Redundant Words uta Werner On The Steps You Should Take If You Need To Lay Off Staff

摘要

There is a lot of speculation about how the credit crunch will affect development, from housing to offices. But with 40,000 redundancies predicted in London's financial district, it is inevitable there will be lower demand for office space and general pessimism throughout the property industry, for which architectural practices should be prepared. Part of that preparation should involve thinking through a 'what if scenario and preparing an outline of a practice structure with less people but with the skills crucial for your practice to thrive. This raises, of course, that the spectre of redundancy. Your redundancy policy should be prepared and communicated even if things are going well - there is nothing worse than writing up a redundancy road map at the last minute when you have already reached the stage of having to make decisions.