{"id":43667,"date":"2014-07-18T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/18\/layoff-announcements-dont-need-a-business-case.html"},"modified":"2014-07-18T12:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T18:04:47","slug":"layoff-announcements-dont-need-a-business-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/18\/layoff-announcements-dont-need-a-business-case.html","title":{"rendered":"Layoff announcements don't need a business case"},"content":{"rendered":"
I mean, really? Are you trying to convince the folk affected that their layoffs will be a good thing<\/i> for them? \u00a0<\/p>\n

Keep it simple, clear, and compassionate. That's what leadership does.<\/p>\n

'With the changes in our industry and company, we will regretfully be laying off X thousand people over the next Y months, focused primarily in the Z business\/geography. We will be providing A, B, and C to the affected employees to assist them. It is always difficult to lose so many talented members of our team, but this is the best way for Microsoft to remain a healthy and profitable industry leader for our shareholders and our remaining workforce.'<\/i><\/p>\n

There, I fixed it for you, in just one paragraph (at least as a first draft).<\/p>\n

Then,<\/i> if you want to wax lyrical about long-term strategy and changing business tides, issue a separate, non-defensive memo next<\/i> week.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +George Wiman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A truly extraordinary bit of corporate writing…\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft Lays Off Thousands With Bad Memo<\/a>
\n This email. I just can’t even\n <\/p>\n

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I mean, really? Are you trying to convince the folk affected that their layoffs will be a good thing for them? \u00a0 Keep it simple, clear, and compassionate. That's what leadership does. 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