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Counselors used to remind people that it’s jobs, not people, that are made redundant. “Surplus to requirements, let go, early retirement, right-sizing”: all euphemisms for “involuntary unemployment.”
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Furnham, A. (2011). Life after lay-off. In: Managing People in a Downturn. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307209_39
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