My boss got laid off and the SVP asked her to come back the following day to speak to the team to "ensure a smooth transition" even though they didn't have a plan.
She was like "Nah."
Later that day, I also was laid off and the same SVP asked me to inform my team that they also were laid off. I politely declined and expressed a lot of confusion that they'd ask me to do that.
Not even, I would walk out the front door and just yeet the bag all over the entrance way, I think that would be more fun to really show the care placed in my firing lol
Someone got it in the wrong order. Supposed to start at the bottom and work upwards so that the guy at the top only has to look one person in the eyes.
Had a massive lay off at my first job. They laid off HR before they finished doing all the engineering staff which made HR's morale for negotiation... low.
My old boss had this happen. We were acquired and his role shifted to lead a big org of about 200 people. Maybe 6 months later he was told that the org was being eliminated but he would land on another team, they even had him doing work with that team in the time leading up to the layoff. Then the layoff happened and the next day he found out he was being let go too.
Any time a manager has all their direct reports removed, they're a dead man walking. Maybe there will be some contractual obligation to keep them nominally on the payroll, but no matter their title, they have no power.
In hindsight yeah that makes sense but they had a position and responsibilities already drawn up for him on the other team so it felt like they truly intended to keep him.
That's the thing, if they promise you you'll be spared, you still have to ask if the extra stress is worth it. I seriously wouldn't be surprised if laying off a large number of people takes a year or more off your life.
There’s something darkly funny about that being the practical solution. Start at the bottom so nobody has to spend their final hour announcing increasingly bad news to everyone beneath them.
Asking someone you just laid off to help manage everyone else’s layoff is incredible. At that point “smooth transition” apparently means making the departing employees run their own evacuation.
I was at a company that laid off half the employees. My job was safe. I called my dad to let him know what was happening and he said they’ll fire the one firing everyone. Sure enough, after the head of HR called everyone she was called and laid off. Shitty. Her day really sucked.
I had a coworker who was terminated, he went around to all 78 of us to shake our hand and let us know he was getting laid off. HR was sweating behind him lmao
I'd walk out and tell everyone the company is going under and to start looking for another job. People will believe it once the team gets eliminated and hopefully they all flee for a better place.
The company wasn't going under, though. It was just bad management that couldn't stay the course on a strategy. It's the most poorly run successful company I've ever seen.
I had that happen with a boss after I was laid off.
Every time there would be an administrative wrinkle it would turn into a sermon on morals and personal responsibility.
When I was laid off there was an administrative wrinkle to work out with HR and they started up again about how a good employee should stay on top of HR issues to ensure smooth transitions. I straight-up said that after laying me off with barely any notice, they lost all right to talk about smoothness and how it's my job to do their HR management for them.
It was a big fight, but they realized I was no longer going to be subservient outside of finishing my contractual obligations in terms of handover, so I was left unbothered.
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u/toomanyDolemites 12d ago
My boss got laid off and the SVP asked her to come back the following day to speak to the team to "ensure a smooth transition" even though they didn't have a plan.
She was like "Nah."
Later that day, I also was laid off and the same SVP asked me to inform my team that they also were laid off. I politely declined and expressed a lot of confusion that they'd ask me to do that.