Rod HiltonJan 25, 2023

"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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Show threadGurtbeef RobeJan 27, 2023
@rodhilton @HeSlimedMeRay my boss gave me 3 weeks notice when he fired me, but he told me on Xmas eve. Worse than the “jelly of the month club”
Show threadHeSlimedMeRayJan 27, 2023
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@HeSlimedMeRay @rodhilton I felt like I was big time since they gave me notice since they usually only do that for corporate executives lol but it still sucks. It was almost $20k paycut to get into management and I’m struggling so hopefully it will be for the best. Hated my boss anyways. It’s been much harder than expected to find something new. But I’m supposed to find out about one tomorrow at 1pm. I don’t buy into the “things always work out” bc they don’t. They used to then that stopped
Jan 27, 2023 at 1:00pmWeb