‘It was awful’: These women bounced back from redundancy stronger – and you can too

Betha Giorgi spent years guiding companies through restructures. But nothing could have prepared her for the shock of losing her own job. “It was awful,” the former senior Deloitte director says of her 2024 redundancy. “There was relief because I finally knew what was happening. But that quickly gave way to shock, fear and, if I’m being completely honest, a sense of worthlessness.”