Redundancy Emotions

Shock
Disbelief
Denial
Anger
Tears
Depression
Searching
Coming to Terms
Moving to a new place

Practicalities

Apart from the emotions involved with redundancy, the great number of practical measures that should be faced as soon as possible. One of them is obviously to sign on the social services, but the other is to identify where you go from here.

I remember when I was made redundant . it felt like the whole world had caved in, and that nothing was there  .. no hope, no money, no job, no pride, no longer leading the family bringing home the bacon, no plans, no structure to life, what do I do now, what do I do tomorrow, what do I do the day after tomorrow, what do I tell my wife, what do I tell my children, what do I tell the family, what do I tell my parents, what would other lads down the pub, what do I tell the bank manager, what about the mortgage, what about paying for the weekly shop, etc.

One aspect of all of this is to have a plan of action, and it is probably the most difficult thing to do bearing in mind, the shock, disbelief and denial that flows over you and engulfs you like a block of ice.  The main thing is that this is not the end of the road, this is not in the end of the world, it is just the end of the chapter and the next chapter is just beginning.

The next chapter, though requires some thinking about and this is where these notes will be useful.

©William Barron
Creating Insight
June 2007
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