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Brave New Work 152. Making Layoffs More Human

At Work with The Ready

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The Pattern of Layoffs Happening in Downturns

It has a bit of a feast or famine over, over adjusted kind of non, not disciplined vibe to me in the sense that like when things are good, people overdo it. When things are bad, they kind of try to claw it all back and in some ways blame it on the economy. And what it boils down to for me is they just don't care about the human cost of playing that game. Like it's it is beneficial to them economically to drive really hard when times are good and to cut really deep when times are bad.

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