What's the strategy behind giving people less than a week's notice that they will potentially be laid off? How does that help?

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It’s one of the 48 Laws of Power

Law 17: Keep others in suspended terror, cultivate an air of unpredictability

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For anyone that hasn’t read the laws of power, I would highly recommend it

https://www.amazon.com/48-Laws-Power-Robert-Greene/dp/0140280197

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It is thought to reduce the productivity drop and possible malicious behavior that comes after people are told they MIGHT be let go. I thought Air BnB handled these communications extremely well last month

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So people don’t coast
What motivation would I have to work at all when I know that I’m gone in a few weeks

It’s a shitty situation, but from the business side, it makes sene

Cost cutting

more time spent with those people on payroll

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I think of it as ripping off the band aid vs slowly peeling it off

To me, giving people a weekend to ruminate is the slow and painful method.

What firm is this?

Layoffs are starting next week supposedly. I wonder if some of the meeting invites will go out today

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So no real layoffs?

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M/SM and above, why do you label a meeting as “touch point” or ask if you can have a “quick chat” when it’s something serious? Millennials like us always assume we’re about to get fired - I actually have been laid off in a meeting with that title. But at my new job, my boss asked for a “quick chat” to literally ask me to change the title of a meeting and then chat about christmas. Now that I’m in management, I want to understand it better.

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Is the life-span of big tech companies usually only a few decades. If companies stagnate, they die...is this just a sign of more to come

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Having trouble landing a decent job, I am 4 years post bachelors, environmental science. I can not seem to land a job above minimum wage. My last position (horticultural assistant) found myself taking on a good amount of projects that were being left unfulfilled, due to coworker politics (a few co worker’s wanted to see the supervisor fall short of expectations) in addition I had difficulty with my manager( sexual harassment) I rejected their advances, and I was laid off in December

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