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My last layoff was a lot more impersonal and they still called me. I had expressed a couple of months before my desire to leave. They then called me to say it
by gchamonlive 1y ago
My last layoff was a lot more impersonal and they still called me.
I had expressed a couple of months before my desire to leave. They then called me to say it was "a hard decision but it was best for the company to let me go".
I almost laughed. How hard is it really to let someone go that wants to go?
Worse than using a pre-recorded video is doing a live meeting with a default script. These corpocrats are like robots.
- nomel 1y ago> These corpocrats are like robots. I'm from the US, so employment here is at will. There were layoffs at every company that I worked for, and are entirely expect by anyone what has worked a while, when the economy turns down a bit. Out of them all, the "red envelope on your desk" was the best approach, in my opinion. It let people have a moment to themselves to react to and accept something that they were, at that point, unable to change. Then, the manager would have one-on-one with everyone, to explain the packages. In my opinion, I wouldn't want a manager to tell me. It would be awkward and unnecessary, since it's usually entirely out of their control.