Grammar fix
make someone redundant
end a job
To end someone's employment because the organisation no longer needs that person's job, especially in British English.
How oftenCommon
LevelB2
Used inSpeech & writing
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
Several employees were made redundant after the company closed its local office.
My uncle was made redundant when the factory reduced its staff, and it took him several months to find another job.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: She was made redundant because she made a serious mistake.
Say: She was fired because she made a serious mistake.
'Made redundant' means the job disappeared, not that the employee was dismissed for poor performance.
Don't confuse it
Other ways to say it
End someone's job because it's no longer needed
Which varietyBritishAmerican
make someone redundantYou're here · British: ending employment because the job is no longer needed.
let someone goGentler, UK and US; also used for firing.lay offEspecially American: job cuts caused by insufficient work or money.