[QUOTE="darsy"] that sucks. I'm in the middle of making part of my team redundant. That sucks too. Although here in the UK, under the contracts people have with my employer, they get a decent pay-off as long as they've been here a while.[/QUOTE] I hear you, I've been on that end of the stick too.[QUOTE] what do you do, that "looking in the paper" is the best way to find another job. Some sort of machine-shop/engineering stuff?[/QUOTE] I'm an electrician. Looking in the paper includes monster.com/hotjobs/etc.