Need to Fire 900 People? Maybe Don’t Use Zoom
Better.com leaps into the pantheon of worst layoffs ever.
One likely response to being fired on Zoom.
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There are few good ways to lay off a bunch of people, but there are many, many bad ways. Firing 900 people over Zoom is probably one of them.
In the third season of “Silicon Valley,” Gavin Belson, fictional founder of the tech giant Hooli, calls an all-hands meeting and opens his remarks by saying, “I didn’t think it would be this hard, but goodbyes are always hard, especially when I am the one saying goodbye.” It sounds like he’s gearing up to announce his own resignation, but instead he lays off an entire division. He adds, mournfully, “It is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure. It is my fault. I trusted them to get the job done.”