> You announce it to the staff and at the same time you let those affected know. To do this you would have to already have finalized this list of people to let

> You announce it to the staff and at the same time you let those affected know. To do this you would have to already have finalized this list of people to let go. Specifying that list beyond rough department targets to actual individuals probably requires involvement of many managers and might be what happened in those 72 hours, but I'd love to hear from someone with actual experience. Could larger organizations actually prepare that without leaking the layoff anyway?