Fraaahnces is right. It’s generational thing. Over the age of 39 or so, people understand what OP is saying. Younger than that, they don’t get it and are appalled and indignant.
OP, if you’re successful in your efforts, do please quietly cancel a few people’s debts before the redundancy is put in place.
A dear old friend of mine cancelled lots of impoverished elderly people’s debts in the USA when she worked in a government office over there. But that was a few decades ago.