Management - Redundancy: Is it Avoidable?

In an ideal world:

In the real world:

What employers can do is:

Redundancy should always be viewed as a last resort. Redundancies are always bad news and traumatic for the company and its employees. Redundancies are likely to have an adverse impact on company culture, morale, employee trust and productivity which may take years to recover from. Careful and considerate handling of both redundant employees and those who remain can mitigate the effects.