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Whatever you think about the letter, the fact that they're providing reasonable severance/vesting/healthcare support proves a large degree of competence and eth
by staunch 4y ago
Whatever you think about the letter, the fact that they're providing reasonable severance/vesting/healthcare support proves a large degree of competence and ethics.
My simple policy is: I will never stop talking trash, never work for, and avoid entirely any company that lays people off without the basic ethics of providing reasonable financial support. The companies providing two weeks should be shamed for eternity.
As long as enough people adopt this attitude it will effectively force companies to behave well, even if they don't want to. Tech workers on HN have particularly powerful influence in this regard and should utilize it.
(It'd be great if layoffs.fyi provided severance data to shame and reward the right companies.)
- erehweb 4y agoLarge companies may be effectively required to give a lot of severance for large layoffs to avoid having to announce layoffs in advance - see e.g. the California WARN act. https://edd.ca.gov/en/Jobs_and_Training/Layoff_Services_WARN https://edd.ca.gov/en/Jobs_and_Training/Layoff_Services_WARN