Differing cultural reactions to redundancy in Asia and the West; in conversation with Saby Sengupta

Summary: ‘You know, when you are over 60 and you don’t have work, it’s not even worth living.’ Redundancy, or being laid off, has largely lost its stigma in the West. Most view it for what it is - an unfortunate outcome of difficult economic trading conditions with legislation to ensure some semblance of fairness in the process. But, in Asia, redundancy still retains a stigma - YOU must have personally failed in some way. Sabyasachi (Saby) Sengupta talks about the different cultural approaches to redundancy between Asia and the West and why, wherever you live, you need to be thinking about ‘What’s your Plan B,’ Saby’s new book available now.