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League Of Geeks Makes Over Half Its Staff Redundant, Jumplight May Never Launch (www.kotaku.com.au)
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[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dear Kotaku (and other news outlets): can you please stop referring to people getting fired as "being made redundant"?

The term doesn't even work. The people getting axed are very obviously not redundant if axing them likely leads to the cancellation of a project.

[–] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

In UK nomenclature being made redundant, rounds of redundancies, and layoffs are used interchangeably. A percentage of the workforce loses their job because of circumstances outside their control.

To be fired/sacked though, that very specifically means you did bad; you failed to do your job.

It's probably similar in Australia?

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tbf, I didn't see the .au in the URL.

Good point on the distinction between layoff and firing though. Although I still dislike "redundant" as a synonym for the former.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

As an American, I also don't like the term "layoff" because it sounds temporary. I prefer the term "downsize" when referring to groups of people, or "let go" for individuals.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

This. There's a legal distinction between redundancy and other forms of termination that creates some important practical differences.

You can't just fire people without cause (e.g. gross misconduct) in the UK; it has to go through a redundancy process, and those affected get a compensation package from the company.