Layoffs
Understand how to handle layoffs effectively as a software engineering manager. Learn to deliver difficult news calmly, follow company protocols, support affected employees, and balance your emotions while maintaining professionalism and empathy.
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Reasons for layoffs
Redundancies are a special case when it comes to letting people go, in which neither you nor your employee are the deciders. The unique challenge with this situation is that:
- They haven’t done anything wrong. There haven’t been any performance issues, so this is purely a business decision. Typically, it is for bad reasons, like the company isn’t hitting targets and has come into financial difficulty. So, even though everyone has somehow contributed to this situation in some way, it’s a decision from above that is out of your control and likely isn’t their fault.
- It’s going to be