[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by cookiemonster [/i] [B]This is the 3rd series of redundancies here in 2 years. There are 30 this time including 'le directeur'. About another 100 went in the previous two culls. Its slowly going down the pan. The top dogs aren't worried as long as they can keep drawing a salary before the final pay day. [/B][/QUOTE] It's going down the pan 'cos they can't afford to pay people left at the company because of these bloody ridiculous payoffs... If I got made redundant from my place I'd get virtually nothing; maybe a reference but that's about it. Good old government work.... BL21DE3 - sorry to hear about your redundancy. And yeah - why do managers and top brass get so much pay for being such thick tossers (in the main) - David Brent is alive and well and living in New York - I f***ed her mother last night!