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When the layoff is an email, it’s nothing personal

5 min read . Updated: 03 Feb 2023, 12:40 AM IST Te-Ping Chen, The Wall Street Journal

Human-resources managers say the speed at which email layoffs can deliver difficult news to many workers at once can limit confusion and the dread of waiting for a fateful call or meeting invite

A lot of workers losing jobs right now are getting the bad news via their inboxes. Employers value the speed. Many employees feel differently.

At first, Jeremy Joslin thought the email announcing his layoff was a phishing attempt. It was 5:30 a.m. in California when he saw it, and with so many technology job cuts afoot, the Google software engineer thought a scammer was trying to capitalize on the news.

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