> Apologising to people you’re letting go is condescending. For me personally that depends on what the apology is for. If I recently joined a company and was l

> Apologising to people you’re letting go is condescending. For me personally that depends on what the apology is for. If I recently joined a company and was laid off I’d be pretty pissed for having put time and energy into getting up to speed. In that situation I’d appreciate an apology for wasting my time. If it was more of a “I’m so sorry you will now die in the gutters because obviously you were just on our payroll as a charity”-apology, then yes, that would be condescending. :)