> It should be understood by the employees. I agree. > I joined a Big-whatever company because of the stability. If I was going to join a small startup, I'd b

> It should be understood by the employees. I agree. > I joined a Big-whatever company because of the stability. If I was going to join a small startup, I'd be aware of the instability. I concur with your reasoning. > That doesn't mean it isn't bad to lay people off in a startup; it's horrible. And it means the founders did something wrong (hired too many people, didn't have a good business model, etc). 100% > But it should be understood that the entire company can disappear in 6 months if its a new startup. That's fair. But just because something should be understood, doesn't mean it necessarily is understood by all parties. Assuming "ought implies is" is how a lot of dangerous mistakes happen.