Originally Posted by Sunfish
I have to agree with Romulus's observations regarding redundancy, they match my experience.
The movie was "up in the air", it was very painful for me to watch, having sat on both sides of the desk.
Yep, that's the one.
Last time I was made redundant my then boss kept telling me how jealous he was that it wasn't him getting all the free time. I let it slide a couple of times until ultimately I just said "well, I'm more than qualified to do your job so let's swap seats".
The "exit interview" concluded very shortly after that.
Redundancy is what it is. It is not going to change. So be professional and treat people with courtesy and respect and understand that they will most likely be more upset than you, and that is presuming you're a decent human being who doesn't get a kick out of the power trip.