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I've been thru a lot of layoffs and these posts would honestly be the last thing I would worry about. The worst ones I've been thru are the secret layoffs where a handful of people just disappear one day and everyone left just whispers about it because if we were supposed to know details the overlords would have said something and no one wants to be next by speaking out.

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Yeah, mass layoffs are bad and annoying, but at least they're (usually) one and done and over with and you move along with your life.

The worst is when the company is struggling along and you're never quite sure if you should cut and run and people are disappearing every few weeks like some bad horror movie.

That's called a Tony Soprano layoff. HR comes to the employees cubicle at lunch, two silenced shots to the head, and they drag out the body. Nobody sees nothing.

But everyone talks about it, and says "why isn't management honest with us?"

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