Redundancy survivors: Managing increased workloads and stress

When redundancies are made, those surviving employees could be faced with having to work longer hours as they take on the workloads of their redundant colleagues. Yet, as Nick Golding discovers, all this can contribute hugely to employee stress and anxiety.

When employers are backed into a corner and redundancy is the only solution, it would be easy to assume that the suffering is the exclusive right of those who lose their jobs, but working life for the survivors can also be tough as long hours and heavy workloads soon take their toll.