Communications around redundancies need not be complicated: compassion and transparency are critical. Compassion means treating people as humans with respect and empathy. Losing a job is traumatic in any circumstances and especially so in these unprecedented times.

A crisis of the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic acts like a magnifying glass when it comes to the strengths and vulnerabilities of all businesses. The most immediate focal point is how companies respond to this unprecedented disruption: how they treat their employees, suppliers, and wider communities.

Many of the skills between the oil and gas and renewables sectors are highly transferable, indicating there is much opportunity for sector mobility within energy. Oil and gas professionals, in particular are showing strong interest to work in the renewables industry, which will of course be heavily influenced by the effects of the downturn.