[brudgers]

The least awful is the aweful way it is typically done.

Quickly and deliberately.

The mitigations are things like severance and job search help.

Talking about how bad you feel having to do it is not less cruel.

The cruelest part of layoffs is false hope.

You knew today and it was Friday.

It should have happened by the end of business.

Good luck.

[throwaway345826]

It's happening early next week, we're not wanting to wait around. Currently we're researching legal obligations (in our jurisdiction there's a law around "consulting" first that's a bit complicated) and that's all it's waiting on. ASAP is the timeline.

I do not plan to say anything about "my feelings", nor to try and be presumptive and give speeches about "their feelings". Our staff will see deeper than platitudes now, just as they have always been above thinking that free beer and pizza compensates for work-life balance.