#18 dealing with redundancies & reduction in the workforce

While reductions in workforce are an unfortunate reality in business, how they are handled can have a listing impact on employees who are let go — and those who remain. For more on this topic, Hary Botka, Managing Director, Randstad Workforce Advisory Group, sits down with Lindsay Witcher, Senior Vice President, Sales and Customer Success, Randstad RiseSmart, to discuss how to implement workforce reductions in a transparent and respectful way.

In this Q&A podcast, you’ll learn:

• why proper planning and messaging are so important during times of reduction (2:02)
• how services like those from Randstad RiseSmart can help (4:39)
• the effects on remaining employees and the customer base when reductions aren’t handled well (7:08)
• how to make the workforce reductions as human as possible (12:58)