The trend of staff redundancies and company down-sizing  is prevalent in most if not all established life science ecosystems as reported in the recent “Biotech layoffs in 2025: The Labiotech tracker”. One Nucleus members are far from immune to this phenomenon being experienced of course and we see numerous examples of member employees finding themselves back in the jobs market. Mindful of the impact, One Nucleus strives to support both the redundant employees and the companies in the unfortunate position to be laying people off in order to maximise the chances of redeployment.

Extending Employee Support Through Redundancy Outreach

Redundancy is one of the most challenging experiences for companies and their employees alike. Whether brought about by economic downturns or restructuring, the process of letting go of valued team members has emotional, professional, and reputational consequences.

One Nucleus membership is at the company level, such that all employees of a member are able to take advantage of the member benefits . All employers faced with making job cuts are keen to support their departing colleagues, yet many are restrained in the support they can offer due to finances, expertise or capacity.

One Nucleus is able to enable redundant employees the opportunity to continue benefiting from that member company’s membership for up to one year so long as the membership stays current, thereby affording members a means to be supportive and protect their reputation at little or no cost or capacity.

Taking the Practical Steps to the Next Employer

One Nucleus can provide practical support to those finding themselves between employer for the reasons above by keeping open access to activities that include:

Networking and Jobs Board:

• Helping you stay connected with our network, perhaps to the next employer, by attending BioWednesday network events for free and other events at discounted rates.
• View our jobs board for the latest member jobs.

Training and Upskilling:

• Use our training portfolio and sign up for courses to help employees transition to new roles.
• One Nucleus mentoring initiative. We are here to help you find a mentor.

Without doubt the challenges of redundancy are not insignificant and staying involved to secure the next role can feel daunting, inaccessible due to cost or unsupported. Between your downsizing employer and One Nucleus, help is at hand as detailed above and we would welcome confidential enquiries direct from our members seeking to support exiting colleagues or jobseekers wanting to explore the options available.

For more information contact [email protected]