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This is gross. What’s the corporate motivation to not just call it what it is - a layoff?
by JoshGG 2y ago
This is gross. What’s the corporate motivation to not just call it what it is - a layoff?
- malfist 2y agoBecause they're doing it for a "vibrant team culture" The type of culture that caused the company to shut off access to your laptop
- marcus0x62 2y agoThey're a "family". And, truly, who among us hasn't turned off a family member's door code and escorted them to the end of the driveway?
- klardotsh 2y agoBecause layoffs are, rightfully, in the spotlight as distasteful, cruel, and usually not based in financial reality right now. They get severe negative press, because they're severe negative actions (while companies rake in record profits - I'm mostly not talking about little seed-A-B-round startups going under here). And so companies are trying to find creative ways to avoid that negative press, IMO.
- banish-m4 2y agoYep. It's a passive-aggressive way to blame the victim for not participating in gotcha capitalism.
- 627467 2y agoother than when there's an actual legal implication: why does it matter what it's called?