Planos de demissão volutária: reflexos sobre a relação indivíduo-trabalho

Abstract

The present paper marks one of the stages of production of a master’s dissertation developed along the Psychology’s Post-Graduation Program of the Federal University of Ceará - UFC. Facing the moment of marked economic instability in the brazilian scenario, represented by factors such as the increase of inflation, the decline of economic growth in many sectors of the economy and the great reduction of job offers, we saw the resurgence of organizational strategies that aim to maintain profits, grounded in actions that allow quick and significant changes for the enterprises that adopt them. Our objective is to investigate the use of one of those strategies that reapeared in this moment of crisis, namely, the Voluntary Redundancy Plans. Historicaly, the intensification of its aplication in Brazil ocurred during the 1990’s, characterized by the adoption of neoliberal political and economic measures, in addition to the privatization of national companies. Through a bibliographic review, we’ll analyze the unfold of events that followed the attempt of implementation of the neoliberal project in Brazil, taking as focus the transformations in the work dynamics in the national context and the main consequences for workers. We seek to reflect about the use of voluntary redundancy while a dismantling mechanism of the public sector at the time and about its objectives and possible repercussions in the present.