Article: LOSING OUR JOBS WORKED FOR US ; 'I switched to work in PR'

Fiona Spence (36) lives in Dundonald with her fiance Mark. She says:

I had been working as an office administrator for Wakeman Boreham, a transport company, for three years at their only office in Northern Ireland.

There had been redundancies in April, but they hadn't affected the Belfast office. On August 24, however, we were given notice of redundancy for 28 days. At that point we were able to offer to do what we could to save our job, but I knew that there wasn't much I could do. It's not a very nice position to be in -- I had just got engaged and I couldn't begin to plan my wedding. I was due to go on holiday at the beginning of September, and I didn't know what I would come back to.

I ...

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