Sounds like they've been 'put at risk', given gardening leave and told not to tell anyone. The 'don't tell anyone' is usually on the back of the 'we haven't told all involved, so please don't let them find out from another source before we do, to protect then etc'. It's utter *******s and it is completely up to the individuals in the situation whether they make it be made publicly known or not. They can tell whoever the hell they like, and probably should as most employers have completely inept HR staff on little over minimum wage that will make several glaring technical ****-ups that will increase the compensation amount of anyone that fights the redundancy. Little tip here, in that most employers opening gambit on any hearing is to throw an extra 5K on the table, to try and wrap up the process early on. The cost of preparing meetings, answering questions, then having to adjourn and come back with verified answers for another meeting the following week over and over can soon add up, so the 5K is small fry...
Good look in your current situation.
talking of utter bollócks, d.
"...as most employers have completely inept HR staff on little over minimum wage that will make several glaring technical ****-ups"
and not really best practice to put someone on gardening leave just because they are at risk of redundancy - sort of makes things look a leeeeeetel beeet fait accompli, don't yer think?
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
'Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before'
'Met a dwarf that was no good, dressed like Little Red Riding Hood'
'Now you're unemployed, all non-void
Walkin' round like you're Pretty Boy Floyd'
You must be pretty unusual, i, in being in HR and a/ not being female and b/ not being insufferably woke.
I speak as someone who has to attend the HR Awards every year and is almost invariably outnumbered 4 to 1 by humourless chicks who'd scream harassment if you so much as complimented them on their dress (not that I would, due to so many of them being fierce munters).
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It is a female dominated discipline, b, that is for sure.
However, whenever I go to 'networking opportunities' :sigh: I'd say half the top HR bosses are blokes
There is being aware of 'woke issues' and saying and doing the right thing...then there is the personal thoughts of the utter madness of much of it that I cannot verbalise in public.
I think I've said before on here, some of the biggest monsters and psychopaths in suits I've come across in my career are HR workers. Mostly women (with or without a pen15, I didn't ask) in my experience.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”