Comments on: How to Lay Off Employees When Everyone Is Remote https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/how-to-lay-off-employees-when-everyone-is-remote.html Everything to make HR better Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Camelia https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/how-to-lay-off-employees-when-everyone-is-remote.html#comment-220204 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:33:57 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=5708#comment-220204 In 2009, I worked for a very small company. One morning I opened my e-mails and found one addressed to eight employees, including me. The owner/manager informed us that we were being laid off, effective that day (because of cash-flow problems and the company’s lack of success in borrowing money from banks). (We the Laid Off represented more than 50 percent of the employees.) We spent the day packing up our personal belongings, getting our final paychecks, and finding out about COBRA and our 401(k). Eventually, some employees were rehired by this company; I was rehired about 4 months later. Notification of termination by e-mail may seem strange, but the owner/manager operated the company mostly by e-mail, not face-to-face contact. None of us suspected that this layoff was coming.

]]> By: Mr Cautious https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/03/how-to-lay-off-employees-when-everyone-is-remote.html#comment-220200 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:02:29 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=5708#comment-220200 I’ve been hired virtually, and I’ve been furloughed virtually. Even if you’re the beloved, indispensable star of the company, “black swan” events happen. Be prepared, financially and emotionally, for the unexpected.

As my wife was just saying to me: this is easier to deal with since we don’t have car payments, but do have an emergency fund.

Like the Great Depression, this might be a national object lesson in preparation.

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