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Do I need to resign to ask for a Letter of Recommendation?

You have stated that the notice period is six months, so your timeline is already set. Exactly how your employer will react is difficult to predict. If, as you say, your work is appreciated, and you ...
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Do I need to resign to ask for a Letter of Recommendation?

You can ask for a recommendation letter at any time during or after working somewhere. The only real issue is it lets them know you're contemplating or already involved with a job search. One young ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

I would respond to that with an email where I summarize the phone conversation we just had, and then explain that i am not intending to resign, and that if they want me gone they should terminate me ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

While all the answers suggest making them send an email, you could also stall them. You already know they are going to fire you, you already know they are being fishy about it, so there is no benefit ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

There's very little you lose in waiting for them to put something in writing and a ton you can lose if you act first. I would let them send you an email in writing. If I were in your position, I would ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

Don't do it. There is no benefit to you, and only risk. If you are laid off you get a severance package, unemployment benefits, they cannot hire someone else at a lower pay to replace you... If you ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

There's a reason that HR is avoiding putting anything in writing. If they're hiring at the same time they're making positions redundant, one possible reason could be that they're eliminating ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

A decent company would either give you notice and pay everything they are legally required to pay, or they will write a contract that says you resign and that specifies exactly what they will do for ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

Let’s assume that the company want you to continue working until Dec 10th. My concern would be that, if you resign you will work until Dec 10th, and then your employment will cease. You will most ...
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Company is making my position redundant due to cost cutting but asking me to send email for resignation

Did they give you a reason why they are not just terminating you instead of you resigning? After all they want you gone, looks like they get an advantage if you quit yourself. For me this whole thing ...
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Transfer to another department but I'm currently in a standalone role

You will never know if the company is open to you moving unless you let them know you are interested - they may have other restructuring they are considering, so it may be possible. However I wouldn't ...
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