Nothing new with this.  I have been an engineer for 45 years and this method of firing people is just an extension of sending some poor underpaid HR person to do the firing rather than a manager.  "Fine and I will give you no warning and no reason when I leave".  If you want horror stories, the last place i worked laid off all of the senior staff, many of whom were overseas.  The company cancelled their credit cards and these people had to use their personal credit in order to get back to the States.  In addition, since this was an engineering firm with offices through the world, email and company login just disappeared mid work day.  No warning.  Imagine being an engineer on a panic trip overseas to solve company created issues only to be terminated in a foreign country with no company support.In this day and age, we are all independent contractors with 5 minutes of job security - 5 minutes because that is about how long it takes for the termination email to circulate from the HR server to your personal email.  No company deserves and loyalty beyond the 40 hours and the associated pay check.  The company is NOT your family, this is not Blue Bloods, this is real life.

Nothing new with this.  I have been an engineer for 45 years and this method of firing people is just an extension of sending some poor underpaid HR person to do the firing rather than a manager.  "Fine and I will give you no warning and no reason when I leave".  If you want horror stories, the last place i worked laid off all of the senior staff, many of whom were overseas.  The company cancelled their credit cards and these people had to use their personal credit in order to get back to the States.  In addition, since this was an engineering firm with offices through the world, email and company login just disappeared mid work day.  No warning.  Imagine being an engineer on a panic trip overseas to solve company created issues only to be terminated in a foreign country with no company support.In this day and age, we are all independent contractors with 5 minutes of job security - 5 minutes because that is about how long it takes for the termination email to circulate from the HR server to your personal email.  No company deserves and loyalty beyond the 40 hours and the associated pay check.  The company is NOT your family, this is not Blue Bloods, this is real life.

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