"We knew this was coming." Hundreds of real estate jobs at risk in "severe"pandemic fall-out, so will we see a redeployment of talent?

On this week's episode of EG's We're Still Here podcast deputy editor Tim Burke joins host Emily Wright for a round-up of the week's big news. And there can be no sugar-coating this one. 

 

As the severity of the COVID-19 fall out on the real estate sector looms, Tim delves into the possible extend of widespread industry redundancies. From JLL to Knight Frank and from CBRE to Avison Young, major agencies have put hundreds of at risk as they look at reshaping their businesses for a post-pandemic world. 

 

With cuts currently expected across the businesses, Tim discusses who is at risk before urging the sector to act with compassion and kindness in already challenging and unprecedented times. 

 

Trying to find a silver lining, we also discuss how the industry's talent might potentially be redeployed to reflect the changing shape of the sector and the wider world. 

 

For more tune into this week's episode of We're Still Here.