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

• TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s used outside of UK too. I’ve seen it used in the US, for example. Usually it’s just a corporate term that says “you’re fired” but without saying that. They use terms like these all the time to try not to take accountability for fucking someone’s life up.

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  • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but this is a BBC article and they don’t say laid off they say “made redundant”, its not a sanitizer term in UK, it is just the legal term everyone goes by for when you lose your job.

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    • lucas@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s not quite true, it’s a very specific reason for losing your job. If you are fired for doing a bad job, and said you were made redundant, that would be a lie. Redundancy is about the role, not the individual.

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      • BCsven@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes that’s why I said Laid off not fired. Laid off is about the role no longer being needed

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