AIBU to think redundancy crisis is not getting enough media coverage?

I have just been through a huge redundancy that outsourced a huge process to was to India, same redundancy wave took out the whole of software engineering to third party products, probably about 7/600 people over the last two years. Whilst I can understand that there might be smaller companies that possibly don't follow the correct processes, it's probably not on the same scale or level that corporate companies are doing it right now at the moment.
Also how can you call something a redundancy crisis is it's not being called redundancy on an official level? That's a different problem that needs to be investigated.

I was made redundant may 2025 but kept on retention until August 2025
started new job sept 2025 (they waited from May for me) and made redundant from there nov 2025
started new job nov 2025 (out of work 9 days) and hoping that’s the end of it!

They pay more than statutory redundancy in order to get a mutual agreement. It is legal and non reportable because they can state that it is due to economic conditions ie uk workers are too expensive and technically not a redundancy. Happy to be corrected by an HR expert, but have been through similar processes many times.

Plenty of work in construction. Encouraging your sons and daughters to do apprenticeships would be the sensible option to future proof them. Doing IT jobs, accounting, most computer base jobs is pointless most of those jobs will be gone soon. Too late for me I work in finance, I suspect my job will be gone in a few years but my other half is in construction earning good money so we will be ok.

I’ve been in big companies for the last 20 years (3 different ones), redundancy waves come like clockwork every 18-24 months. Nothing has changed in my opinion, its just how big companies work.

The numbers are far worse in recent years imo

Going back to the OP's original question, yes there are huge numbers of redundancies, and yes there should be more coverage and support. Downsides of that are:

1. The govt doesn't want to draw more attention to the mess their budget created.
2. Hearing endless doom & gloom wouldn't help with confidence.

I am 63. I was very lucky to find a new full time role after my last employer went bust during covid. Now I'd say my chances are tiny to none despite a degree, a professional qualification, 40 years experience and a clean bill of health.
I will have to rely on my pension and hope I pick up something part time. Many are not so lucky.

The state of HE is a catastrophe in itself, let alone all the other industries struggling.

The BBC have just done a big piece about unemployed women in their 50s.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvl8y141e4o

Not where I work. The last 6 redundancy waves (all in the last 10 years) were all about the same size, the same for everyone else I know (all big consumer goods companies). It’s brutal every time, but utterly predictable - we just came out of one, the next one should be autumn 2027/spring 2028.

Crikey where was this? In our school we can't get cleaners for love nor money. They always had issues getting reliable ones and would often not turn up loads of sickness so outsourced it and they are even worse! We didn't have any for ages, the caretaker ended up hoovering and emptying bins himself. It's the same at lots of schools. I imagine the hours aren't appealing to many, maybe not enough hours. Who knows. Perhaps it depends on area of the country if there's more choice of jobs or not.

We're due a war soon. Things cant carry on like this.
@kwikfitt

Civil war or a war against another country?

War on uk soil - although yes perhaps a civil war!

Yes I know about enhanced redundancy pay because I have just taken it but it has to be declared as redundancy pay in order for it to meet the criteria of it not being taxed. My role has still gone, we still went through consultation. With the greatest respect, I was more than happy to take my enhanced pay over statutory pay which was measly in comparison.
Sorry, I’m lost in what point you are making?

Because the unemployment rate isn’t particularly high yet. Currently around 4.9% I think.

Between 2009 and 2014 is was around 8%.

This isn't true, on many counts. All proposed redundancies over 20 in number have to be notified to the government on an HR1 form, including the reasons, of which economic is one. So the redundancy is genuine and legal; what the company chooses to pay - statutory or enhanced - is down to the company and a separate issue.

Anecdotally I know of four people who have lost jobs in my industry and taken 18 months - 2 years to find another role. I lost my job and took a lower-level role as a stopgap six months ago - I haven’t been approached by a single recruiter in that time.
Neither of the above has ever happened before that I’ve known of in 26 years in the workforce.

Hmmm…Bristol based warehousing and distribution company that went tits up late last year and got bought out?

Lots of vacancies in prisons and probation if people need jobs , seriously under resourced and can't recruit the people they need

In fact if you go back as far as the 80s and 90s, there were periods when unemployment was over 10%. So by historical standards, unemployment is still low.

I think there just more hysteria now because of social media.

So where are all these 'redundancies' (they dont even call them that btw) reported and can i go double check?
Maybe a previous person on this thread and myself are both mistaken about both witnessing 600+ jobs being 'redeployed for economic reasons' within 18 months??

War on uk soil - although yes perhaps a civil war!

I wouldn’t be surprised - though I don’t know if it would be the have-nots against the haves or religious war or racial.
If it’s the have-nots against the haves then they, the have-nots, must get their skates on and be careful of traitors in their midst as the very rich will be off in their private jets at the hint of a revolution.
Civil War will make for interesting reading on mumsnet.

No north based company but exactly the same thing. I still find it somewhere between laughable and infuriating that they think they taking a whole department out in 6mnths isn’t go to backfire. I have heard whispers the place is in chaos!

Why are so many people arriving on skilled visa applications..
skilled workers to work in chicken shops ...your not a skilled worker selling fried chicken
,or supermarkets run by immigrants..they are bringing in people to do jobs that people living here would do .I watched one programme where a man who's English was so poor he couldn't answer the questions properly..yet he managed to bring in 20 ..skilled workers on visas to work in his supermarket in London.
This is madness

People who can't afford to retire probably and under 67. All the staff in my Tesco are young so it's maybe the demographic in your area.

As for a war. Where's this war going to be that the UKs soldiers etc are going to fight? The face of war is changing anyway, not as many boots on the ground like the last umpteen wars or conflicts. I can't see any government worth their salt agreeing to anything that requires conscription either.