Ask HN: How are big-company layoffs planned and executed?
For anyone on the other side of the table (CEO, HR, Operations folks), how have you planned big-company layoffs before and how do you keep it silent before it happens?
For example, in the 12000 person Google layoff today, how did they get a list of 12000 people to layoff? Is it all done at the very top level, or are decisions about who/what to keep delegated to some certain level?
For example, in the 12000 person Google layoff today, how did they get a list of 12000 people to layoff? Is it all done at the very top level, or are decisions about who/what to keep delegated to some certain level?