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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by KSteffensen on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:42AM (#24130118)
I wouldn't expect there to be a corporate template for a mass layoff press release. Having such a thing would be a warning sign for the future of the company to me.

Also, people who don't know anything about a task tend to underestimate its complexity. I can't remeber the name of the effect but it's a variant of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by j-krieger on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:18AM (#24130331)
Mass layoffs are and have been standard procedures in any company, regardless of size. Writing such templates in good times instead of wasting resources elsewhere is just good risk management.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by tempestn on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:09PM (#24138157)
Whether you have a template or not, each mass layoff is going to be under specific circumstances, and is going to carry significant PR and HR consequences. It would be wise to take considerably longer than 5 minutes to consider and craft that message. I would agree that they could hammer out an initial draft for discussion with management in 5 minutes though.
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