Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears

p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That is just the British term for being laid off/fired.

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  • lucas@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not quite the same thing. If you are ‘fired’ that’s generally to do with performance or conduct of the individual. Redundancy is about not needing (or affording) the role any more (i.e. it is redundant). There are specific legal protections for each case that work quite differently. (You cannot rehire for the same position after a redundancy, for example)

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    • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, “laid off” and “fired” are two different things. It sounds like this is closer to being laid off.

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    • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Fair. Did not know about the nuance, but in this case it was mostly just pointing out the BBC was not being callous.

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• teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tell me you’re American without telling me you’re American.

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  • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Does anyone outside the Brits use it though? All this tells you is they are not from the UK

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    • 843563115848@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      AUS

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tell me you’re a corpo lackey buying into the “synergy speak” without telling me directly.

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    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What does “laid off” mean if you interpret it literally? Have you ever even thought about it? At least you understand how the the term “redundancy” came about. But what if the words we use to convey concepts are just the words we use to convey concepts, and not an act of malice or compliance?

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