Yes, shocking how many managers make this mistake. I've seen this happen most recently right after the covid-19 market drop and the company announced hiring and

Yes, shocking how many managers make this mistake. I've seen this happen most recently right after the covid-19 market drop and the company announced hiring and salary freezes. A sudden team meeting with no agenda and titled something along the lines of "Team changes." How much worse could that be? That said, it is a "management smell" when someone who is fired is surprised about it. There should definitely be preceding feedback to the employee that things are not working well and an opportunity to improve them first.