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by michaelbuckbee 5540 days ago
I think that AOL/Huff has actually been fairly distinct in how badly they have handled these layoffs. It seems like "Transition 101" to share the fired/staying personell information all at once. To drag it out over any period of time just seems extremely odd.
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It was handled in a Monthy Python's way, as per the opening credits of The Holy Grail:

> A Møøse once bit my sister ...

We apologise for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked.

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

Møøse trained by TUTTE HERMSGERVORDENBROTBORDA

(...)

The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.

The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

(etc.)

- - -

It's unwise to fire the firers at the same time as the firees.

AOL has long tradition of laying people off sporadically: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-aol-layoffs-....

Don't assume this a new thing.