you can't be nice to employees and then lay them off at the same time Absurd. I've done it. When the reason for the layoffs isn't to benefit some rich overlo

you can't be nice to employees and then lay them off at the same time Absurd. I've done it. When the reason for the layoffs isn't to benefit some rich overlord (person or entity), then people can accept it, if you give them reasons to believe you'll be fixing the problems that led to the layoff. It requires communication.