The company I work for are starting discussions about redundancies.
Is a company, regardless of a department's financial performance, able to simply close that department and make the two people within it, redundant ?
Without boring everyone with the full in's and out's, I work in a logistics company and would like to know if they could simply close the department that looks after air and sea freight, even if they are covering their costs and making (a little bit) of profit.
In theory yes absolutely.
The company may look at that profit and think it's insufficient, may have a change of strategy, may want to operate differently going forwards and, even if they just think you're a pack of c***s, could dress it up as any of the above to justify it.
If they're talking redundancies, you should be thinking of the implications for you and position yourself accordingly.
I got made redundant almost twenty years ago and had a new job lined up to go to, which was applied for and offered during the redundo process, so it was a case of one job to the other with a wedge of money to see me on my way.
After that (I used the new job purely to get some breathing space) I made a commitment to myself that I'd never have my future and that of my family held in the hands of someone else who could change my destiny on a whim so started building my own business alongside the new job.
Left after a couple of years and have ran my own company since.
Therefore, my advice is to self-strategise and don't put your future in their hands.
