Re:SpaceX to lay off 10% of Workforce
by rhizome on Friday January 11, 2019 @08:53PM
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I imagine it's possible that dehumanizing layoffs like this will put SpaceX at a competitive disadvantage, its lunch eventually getting eaten by companies who do care enough about their employees to interact with them in person regarding the business of the company and their place in it, good or bad. This would come out in increased efficiencies due to no surprise-axed-or-not email always threatening to land in their inboxes.
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What is dehumanizing? Either way is awful, but companies have to make tough decisions and communicating those is not easy. Many people prefer an email over awkward semi-genuine HR discussions. Coworkers and manager will reach out afterwards in private and in person if they really cared about the connection.
It's dehumanizing in the strictest sense of the word: communicated by text on a screen rather than in-person.
That’s a superficial focus on human interaction that ignores he reality of business dealings.
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