The Redundancy Transformations Study recently undertaken by Alternative Futures Research Ltd captures the redundancy experience of more than a thousand British people. One of the common misconceptions dispelled by the study, is that redundancy has a negative and detrimental effect on people’s lives. In fact the opposite is true.
More than two thirds of those surveyed revealed that their lives had changed for the better after they were made redundant and more than over half (53%) of British people who’ve experienced redundancy now say that, looking back, it was the best thing that ever happened to them. Eight out of ten (80%) of those who’d seen their lives improve said that redundancy was the spur for them to make some major changes in their lives.
The results of this study are revealed for the first time in a new book, Overcoming redundancy: 52 inspiring ideas to help you bounce back from losing your job which is being published by Infinite Ideas on 17 June 2009.
Gordon Adams (Milton Keynes) is Managing Director of Alternative Futures Research Ltd, a research company which specialises in helping businesses and individuals to change. He has spent over 25 years working for leading organisations such as Thomas Cook, the BBC and Reed International. He overcame redundancy himself in 2001 when he invested his redundancy payment to set up his own business. He has never looked back. The company which made him redundant is now his biggest client.
For further information on Overcoming redundancy, please contact Tim Moore on 01865 514 888. Alternatively emails can be sent to tim@infideas.com.
Technical note about the redundancy transformations study
The Redundancy Transformations Study was a nationally representative online survey of 1004 adults aged 18 and over who had experienced redundancy during their working lives. It was carried out by Alternative Futures Research Ltd in February and March 2009. The online sample for this study was supplied by Toluna. For more information about this research contact Alternative Futures Research Ltd. www.alternativefutures.biz
