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We're people really told before, or did everyone simply find out because they were all in the office together? I know when I worked in a big company 20 years a

• DebtDeflation 3y ago
  I can't remember lists ever being revealed to employees. I would usually find out when an email bounced back.
• jcadam 3y ago
  Last big layoff I was a part of in the before times, I was working for a huge aerospace company who just lost out on a major gov contract. We were told layoffs were coming, and they would happen on a certain day. You would get a phone call to come to your manager's office for a private meeting, or you wouldn't and that meant you were not laid off. So everyone is sitting at their desk, too keyed up to do any work, just waiting to hear who's desk phone is going to go off next. My call came late in the afternoon (about the time I was starting to think I was safe). Everyone in the cube farm knew you just got hit as you walked toward the boss's office where the boss and the HR lady were waiting.