Why Does Redundancy Feel Like Failure? with Arun Kumar

Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast · Oct 29, 2026 · 38m

You’ve worked hard, built a career and done everything you're expected to do. Then you’re made redundant. Everyone says you’ll find something else, but what happens when every rejection leaves you questioning whether you have anything left to offer?

Arun Kumar thought he’d finally made it: a director’s role, a new home and a young family. When redundancy came, his thoughts went straight to nursery fees, heating bills and the fear that he had failed his wife and children. Nobody had prepared him for this. His response was to work harder at finding another job until rewriting CVs, chasing…