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I can't decide if I'd prefer to hear a bunch of nonsense from an executive at the moment of being let go, or no explanation and just an email saying I'm part of
by yinser 3y ago
I can't decide if I'd prefer to hear a bunch of nonsense from an executive at the moment of being let go, or no explanation and just an email saying I'm part of a layoff.
- trey-jones 3y agoThe nonsense (thank you for your valuable contributions) makes me nauseous. I'm so sick of that shit. We as a society need to stop sugarcoating (denial, rationalization) and be more candid. Otherwise the words just become more and more meaningless and nobody can trust anything anybody says. So I know which I would choose, is what I'm trying to say. Like a band-aid.
- yinser 3y agoExecutives and bloviating. Peanut butter and jelly unfortunately.
- eclipticplane 3y agoYou may find value in bullshit.js: https://mourner.github.io/bullshit.js/ https://mourner.github.io/bullshit.js/ > You’ve helped us bullshit so much that the only possible way for you to continue to help us bullshit is by no longer working here, effective immediately.
- EchoChamberMan 3y agoThere's a third option - no warning at all, your laptop is remotely disabled, and you have to figure it out yourself.
- silverquiet 3y agoI'll be forever proud that when I got the call from my senior manager, I started with, "so you got some bad news for me"? No matter how bad the situation, it seems like my snark will never fail me.
- rldjbpin 3y agoi'd rather be told "game's the game" and let go without the corpo speak.
- grvdrm 3y agoI’ll take the latter when/if it happens.