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I'm surprised that he says to make the announcement before telling the laid-off employees one-on-one. When I was at GE and they had layoffs, the individuals we
by imp 16y ago
I'm surprised that he says to make the announcement before telling the laid-off employees one-on-one. When I was at GE and they had layoffs, the individuals were told first, and then there was an all-employee meeting to announce the layoffs. I thought that worked out fine. That way, the people who are in the meeting don't have to freak out and worry about being laid off. Does anyone here have experience either way?
- philwelch 16y agoDidn't rumor get out as soon as the one-on-one meetings happened? Someone was bound to notice all those meetings, or maybe some employees were laid off before others and got the chance to spread the word?
- imp 16y agoThere weren't any rumors that I was aware of, but I also wasn't one of those guys who spent a lot of time gossiping about that kind of thing. I think it happened extremely fast with the one-on-one meetings in the morning and the group meeting right before lunch. There wasn't much time for rumors to spread.
- jbarham 16y ago> The individuals were told first, and then there was an all-employee meeting to announce the layoffs. That was my experience. I guess that's what they learn in business school. ;)