made redundant
Position was eliminated
Made redundant is the British term for being laid off from a job—dismissed not for poor performance but because the position itself is being eliminated.
The phrase emphasizes that the role, not the person, has become unnecessary: Three hundred workers were made redundant when the factory closed.
Americans would say they were "let go" or "laid off."
- laid offDismissed from employment
- firedTerminated from employment
- dismissedReleased from duty
- sackedDismissed from a job
- given the bootDismissed from a position
let go · marching orders · walking papers · unemployed · downsized · terminated · axed · staff reduction · jobless · restructured · severance · pink slip · golden handshake · surplus · obsolete · unnecessary · duplicate · superfluous
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- UK Employmentemployee rights, maternity leave, paternity leave, sick pay, annual leave