redundancy appeal

[mandimoo]

i applied for and was unsuccesful in getting what i consider to be my job. my appeal has been heard and is pending a decision. thing is, i dont really want my old job back now. would i be right in thinking they could not give me my job back anyway, as they have awarded it to someone else?

[CheekyChops]

Have they given it to somone else then or not?

If you had ti apply for your job and have been unsucessful, how could they give it back to you anyway? Surely there would be no point in making you apply and go through an interview only for them to give it to you anyway?

I don't really understand what is going on!

[mandimoo]

theyve given it to someone else, but pending any decision made subsequent to an appeal.

[CheekyChops]

I still don't understand, redundancy occurs when your position no longer exists. Yours does as they gave it to someone else.

How can they make you re-apply for your job, you be unsucessful but they still give it to you?

[buildersmate]

Can you please either refer us back to your original question or remind us of the key facts.
I remember the name but not your circumstances.
There are about 4-5 a week of these redundancy scenarios on here right now.

[bednobs]

my question would be: Why appeal if you don't want it anyway?

[factor-fiction]

You need to clarify what you are asking us.

[mandimoo]

sorry I wasnt clear, i'll try again..... 1 post available, 2 people applied. the available post was basically my job description, but i was not the succesful candidate. i appealed against the decision, based on the fact that i thought i was unfairly scored. my problem is, that on reflection i think i would find it hard to go back to the team that did not choose me. i had hoped they would HAVE to find ALTERNATIVE employment for me because they had already offered the vacant post to my colleage, but this isnt the case. if my appeal is upheld but i have since learned that the successful colleague will be bumped out and i would have to go back to the team that didnt want me. i dont really have a question any more, cos i have learned what i needed to know (even though i didnt like the answer)...... ive just re-read that lot and i still think its a bit confusing!! never mind. thanks again for trying!

[buildersmate]

It doesn't work like that. The alternatives are:
1) Accepting redundancy
2) Winning the appeal, in which case you get the job which you successfully appealed should have been yours in the first place. I do not believe that company is obliged to give you an alternative position, given this scenario. It is going to be messy enough as it is, because if you win the appeal the implication is that they may well have to make the other candidate redundant.
It is isn't the team (your peers) you would be working with that 'didn't choose' you - it is the manager of that team, presumably supporting by other managers in the organisation.
I guess you are going to have to work out if you want work to work there or not.
Redundancy is always a messy business with winners and losers - it does settle down again afterwards.