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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by mrweasel on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:38AM (#29461932)
Ideally yes, but 900 people? Before you’ve reached the end of that list you’ll have created a lot of fear among the remaining people.

I worked for a company that did individual firing with a manager and HR, it was no where near 900 people, and it still took the better part of a day. It was absolutely terrible for everyone, not just those who where to be fired.

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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by bko on Monday December 06, 2021 @12:52PM (#29463093)
Goldman Sachs regularly lays off 5% of their 40k workforce every year. It all happens in a short period of time. They somehow manage to do it.
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Re:Better.com CEO fires 900 employees on Zoom call by mrweasel on Monday December 06, 2021 @01:42PM (#29463809)
That's still almost half the number Better.com fired (9%), and Goldman Sachs has a procedure, if they do this every year.
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