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You don’t think laying off nearly 1000 people en masse with a video is cruel and unusual? I do. This is a terrible look for the company in my opinion and I’m gl
by lelandfe 5y ago
You don’t think laying off nearly 1000 people en masse with a video is cruel and unusual? I do. This is a terrible look for the company in my opinion and I’m glad this article exposed it.
- hungryforcodes 5y agoDefinitely not cruel if handled correctly. Provide compensation and support post work for finding a new job. It can be handled super humanely. So you are the CEO and can't visit anyone physically for obvious reasons. How do you propose you do it?
- mbrumlow 5y agoI would rather be told in the privacy of my house then in a office and have to walk by all the other folks in the other meeting.
- ergocoder 5y agoIf someone forces me into the office, I will cough at them. What the hell. Just do video call.
- LinuxBender 5y agoFor what its worth, I've seen something even more tacky than this. A company rented a ballroom of a hotel and had 2 meetings. 9am: Lay off several hundred people. 10am: Celebration for those still employed. Some people designated for 9am showed up late. It was very awkward.
- wcfields 5y agoI’ve been there on the IT side. Company had two meetings simultaneously on either side of the building and I was in the server room disabling GSuite accounts and remotely locking laptops. Absolutely brutal 40% headcount slash after we lost a major client. And, someone went to the “stay” meeting that was escorted to the correct meeting by a manager too.
- tibbydudeza 5y agoReminds me of The Joker breaking a cuestick in half and throwing it to the two surviving henchman and saying "Good News - there is a new position opening up in my organization".