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> Perhaps the author could read up on how his own employer does layoffs They did it the normal way, individual private notification. It would be remiss not to

• ergocoder 5y ago
  > They did it the normal way, individual private notification. Over a messaging app? How is that normal or better? > They didn't hire anyone on a one-way broadcast-only video conference with 900 attendees. CEO doesn't hire anyone individually either. So, is it better to push this layoff responsibility to the hiring manager? I have no idea why hiring and firing need to be symmetrical. When I was hired, I was congrat'ed by multiple people through personal email. Should we keep that symmetry as well? Or should we be arbitrarily selective?
  • addingnumbers 5y ago
    > Over a messaging app? Who said a messaging app? The Vice story says Google Meet video chat. > How is that normal or better? Most people don't want to be entirely impassive spectators while someone who can't see or hear them upends their career plans with uncontested fluffy business jargon. > So, is it better to push this layoff responsibility to the hiring manager? Yes, I've been laid off once and a colleague twice, and that's how it's gone each time. The whole reason there are articles written about this incident is that it's so sensationally exceptional.