Layoff Tactics Keep Changing, and the Blunders Keep Coming

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Nov 17, 2025
1 min read

Amazon informed staffers via a text-email combo. Target asked workers to stay home. Does any of that make job cuts less painful?

Quick Summary

Employers are changing layoff tactics with an aim of minimizing ugly public scenes.
Some companies are using remote notifications, such as texts.
There are managers who have been cut out of the loop on staff reductions, unable to explain dismissals to teams.

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