[kypro]

I've seen both. Imo announcing layoffs ahead of time is better because while demoralising it at least gives people time to prepare and a sense that the company cares enough about you to be honest with you and aid with a smooth transition to your next role.

I worked for place which did several mass layoffs. The way they did it was by emailing everyone at end of day Thursday explain that everyone needed to be in the office at 9am tomorrow. Then the next day they'd call people into rooms one by one and tell them they no longer have a job.

It sucks for two reasons, one because in the span of 24 hours you go from feeling secure to panicking about finding a job. And two because everyone who is still there knows that at any point the same thing could happen to them.

The places I've been where they've been up front have been much more pleasant in comparison. While people can feel stressed and demoralised they at least know where they stand and can keep their options open. Managers come across as honest and sympathetic to the situation instead of secretive which helps avoid rumours of impending mass layoffs every couple of months. Plus it also gives everyone a chance to say goodbye.

[skinnymuch]

The entire situation is silly. People shouldn’t be panicking about losing health care etc because of layoffs. Corporations shouldn’t have this much power.

[x86x87]

Nah. Corpos are not people. Announcing it like this has 1 purpose and 1 purpose only: to extract more work from the drones by instilling fear.

[mynameisvlad]

Part of the severance is 60 days notice of any layoff, so nobody would be blindsided in that sense.

I also don’t see how it gives people time to say goodbye considering you still won’t know who is leaving until they’re laid off, which can happen anytime anyways.

Spreading it out does nothing but create more stress and pressure for both the people going and the people staying.