Agreed that companies can neither be empathetic or sympathetic towards their employees. But can't they at least try? Just laying off people one fine morning is almost like meeting with an accident. You leave your home in the morning happy, with a lot of dreams just to find out that the dreams are on the verge of being shattered.
A lot of people were laid off at my company, without warning. May be that's how it works. But why? I'm sure the management doesn't figure out overnight that the business or a process is not doing well. Isn't there a stage of gradual decline? Of course, there is. Then why do employees have to bear the brunt? Isn't it too easy to say that "they should have seen it coming"?
To add insult to injury, the severance pay is mostly a joke. What about their households, their dependents, and everything else that depends on their monthly income, the full income? And what if the job market is not so welcoming? What happens then?
Those of us who still have our jobs can only feel bad when the news about the layoff breaks. And pray that the human beings who are the decision makers of companies get closer to being human and learn a thing or two about humanity.
That's a disgusting move! Like you said, the company didn't make this decision overnight... They should have given their own employees some time.
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