The Impact of Layoffs
Deeper Impact Than We Understand
A recent article discussed the impact on the organization that managers need to understand. The story below was written based on this article.
The story is all too familiar, but it hits differently when it happens to you. Heather came into work and got called into an unplanned meeting. As a manager, she was told that the company was announcing a 10% reduction in force (layoffs) and that her team would be impacted. She had heard rumblings about possible layoffs for a while now, but the news it was actually happening was still a stomach punch.
