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Speak the truth. "I can't answer this kind of a question. If I answer 'yes', then there will be undue stress on the people that are not getting laid off. If I a
by fatherzine 4y ago
Speak the truth. "I can't answer this kind of a question. If I answer 'yes', then there will be undue stress on the people that are not getting laid off. If I answer 'no', but the business requires layoffs, then I will be lying."
- david422 4y agoIf I heard that, I would definitely be thinking "yes".
- fatherzine 4y agoCould be. Perhaps the question was asked some time ago, received the same answer, and there were no layoffs. Consistency is paramount.
- Uehreka 4y agoThe problem is, it is to the advantage of every manager who is not laying people off to say “Absolutely not”. Every employee is aware that managers have this incentive, so anything other than “Absolutely not” is likely to mean “Yes”. There is no collective incentive for managers at different companies to all answer “I can’t say” in order to give each other plausible deniability.
- fatherzine 4y agoCorrect. And sometimes the world will literally feed you to the lions for speaking truth. Yet some choose to speak truth anyways. [No, I don't have that kind of fiber myself, sadly.]