Need some input, at a crossroads.

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I work for Honda been there about 18months on a full term contract 2yrs in total. I always said I didnt want to stay there forever, im 24 now and the work I do is unskilled so cant take it with me.

Now I have 2 options and im unsure on what to do.

a) Stay at Honda for now, its job security and £ but we have as it stands febuary and march no work at all but fully paid. Starting from the new year we will be on an annualised hours system so I will owe them all that time in overtime/saturdays and what not when they see fit. This will either keep me at honda for about another 2yrs until its worked off or leave during and I owe them some money.

b) Take the release program they are offering take £6300 payout and look for another job. I have until the 12th of jan to tell them if I want to do this and would leave at end of january. Means I can leave now kind of kick starting my motivation to leave anyway, I actually leave with a decent wedge instead of nothing or me owing them and start fresh.

Few things to bear in mind, im 24 have no quals hence the unskilled work im currently doing. Moved back home a little while ago so have cheap rent/bills to most. Already have money saved up so wouldnt be relying soley on the money from Honda.

What would you do in this situation? What real prospects are there for someone at my age with no qualifications (some GCSE's) or experience in anything. Before Honda I did some work in a mail sorting office and before that years as a labourer for my old man.

Was thinking about college but most courses run from sept onwards?

Thank you fellow overclockers. :)
 
stay for honda, work off the money.
as you said, it's job security and money. With the current economic climate, there's really no guarantee that you'll be able to get another job
 
EirePlane said:
stay for honda, work off the money.
as you said, it's job security and money. With the current economic climate, there's really no guarantee that you'll be able to get another job
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With the current economic climate I'd question the job security offered by a car manufacture. The fact that there's no work in Feb or March is a sign, if things don't improve it won't be full pay on annualised hours it'll be redundancy.
 
If you are being paid to do no work in Feb and March could you look at doing some training in something else in that time?

As others have said in the current economic climate it may not be a good idea to take the pay off and leave as once that money has gone there's no guarantee you'll be able to get something else.
 
Le_Petit_Lapin said:
why do you owe your employer money?
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He doesn't... yet.

If he stays working there, due to the downturn in business, he will do NOTHING from Feburary through to March, and as a result will either a) have to work a LOT of overtime as and when they want him to when the work starts up again, or b) pay them back the "free" wage if he wants to leave before paying back his pro-rata pay.

As it stands now, he owes them nothing and they are offering a £6k+ severence package.

I'd take the money and run.
 
Think of something you enjoy doing, anything, DJing, modding cars, walking, reading, digging holes, anything that isnt watching TV or playing games... Something else.

As you have 2-3 weeks to make up your mind, get to the OU, unis, websites and see what you need to do this as a job. sure, you will ahve to start at the bottom, but who cares, you like doing it anyway, how i got into IT.

When you fnd it, its going to take a while to train for it, tell your parents your plan so they know your doing something with your life, give them some money for future bills from your 6K payout and go do it...

Tell us on here what you like doing, lets see if us OcUK's can do something with the interent for you too... give em somethign to do over xmas time as im expecting to be sat here doing nothing any way.

Dont quit the honda job though if you have nothing else to go to.

The grass always looks greener, but it isnt, its only paint.
 
Take the cash and do something that will guarantee you a better long term future e.g Training of some sort or even travelling while working.

Just a quick question and dont mean to put a dampner on it but do you get taxed on your payout?
 
Well I have not read all the other replies but what I would do is take the 6300 quid then either take it easy or find a small job in the meantime and in september get yourself into a uni course to get some qualifications.
 
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