The damaging feelings a joke about firing someone can cause complex team dynamics issues. If anyone is unfortunate enough to be in this situation it’s importan

The damaging feelings a joke about firing someone can cause complex team dynamics issues. If anyone is unfortunate enough to be in this situation it’s important to recognize its normal to feel <insert any feeling> because feels are always legitimate. If comfortable, you should ask to listen to your peers thoughts and feelings to get a deeper understanding of the jokes effects. Together, you could provide direct feedback to the manager of “when you said <insert joke> that made me feel <inser feeling>. I wish in the future you <insert desired action>”. Hopefully they accept the feedback and you can monitor their actions going forward, if they don’t accept... we don’t have the ability to control people, but you can be on the same page.