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As Tech Layoffs Mount, Employer-Employee Relations Grow Toxic
Companies have made some bad choices, and workers are bearing the brunt.
More than statistics.
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Imagine it’s your first day on the job. You eat the free donuts. Learn where the bathrooms are. Create 87 different passwords. Divulge two truths and a lie to a circle of strangers. Interact with a chipper HR employee. And THEN you watch that person — the one onboarding you! — get fired midway through their introductory speech. Moments ago, they were praising the company’s pillars of honesty, respect and trust. Now, they’re locked out of their email. What a hospitable welcome.