Who this is for
Who this guide is for.
This guide is about being the man who has to make other people redundant. Here is who it suits, who it does not, and who you will be talking to.
It is for you if
- You are the one who has to make other people redundant
- You are an owner, a managing director, a head of department, or a founder out of runway
- You have known for weeks and told almost nobody
- You want to think about what this is doing to you, and how it looks from the other side
It is probably not for you if
- You are the one being made redundant. There is a guide written for you
- You want HR, legal or process advice
- You want to be told it is not your fault, or that it is
It is not an HR service, an employment law service, an outplacement provider, a consultancy, or any kind of legal, procedural or process advice service, and it will not pretend to be.
Who you will be talking to
On paper, I will not suit everyone. In person, I seem to do well. I am a former headhunter, not a doctor, a therapist or a guru. I spent nearly twenty years sitting across a table from men at the moment their lives were changing, and the job was to listen properly and tell them the honest thing, even when it was not what they came in for.
This site is the nearest I can get to that table, for any man anywhere in the world. The replies come from an SI (super intelligence) guide that works from my notes and my voice. It is not me typing, and it will never pretend to be.
If you want a polished brochure, a ten-step plan, or somebody to tell you that you are right, I am probably not your man. If you want somebody straight with you, who will not flatter you and will not panic on your behalf, pull up a chair.
Still here?
Then this is probably your place. Say where you are, in your own words, and take it one question at a time.
Written by James Roberts, with help from AI.