throwaway345826

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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   It's happening early next week, we're not wanting to wait around. Currently we're researching legal obligations (in our jurisdiction there's a law around "consulting" first that's a bit complicated) and th
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   This is a really good idea that I'm going to suggest. If nothing else, it gives more people more time to look for another real job...
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   I also suggested my own laying-off, since that'd save a bit more money and the engineers we've got are so great that they basically don't need management... The founders asked me to stay though.
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   Some good recommendations & thoughts here. It is a layoff by your terminology, because we're in that insane VC-money world ("poison pill" as I've seen it called on here!) where it's "go big or go home"
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   We gotta, for sure right?
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   Yes, to be honest I assume that this will start a death-spiral. In that the people we want to stay (having the most hopeful combo of critical knowledge, skills, etc.) can just take a little longer to find a new job than those laid off but _
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   Yeah I'm the one who needs to take the biggest cut - the founders actually pay themselves less salary than me. For the ICs that stay though, we want to keep things the same.
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   Thanks for responding. I really want to do this, but I worry it is unfair to people in other departments who do not get the sneaky down-low info. Really the company itself has to be honest without delay, since that will achieve the same thi
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   by throwaway345826 4y ago

   Thanks for responding. We've been honest about the situation, but I think people will feel blindsided because due to our own mistakes we mis-calculated our expected runway by a disastrous amount. I only found this out a day ago, at my
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    by throwaway345826 4y ago

    Thanks for responding. We have our own ideas about who we would like to stay (I mean, aside from "everyone" :( ), but we plan to tell everyone the severance package so that anyone we want to stay can still make their own decision
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    by throwaway345826 4y ago

    Thanks for your advice. It doesn't have to be cruel, but I've just read so many stories here about times when it was... So _something_ drives that cruelty, and I need to avoid it. Okay, so it sounds like company-wide announcement
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    by throwaway345826 4y ago

    Thanks for this advice. They're a great team, I know they'll move on to bigger and better things; but I know it will be stressful for them in the short term. Being honest should be easy, because I will lose nothing by doing it. I&
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    Ask HN: How can we lay people off without cruelty?

    73 points by throwaway345826 4y ago|81 comments