Spotify to Meta platforms, how companies say ‘layoffs’ without saying ‘layoffs’
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Have you suffered an “involuntary career event” recently? Perhaps you were a casualty of “corporate outplacing,” the unfortunate, yet ostensibly necessary result of your company “rightsizing.” Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job. Layoffs in the first month of 2024 have left tens of thousands without jobs, with the tech industry alone cutting 32,000 roles. The way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever, as companies fear being canceled on social media after a poorly executed final conversation. Executives are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward with their employees.Harvard Business School professor Sandra Sucher said that delicate language is the result of “moral disengagement,” a harm-doer's effort to rationaliz...