redundants
Laid off employees
Redundants is a plural noun referring to people who have been made redundant—that is, laid off because their positions are no longer needed.
The term is primarily British: The company offered redundants a severance package and job placement services.
It treats the adjective redundant as a noun, much as "the unemployed" treats unemployed.
Stored duplicate for recovery
- failsafeAutomatic protective default
- duplicateExact replica of original
- reserveSupply kept back
- parallelEquidistant at all points
secondary · fallback · standby · spare · contingency · replication · mirroring · fault-tolerant
Acts done again
- tautologiesSelf-proving logical statements
- pleonasmsSuperfluous verbal repetitions
- superfluitiesUnnecessary surplus items
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
padding · filler · wordiness · prolixity · circumlocution · unnecessary · superfluous · excess
Mass job eliminations
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
workforce · restructuring · cutbacks · termination · unemployment · outplacement · notice period · consultation
Identical reproductions
- unnecessaryNot essential or required
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- excessSurplus beyond need
- vestigialReduced, without current function
obsolete · outdated · deprecated · legacy · unused · extraneous · bloat · clutter
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
parallel · secondary · fallback · standby · spare · contingency · replication · mirroring · fault-tolerant · resilience
repetitions
Acts done again
- tautologiesSelf-proving logical statements
- pleonasmsSuperfluous verbal repetitions
- superfluitiesUnnecessary surplus items
verbosity · padding · filler · wordiness · prolixity · circumlocution · unnecessary · superfluous · excess · deadwood
layoffs
Mass job eliminations
- dismissalsFormal removal from position
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
retrenchment · workforce · restructuring · cutbacks · termination · unemployment · outplacement · notice period · consultation · compulsory
duplicates
Identical reproductions
- unnecessaryNot essential or required
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- excessSurplus beyond need
vestigial · obsolete · outdated · deprecated · legacy · unused · extraneous · bloat · clutter · streamlining
redundantsemployees
Paid staff members
staff · workers · workforce · employed · incumbents
redundantsessential personnel
Staff too vital to furlough
essential workers · keepers · linchpins · survivors · key players
- made redundantDismissed as unnecessary
- redundancy packageCompensation for terminated employees
- redundancy payPayment after workforce reduction
- redundant phrase
- redundancy noticeEmployer's workforce reduction letter
- redundancy paymentsCompensation for dismissed workers