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minus-squarelucas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoThat’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.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoYes that’s why I said Laid off not fired. Laid off is about the role no longer being needed
minus-squarelucas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoTrue, just clarifying to clarify the last sentence: In UK, it is just the legal term everyone goes by for when you lose your job Since I think there’s room for misunderstanding that it’s more generic than it is
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.
Yes that’s why I said Laid off not fired. Laid off is about the role no longer being needed
True, just clarifying to clarify the last sentence:
Since I think there’s room for misunderstanding that it’s more generic than it is
Yeah makes sense