How do your severance practices measure up to industry best practices? Randstad RiseSmart’s Global Severance Research provides critical insights to help you protect your employer brand, meet expectations and minimize negative sentiment during downsizing.

In the last five years or so, it’s become clear that organizations face public scrutiny for the way they treat their people — especially through times of change and challenge. Many tech firms, previously celebrated as great places to work, have seen their reputations become tarnished during times of economic uncertainty.

Randstad RiseSmart’s Global Severance Research provides critical insights to help you protect your employer brand, meet expectations and minimize negative sentiment during downsizing.

Benchmark your severance policies.

Randstad RiseSmart’s third-party validated survey of more than 400 HR and procurement professionals from organizations of all sizes across Australia, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. uncovers which downsizing actions are most likely to create negative sentiment, how employers are adjusting policies to meet market expectations, which components of a redeployment program are most effective in mitigating the fallout and more.

Did you know?

• 96% of organizations have taken some kind of downsizing action over the last 12 months, and 92% anticipate taking further action in the next 12 months.
• 80% of respondents rated their handling of downsizing as excellent or very good, but that view is not shared by employees.
• While redeployment is the most common downsizing action, only 46% of organizations report that their redeployment program is very effective.

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