Guy Kawasaki has a great post on how companies should do layoffs and the issues involved. As someone who might end up on the layoff list, you owe it to yourself to see things from the other side of the executive door, so you have a better idea of where you stand and what you can do.

The Art of the Layoff

We're in a bubble again. It';s not as frothy as last time, but hallelujah, this time we know what to do, right? One good thing about the dotcom implosion in 2000 is that we got lots of practice laying people off, and I'm afraid that this valuable knowledge may get lost.

If you are scoffing ("Guy's clueless: We'll never downsize because we're growing so fast."), then you're my intended reader. [Continues]

(Via “Let the Good Times Roll” by Guy Kawasaki.)

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