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In the background I had hired 4 senior managers during this time through telephone and video conference calls, an email marketing and CRM manager, a performance marketing manager, a trading and merchandising manager and a head of customer experience and had identified other critical roles that would be needed given our future growth plans.
Woke up on the 30th April and I physically couldn’t work, I was totally drained and couldn’t get out of bed. After having what I now know was Coronavirus symptoms for 9 days at home with an intense fever, backache, headaches, vomiting and continuous coughing, I was eventually rushed to hospital on the 1st May by ambulance with f lashing blue lights and sirens.
It’s the strangest and weirdest feeling not being able to breathe, your life flashing before your eyes, thinking this is it, times up. Thinking you will never see your four daughters, unborn son or amazing girlfriend again. I cried many a river in immense pain as I battled to get on top of this awful virus.
A few ward moves, witnessing a man next to me die in front of my eyes, myself hooked up to oxygen and heart monitors, injections, cannulas, blood tests every day and around the clock monitoring by the amazing NHS Nurses.
I have no doubt the fast thinking care of the NHS Doctors and Nurses at East Surrey Hospital kept me alive and after spending a week in hospital having not seen my family I was eventually allowed home to start a 6 week recovery plan, I was one of the lucky ones.
I was feeling grateful to be alive and going home, things could have been a lot worse. I had given everyone quite a scare not just myself but family, friends, work colleagues and business connections.
During the 1st week of my recovery my girlfriend, who was now also experiencing Covid-19 symptoms and 20 weeks pregnant with our unborn son, also tested positive for the virus.
I cannot praise my girlfriends employer, Pandora Jewellery, enough for the overwhelming support and compassion they have shown both of us over the past few weeks. Check- ins, food deliveries and no pressure to return to work, have all aided us on our road to recovery.
My own employer had been just as supportive with my recovery, my girlfriend keeping them updated on my progress with the business insisting that I don’t return to work too soon, to ensure I was fighting fit before I was back in the hot seat, picking up where I had left off and seeing the re-platforming project through to the end.
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“It’s the strangest and weirdest feeling not being able to breathe, your life flashing before your eyes...”
Yes I had enjoyed the opportunity to recover at home with my family, but anyone who knows me, knows work is my main driver in life, and I had been itching to get back to doing what I love for a while!
A few phone calls, emails and messages exchanged with both HR and the CEO and 1st June I would have my return to work call.
That Monday I was meant to be returning to a role and company I was extremely passionate about and that I had started the digital transformation for, hiring 4 new team members to start building an eCommerce team, bringing in world class technology partners to accelerate growth, only to be told my role no longer exists due to restructuring.
In total shock, it wasn’t the conversation I was expecting and had come from nowhere. It’s just business, it’s not personal, it’s life, redundancy has happened to many of us during this pandemic, I’m not special, we go again.
I’m now looking for a new challenging role, if you know someone that would benefit from my 20 years of digital retail experience please feel free to share my details.
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