Not necessarily — if you are having to freeze recruitment, cut budgets or even make roles redundant, it is still possible to keep staff involved. They key is including everyone in the process. Many employers are frantic to keep the prospect of cuts a secret until the sword of Damocles swings and a swath of employees are spirited away. But this can leave staff feeling powerless and insecure: is it me next?
What would happen if you tried an honest approach, explaining the financial issues and involving everyone in the solution? People will fight to keep jobs, but if your staff can find feasible ways of keeping jobs and cutting expenditure wouldn’t that be better? And if they can’t — well they have been involved in the change rather than having it done to them, and that gives them more control and more satisfaction. More here
