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Re:Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs by mingusrude on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @10:59AM (#31740484)
> Tell them that the are right to be mad, disappointed, and even to hate you for choosing their head to roll.

This is OK.

> Tell them that you are upset. Tell them that you haven't slept.

No, no, no. Never talk about your own difficulties when you lay someone off, this is one particular time when it's not about you but 100% about the person that you are laying off.

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Re:Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs by brandall10 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:32PM (#31746348)
Right. I'm mystified this is anyone's reaction... dishing empathy while garnering sympathy is a weird double bind to put on people on the receiving end.
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