Top 5 Pet Names HR Use To Hide The Fact You’re About To Be Redundant

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Firing season is upon us as businesses following the calendar financial year look to balance the books ahead of the last quarter. Getting a tap on the shoulder is never pleasant, however it is especially more unpleasant when you are blindsided by it.

Following some extensive investigative reporting, The Advocate can exclusively reveal the main tell from HR departments who are readying themselves for a bumper redundancy season.

Aside from sharpening the knives they’re about to shove in your back, the main tell is an increase in the number of pet names they use towards staff in the firing line.

Specifically these five: Lovely, Rockstar, Sunshine, Weapon, and Legend.

It’s understood the use of a pet name is meant to build up a sense of trust and familiarity, so when they deliver the bad news the victim is more likely to believe the decision was really out of their hands.

Experts are tipping this redundancy season will be a “blood bath” with the rise of AI and seemingly industry-agnostic incapability of C-Suites suits to realise they are the problem, not the poor staff desperately trying to keep up with the increasing workflow.

More to come.