Bird laid off 406 people in a 2-minute Zoom call. The founder / CEO didn't even do it himself, he got his comms person to read out the script. Staff on the call had their email / slack accounts instantly deactivated.https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21231802/bird-electric-scooter-company-workplace-culture-layoffs …
Often, people are able to forward emails to the company to say thanks (from their personal email). But many google drives have confidential info. The risk if letting them say goodbye from a company email is not worth it. 1 disgruntled person can screw things up BIG TIME
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So, when I fire, I make it fast and say as little as possible and deactivate accounts. Later, we talk. I'm still friendly with people I've let go and even work in some capacity. But I can't risk my business and other employees (lawsuits, other disturbances) during...
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the layoff/firing process. I am willing to be more talkative at a later time when things calm down. But during that moment (which can last a week or so), I appear to not be very compassionate because bad shit often happens and I want to protect everyone.
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I’ve seen IT guys delete virtual machines, nuke storage arrays, erase the phone system for thousands of users. I’ve seen users delete the CRM, bulk delete the file server.
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