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Comment on Ask HN: What's the right way to do layoffs?

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I would add to the sibling comments: Don't say anything publicly to imply that the laid-off were underperforming or otherwise bad employees, e.g. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/15/meta-layoffs.... Even if underperformance actually does happen to be part of the layoff criteria, 1) that's kicking a person when they're already down and 2) as many on HN have said, performance depends on the environment so a person having difficulties in one job may thrive in another.

As for "leaders be(ing) made accountable", they're already being held accountable by the owners of the business.

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