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by Buttons840 594 days ago
It's to remind them they are beloved "Dropboxers", and are part of the family... before terminating them.
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I've never been a big fan of any such language, regardless of layoff context. Do enough people prefer it that it's actually a net win for business by way of improved morale or whatever? I wonder if it's been seriously studied.

Then again, I'm also of the mind that email addresses (or whatever other contact methods) ought to belong to functional areas/positions rather than to people (other than for person-specific topics such as time off, personal development, etc.) so turnover doesn't lead to questions of where to send questions/requests. I assume this is an unusually inhumane outlook!

From an organizational psychology perspective I'm sure it tests well that's why they do it
So beloved that they're willing to sacrifice them on the alter of stock price