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You should be giving constant feedback; firing should not come as a surprise. And if someone is not delivering, the people who depend on that output will know.
by esafak 2y ago
You should be giving constant feedback; firing should not come as a surprise. And if someone is not delivering, the people who depend on that output will know. Totally unrelated people should reserve judgment.
- Aurornis 2y ago> firing should not come as a surprise. The surprise was for the people around them, not the person being fired. > Totally unrelated people should reserve judgment. In the real world, they don't.
- squiffsquiff 2y agoThere were 30% layoffs at a company I worked at and one of the 'survivors' was so traumatised by it that they took their own life. It's a known phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_guilt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_guilt
- aaomidi 2y agoLayoffs are generally random firing. Especially when we talk about % points.
- sethammons 2y agoWhat's your point? The thread is about how other people being fired is stressful.
- ghaff 2y agoYou might be surprised how many totally oblivious and un-self-aware people there are out there.