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Layoffs are expensive compared to making people miserable so they quit.
by brookst 2y ago
Layoffs are expensive compared to making people miserable so they quit.
- runako 2y agoOnly if you pay severance/etc., which X doesn't.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoTerminating employees without cause (i.e. due to employee’s poor performance) entitles the employer to unemployment benefits, causing the state to increase the business’s unemployment insurance premiums. If an employee quits or is terminated due to not coming into work, then they are not eligible for unemployment benefits, and hence the business’s unemployment insurance premiums are unaffected.
- runako 2y agoIncreased UI premiums on the remaining employees are not likely to approach the cost of "normal" severance for 80%+ of the original staff.