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« on: September 17, 2013, 11:09:21 AM »
Perhaps a first step to "better" layoff processes would be to accept that possibly the cause of some of them is due to NUT JOBS like Tim Armstrong being in charge and that the company's failure should be on their heads instead of the little guy always taking the fall. At this point I have come to accept that downsizing is another word for "management screwed up".
With that, I really don't think the company truly cares about anything other than the bottom line these days. So having been laid off three times I can share with you some of the tactics I've seen:
1. Provide a lot of notice ahead of time so as many people as possible will quit on their own and less severance will have to be paid out
2. Don't provide any information on what this severance will be, even if the company already has a known policy. The mystery provides more stress for the employee which may make him quit sooner.