Cash-strapped Portsmouth have been forced to make "a number of redundancies" to help aid their battle for financial survival.
The identities of those made redundant has not been divulged, with no-one at the npower Championship club available to comment on speculation chief executive David Lampitt is one of those affected.
Pompey's players and staff have not been paid since December and the cost-cutting measures also involve this continuing for some at the club, most likely high earners, on an "ongoing basis", while a host of full-time staff are also being asked to go part-time.
The moves come after Portsmouth entered administration for a second time in two years last Friday, resulting in an immediate 10-point deduction which has subsequently plunged the south-coast outfit into the Championship's bottom three.
In a statement on the club's official website, joint administrator Trevor Birch revealed the financial meltdown at Fratton Park "is more serious than many people had expected" and added the club could run of of money within the next couple of months.
Birch said: "We have had no choice but to take the difficult decision to make a number of redundancies across all levels and departments within Portsmouth Football Club. Additionally, we are asking certain employees to defer wages on an ongoing basis and are asking several members of staff to move from a full-time to a part-time role."