OH been made redundant - GUTTED !!
Morning ladies
Hope you're morning is going better than mine.
Just had a call from OH and redundundancies that he has avoided since January are now going ahead. Him and most of his section have been given till the end of next week !!!
Perfect timing - i will be 35 + 1 when he finishes. He's trying to be really positive that everything will be ok and says he'll have work come the following monday although nothing lined up. I have to admit i'm now worried sick. I finish work in less than 2 weeks now so my own salary will be reduced. He currently gets paid weekly so we might have to wait some time for some more money to come in.
To top it off, this is my 1st and he will now not be entitled to paternity leave when little one does arrive. How and I going to be able to cope on my own in the beginning?
I know I shouldn't worry for the babys sake but we have no back up financially or much outside support (family either no longer around or live too far away). I can't help thinking about the rough end of the deal !!!
Sorry to come on here and winge. Hopefully i'll feel a bit more cheery by the end of the day.
Sab x
Hope you're morning is going better than mine.
Just had a call from OH and redundundancies that he has avoided since January are now going ahead. Him and most of his section have been given till the end of next week !!!
Perfect timing - i will be 35 + 1 when he finishes. He's trying to be really positive that everything will be ok and says he'll have work come the following monday although nothing lined up. I have to admit i'm now worried sick. I finish work in less than 2 weeks now so my own salary will be reduced. He currently gets paid weekly so we might have to wait some time for some more money to come in.
To top it off, this is my 1st and he will now not be entitled to paternity leave when little one does arrive. How and I going to be able to cope on my own in the beginning?
I know I shouldn't worry for the babys sake but we have no back up financially or much outside support (family either no longer around or live too far away). I can't help thinking about the rough end of the deal !!!
Sorry to come on here and winge. Hopefully i'll feel a bit more cheery by the end of the day.
Sab x
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Unfortunatley we are not in a position to be able to own our own house and are currently renting privately. Planned to buy after I returned to work next year. Landlord is a friend of mine tho that I have rented from for the past 5 years so he might give us a month grace if I ask him nicely. Unfortunately OH hasn't worked for his company for 2 years (just under) so he isn't entitled to a payout so payday next friday is the last!!! As far as paternity leave is concerned he has to have been working for his employer for 15 weeks prior to birth to be entitled so he's lost that. I think the best we can hope for is that he will be in employment for 3/4 weeks, maybe a few more, and will be able to take a week or two unpaid leave. He's a labourer so their holiday works on a what's been accrued basis !!!
I do have the option of a little overtime available at work so I could bring in a few more pennies in my June salary but i leave in 2 weeks time and really should be slowing down !!
He's being so lovely and insists that he won't be out of work but I can't help but worry. It's all stressful enough as it is without this on my head too.
I guess I could always return to work 5 minutes after baby arrives and let him stay at home - god now that would be an even worse scenario. I dread to think what my little one would grow into !!!! Sab x
What kind of job does he do? Monster jobs and total jobs are good sites to look for jobs.
Best of luck to you both, as a door closes another one opens and you never know he may end up with a much better job in the end and then all your worries are over.
Liz xx
thank you for your reply. Unfortunately he has been working on the new terminal at Heathrow and the job is pretty much at an end so there is nothing else he can move to. He is absolutely convinced he will find more work and i'm sure he will pretty quickly but I can't help worrying !! Fortunately for the company his notice is 1 week (which will be next week) and he will be paid for that at the end of it !!!
Fortunatley for us I am the most organised person I have ever know and everything needed for the baby is already sat in our spare room so we should be ok on my holiday/90% pay for the next 8 weeks and then worry about it from then !!!
Sab x
I will try my best. I really don't know how single parent s do it. It's only just dawning on me that i will have a little one to look after anyway but with no help whilst oh is working!!!! Might have to move my dad in for a week or two!!!
Either way i'm just about to become a MUMMY so I really can't complain. Little one with have whatever we are able to give it. Only the bare essentials cost money !!!
Sab x
Sab x