Been laid off twice, fired 0. Best was when I was given 2 months warning and they brought in a team to help people write resumes. Expect the person being fire

Been laid off twice, fired 0. Best was when I was given 2 months warning and they brought in a team to help people write resumes. Expect the person being fired to be angry - it is common to disable their accounts. When someone is fired, I think the rest of the team usually knows they are a problem. When it is a lay off it has a more negative impact. I recall if someone was fired 'with cause' they could not get unemployment. Maybe it is just in Florida. Not that unemployment pays much, but that can be a double whammy. Not sure how big your company is, so not sure how effective your HR can be. The company that had the 'kind' lay off for me was a big company. So their HR was big enough to know everything to tell us. Make sure you have it well documented. Expect a lawsuit. When I was laid off, some people tried to sue for age discrimination. They failed as there were very few people left at that location, all of whom were older.