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Redundant is the British term for being laid off.
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.
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.
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