Hootsuite employees describe internal chaos following mass layoffs

> Some employees said they waited at their desks the rest of the day for news about who would be affected. The majority of the cuts were in North America and Asia, with the Singapore office being closed entirely, according to a post from one employee. The company’s European workforce also saw reductions."

> “The way this was handled…was insane,” wrote one employee. “You try sitting all day with that email hanging over your head and then being let go and bundled out the door as if you are a risk to company moral [sic] – as if anything could be more demoralizing than seeing valued colleagues get frog marched out of the office as they are crying. Absolute shit show.”

I wonder if there is a management chapter somewhere that walks you through how to do a mass layoff? Telling everyone to sit at their desks and wait to see what happens.. seems like a bad option. I guess there are no real good options here but this seems extremely stressful and rushed.