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 threadRev. GothAlice

@rodhilton If you have an employee asking "is it worse to get fired, or quit?" then your organization has issues.

If you're laying them off and their badge is how they find out your company doesn't just have issues, it may or may not be 🤬'd, depending on the country of operation.

Notice isn't a nicety in many places.

As Elon is discovering the hard way.

Jan 30, 2023 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadRev. GothAliceJan 30, 2023

@rodhilton Interestingly related, one web development consultancy I worked for one day called up the development team: "yeah, you can take this week off."

Okay.

End of that week, got another call. "yeah, let's make it two weeks." Furlough, I believe, is the word for this type of behavior. I saw it as un-announced two weeks notice and sought employment elsewhere. Company's rather lucky us Canadians aren't litigious by nature.

(How do you have a web dev company with only managers?)