Not necessarily better, at least for the company. The slow burn works out much better for them: - Gets rid of employees who were on the fence of leaving anyway

Not necessarily better, at least for the company. The slow burn works out much better for them: - Gets rid of employees who were on the fence of leaving anyway - No need to pay out unemployment - No need to pay out unused PTO (depends on the state) - No need to notify months in advance (WARN act [1]) or risk heavy fines - End up with "loyal" employees in the end If they can get through the short-term pain of losing some good workers, it will eventually balance out, and the show will go on. [1] https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/layoffs/warn https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/layoffs/warn https://www.warntracker.com https://www.warntracker.com