[Atropos]

I disagree. I once worked for a services company that basically had a "6 month notice" policy, meaning if they let someone know July 23th 2016, he still has a job until January 31 2017. This gives people the opportunity to start looking for work elsewhere, without even having to reveal that they "got fired". And it's just not as much of a psychological shock for the employees. Plus, if the firing was not performance related, but due to the company not being hired for enough projects, this was something that could change after 4+ months if the company had a lucky streak, and it sometimes did happen.