The BBC plans to cut as many as 2,000 jobs to save £500m, with announcements spread across several weeks rather than delivered at once. Staff members describe the gradual approach as a "bloodletting" that has damaged morale across the corporation.
Internal meetings scheduled for this week will provide further details of the cuts. Some employees already anticipate additional redundancy waves after the new year, according to reporting from The Guardian.
The drawn-out announcement process appears to have compounded the impact on staff sentiment. By announcing cuts in stages rather than all at once, the BBC has extended a period of uncertainty that staff describe as damaging to workplace morale.