Jump to Comments

Here are some useful tidbits from the legal info website Nolo.com, for all you managers out there, planning how to orchestrate those mass layoffs. 

Here’s an interesting pointer:

First, bring in security personnel only if you legitimately fear violence, such as if workers have made threats, and even then don’t ask them to use any strong-arm tactics like escorting workers out unless things really get out of hand.

Oh, and this:

Don’t order fancy new office furniture, throw a big expensive party, or have a management team retreat to Aspen soon after a layoff.

And always remember this fact, which I gleaned from an anonymous corporate worker whose company has been slowly gutted over the past year: when the top brass fires your assistant, you’ll be the next to go. 

Happy working!