bought the van, and spent £4,000 on new furniture and clothes and new laptops for each of their 3 kids, and had THREE holiday overseas...and paid off two credit card bills...  AND bought a new car which they frankly did not need...  He got no benefit of course, because of the redundancy..  It's two-thirds gone now, and as I said, he doesnt even have a job, and no work whatsover lined up for his gardening business.  And I know two other people with a similar tale which I won't bore you with, but suffice to say: they had between £15,000 and £30,000 payout and most of it went VERY quickly!

Enjoy your break Toid - I'm sure there's something even better for you around that corner 

Hope you job hunting goes well Deman... and hope the next place is much better than the last

Mine too but only for my hols! Sorry to hear about youre job Deman

Hope everything turns out well for you Deman - Good luck for your brand new future . Who knows what great things may be lying in wait for you.

Good luck Deman ... hope it all works out just how you want it to

All the best! The right job'll turn up when you're good and ready , you deserve a break just now though! 

Wishing you all the best. it happened to me a few years ago and it all worked out for the best!

Glad you got the redundancy. Onwards and upwards Deman - you'll get something better with the skills you have

Deman! So glad you're getting away from that shit pit. All the repurcussions of the press and journo scandals would have meant it would have been 20 times worse in a few months...goodbye Trinity...hello Tenko.

Don't know how much you know about the benefit side of things, but you are able to sign on straight away and get your council tax and housing paid (if you rent), even if you've got a 4-5k package. (Don't know what the limit is). You may have to deal with those Jobseekers Allowance people, but if you turn up once, explain that not only can you read and write, but you are fully coherent and actually have a CV (and have compiled it all by yourself) there won't be anything on their system to suit you anyway. Just tell them you are actively trying to find your own work, have contacts in the industry and they should leave you alone (hopefully).

Hope it won't be too long before something else comes up. x

Good luck D!

One door closes and all that ,new start and in a few months you will be wishing you had gone long ago.Best of luck.

LAST DAY TODAY!

Thanks so much, everybody, for all your wise words and support!

I'm entitled to claim JSA (starting the process by signing on online tomorrow) and I'm also doing a thing we have in Wales called ReAct. It's run by Careers Wales and entitles anyone who has been made redundant to £1,500 worth of training. Planning to update my office skills and also do a web design course.

Apart from that, a bloody good rest, plus a huge house and garden clearout and tidy-up..

But not tonight. Tonight I'm going out with a gang of my fellow redundo mates to get totally, utterly leathered

enjoy your last day - don't work too hard

and have a great night out tonight

Half an hour to go - god, today's been a drag!

 Have one on me.....and all the very best for the future

Good luck Demantoid something will work out and you will see its for the best xxx

Enjoy your night out, Deman, and I wish you lots of luck in finding a better job.