Do you know when the redundancies will be announced?
I expect to hear an initial estimate of "heads per department" next week. It might take quite long to get to hearing actual names.
I would also want to be sure that the small operations in the UK are making money otherwise the new job may prove to be short lived anyway.
Yeah, it's not in the UK but this is something I'm concerned about. It's just and just making money, but increasing (or so I was told)
Go and have a chat with your current boss (is the company really on a down?) and then your ex boss (is the company really on the up?) then imagine how you would feel if either oportunity was taken away from you.
I don't think my current boss knows more then me for the moment, but I could try to see if he can get some guarantees. However if the layoffs will affect our department I don't think it would be legal for the company to give an "official" exclusion to any of the departments employees in advance.
I don't think the company is really on a down, but sales are flat. It's a growth company mainly owned by capital investers. I think there was a plan to cash out around now, but then the downturn kind of spoiled it. My guess is that they want to trim stuff up so profits look better, and then sell it off. They have had their money tied up for quite a while so I do sort of understand. We are fairly big, so I think if somebody bought the company it could actually be a very good opportunity (depending on the buyer of course).