009: The dreaded R word: Redundancy - with Ian Elliot

Redundancy, as many of you will relate, can have a huge impact on life, both in practical terms but also in terms of how you identify and feel about yourself and the relationships around you.  Today we are talking to Ian, a remarkable person with an incredible view on life, who has been made redundant not once, not twice but three times over his life. Ian is an insurance professional who has worked in the industry for most of his working life. Ian talks to us today about his experiences of redundancy, how he coped and how this impacted him.

 

Best Quotes:

 

‘’I guess back in those early days, not having a means of income for us as a family, when we were just starting out, was really difficult to comprehend.’’

 

‘’…the poor unfortunate people who work in retail, and all those other businesses that were affected by COVID, I kind of thought, well, my position I'll count myself lucky because I'll probably find something.’’

 

‘’My wife would love to talk about her job and I just never felt like that. It wasn't because I felt, you know, I use the word inferior, I guess, because I didn't… I didn't feel inferior about it, but I just felt my job was just a job.’’

 

‘’I think everybody masks to some extent in everyday life and what I've seen before is the mask stays in place permanently and is where maybe some additional worries and anxieties come up.’’

 

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