Been laid off twice, fired 0. Best was when I was given 2 months warning and they brought in a team to help people write resumes.
Expect the person being fired to be angry - it is common to disable their accounts.
When someone is fired, I think the rest of the team usually knows they are a problem. When it is a lay off it has a more negative impact.
I recall if someone was fired 'with cause' they could not get unemployment. Maybe it is just in Florida. Not that unemployment pays much, but that can be a double whammy.
Not sure how big your company is, so not sure how effective your HR can be. The company that had the 'kind' lay off for me was a big company. So their HR was big enough to know everything to tell us.
Make sure you have it well documented. Expect a lawsuit. When I was laid off, some people tried to sue for age discrimination. They failed as there were very few people left at that location, all of whom were older.
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Been laid off twice, fired 0. Best was when I was given 2 months warning and they brought in a team to help people write resumes.
Expect the person being fired to be angry - it is common to disable their accounts.
When someone is fired, I think the rest of the team usually knows they are a problem. When it is a lay off it has a more negative impact.
I recall if someone was fired 'with cause' they could not get unemployment. Maybe it is just in Florida. Not that unemployment pays much, but that can be a double whammy.
Not sure how big your company is, so not sure how effective your HR can be. The company that had the 'kind' lay off for me was a big company. So their HR was big enough to know everything to tell us.
Make sure you have it well documented. Expect a lawsuit. When I was laid off, some people tried to sue for age discrimination. They failed as there were very few people left at that location, all of whom were older.