Workforce roles | Destigmatising redundancy

By Simon Lyle, Managing Director, Randstad RiseSmart UK

Nine months into the pandemic, and even those businesses able to weather the storm up to now are having to think about restructuring in 2021 in order to survive.

So has anything changed during this time regarding how we perceive redundancy?

Even before this pandemic came along, we were seeing workforces beginning to change shape. Remote and flexible working, freelancing and the gig economy were all gaining momentum. While people still had questions around redundancy, over the past five years I think we’ve seen it become somewhat destigmatised - and rightly so - as more people took their careers in a new direction following a redundancy. People aren’t made redundant; roles are.