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Comment on Google employee made redundant after reporting sexual harassment, court hears
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
“Made redundant”? WTF, BBC?
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
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
843563115848@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
AUS
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Tell me you’re a corpo lackey buying into the “synergy speak” without telling me directly.
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?
Vodulas@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
That is just the British term for being laid off/fired.
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)
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.
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.