After rebranding from Twitter to X, this company (whatever they’re called now) has gone through some MAJOR changes. One of these changes include laying off tons of employees in order to make the company more efficient. By doing so they would be neglecting one of their roles as a company in order to take care of their employees, but they did end up supporting them after. I do understand where the new CEO is coming from in trying to make the company more efficient. Beth Hering says,”Small companies are usually more nimble than their large-company counterparts. Because they’re often more specialized, when the market shifts, a small company is better able to shift along with it.” (Hering 9). This further supports the reason for laying some people off in order to make the company more efficient.
From the article I read, it seems like the CEO really did most of the basic things that should be done in order to properly lay off employees. He also helps them by giving them aid after they are laid off in order to hold them over until they find another job. If I was one of the employees at X and I received this message, at first I would be frustrated. I am now out of a job and I have to search for a new one. On the other hand, I am receiving a decent sum of money along with that I understand where the CEO is coming from and he is just trying to better his company. At the end of the day he is trying to improve like most people are. I wouldn’t forgive him though, I am very petty and kinda value my job like most people though. While he does have reason for doing what he did, I personally would be upset, but I understand both sides of the argument. There are plenty of good ways to cope with lots of problems especially being laid off so I’m sure with time I’d get over it.
https://www.betterup.com/blog/benefits-of-working-for-a-large-company-vs-small-company
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/getting-laid-off
Good point in bringing up the difference between small and large companies and why X is trying to be more efficient and smaller. Your visuals add a lot of depth and explanation to your post. How do you feel about the way the email was written? Do you think Jack Dorsey was too blunt or not enough?
I loved your title and how it used techniques from Chapter 4 “How to write with Flair”. I agree that the CEO did all of the basic things to complete a letting go memo, but it left room for a lot of questions and frustrations. I personally would not be able to get over me being fired because I was left with an explanation that did not answer any of the reasons why I was let go. Also for many they are leaving Twitter with a bad taste in their mouth. Many of the employees will feel like their work was not valued and not one of the “good” employees that did not get fired. There was a better way to go around this message for sure.
People forget that no matter what job or field a person is in, we all are humans and make mistakes. The severance package is competitive and can be used effectively to land a new job. Although it’s never good to be fired, Twitter is a company, and at the end of the day, profit is why they are open in the first place. Emotions are common for humans, but when running a company, they must be taken out, and everything is judged on rationality. Is it fair to complain about losing your job after that previous job helped land you elsewhere?