"A third laid-off Google employee told Insider that a team midway through an off-site at the Chicago office discovered that two of their team members had been laid off when they were unable to badge into the office with the rest of the group."

Companies act like this to people and then folks get offended that employees don't feel like giving their employers 2-weeks notice and putting themselves at risk anymore.

https://boingboing.net/2023/01/25/some-google-employees-found-they-were-laid-off-only-when-their-badge-didnt-let-them-into-the-office-inhuman.html

Some Google employees found they were laid off only when their badge didn't let them into the office: "Inhuman" | Boing Boing

Around 12,000 — or 6% — of Google employees were laid on Friday, but not everyone saw the “abrupt and impersonal” email before commuting to work. And so some employees who missed the me…

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@rodhilton @schwa I wake up every day hoping to see a historically-widespread act of sabotage by one of these people on the way out. It is well past the point that these companies deserve it.
@jason @rodhilton @schwa I've seen coders do it in their code. Leave little "expiration date" bombs that go off if they're laid off.