Letting go of someone when they are no longer needed might be one of the trickiest things an employer has to do. While this decision may be based on substantial reasoning, they still have to think about how to sensibly deliver the message and how it can affect the employee.
However, when this worker was announced redundant, all their boss could do was imagine how he would replace them with a close friend of his. Realizing this, the employee asked for redundancy, which he gladly accepted, not fully knowing what he had signed up for.
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