Restructuring?
Merging organisations?
Cutting costs?
Automating?
All these realities of business life may lead you to believe that you have too many people in the organisation, either generally or in specific areas. But what is the solution? Is it to make redundancies? Possibly. But redundancy ought to be the last resort. There are obvious direct costs (redundancy pay, notice pay) which can have a serious short-term cash flow impact. However, it is easy to forget significant hidden costs, many of them impossible to quantify with any accuracy - but they are there!
For most organisations the biggest hidden cost is taking management's attention and energy away from managing the future and from maintaining the morale of the 'survivors'. Redundancy creates or reinforces negativity and uncertainty in the business. And, of course, there's the cost of 'getting it wrong'
So talk to us early-on in your thinking - before you restructure, before you finalise that takeover, before you decide how to cut costs. Let us help you reach the most appropriate solution.
But if the solution does involve redundancy, short-time working or layoffs we make sure that you
- develop a plan
- deliver that plan
- comply with the legal complexities
We can advise you as to what you should do, or you can hand it over to us completely, allowing you to focus your attention on other vital business matters.
We can also do this in partnership with your lawyers and/or we support a generalist or inexperienced HR manager who may be facing these issues for the first time.