booja@booja.ca to Canada · 9 months agoFormer Canada Goose employees allege layoffs via email ‘inhumane’globalnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkFormer Canada Goose employees allege layoffs via email ‘inhumane’globalnews.cabooja@booja.ca to Canada · 9 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 months ago An employer should be forced to look at the person whose livelihood they’re taking away 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.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoExactly 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.
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoImmediate managers still may not be the ones who decide who goes.
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.