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More than three and a half years later, and thousands of rounds, my layoff still rankles.


Years ago when the phone company did their first layoff, everyone knew it was coming and even what date but not who. The company was keeping it a big secret so that people would not go out sick, retire, do sabotage, etc. And it was supposed to stay secret until each person found out.

On the fateful morning, anyone who was due to be laid off could not log on, and all you had to do to find out who was being laid off was send a global email to the entire company mailing list and anyone who bounced was it. Some secret.