You’re fired: is there a better way to make lay-offs?
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Is There a Humane Way to Lay Off People?
Some companies are offering good support to the workers they have sacked. Airbnb pioneered the idea of creating this directory of people who have been laid off and then that just obviously means diverting some of the spotlight on a company like Airbnb towards the people who are being laid off. Brooke in the US said Stripe did it by sending an email to everyone saying look we over hired I'm really sorry, with lots of nodes. They said you are going to be fired but you have a certain amount of time that you're still on the payroll to help you go look for another job. If the company is not absolutely bleeding so much money that it's barely functional is to offer proper out placement and alumni
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