Email’s a really awful way of doing it just because how dehumanizing it is. An employer should be forced to look at the person whose livelihood they’re taking away - forced to feel uncomfortable. Doing it by email is easier for them, and so shouldn’t be acceptable.
Exactly this. The layoff decision comes from upper management or finance. Immediate managers may get to decide who goes, but it’s more likely that HR made a choice based on previous performance reviews.
You act like the employer would give a fuck about looking people in the face. They might even take joy watching the life leave your face as you get the news.
Email’s a really awful way of doing it just because how dehumanizing it is. An employer should be forced to look at the person whose livelihood they’re taking away - forced to feel uncomfortable. Doing it by email is easier for them, and so shouldn’t be acceptable.
In my experience, the decision is made several levels above the person who is tasked with actually meeting the about-to be-laid-off employees.
The people making those decisions never have to face the people impacted.
Exactly this. The layoff decision comes from upper management or finance. Immediate managers may get to decide who goes, but it’s more likely that HR made a choice based on previous performance reviews.
Immediate managers still may not be the ones who decide who goes.
Why though, it wasn’t the person firing that made the choice, but people above them. The person who made the decision never has to deal with it.
You act like the employer would give a fuck about looking people in the face. They might even take joy watching the life leave your face as you get the news.