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Pay Offs & Lay Offs

2025/5/31
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Felix Salmon: 我观察到,公司在员工离职时,常常会营造一种模糊的氛围,即使离职并非完全自愿,也会对外宣称是双方友好协商的结果。这种做法一方面是为了维护公司形象,避免给人留下容易解雇员工的印象,另一方面也是为了帮助离职员工避免被贴上负面标签。我很好奇,在当今时代,这种做法是否还有价值,以及隐瞒离职真相是否真的有必要。 Emily Peck: 我认为,在新闻和科技行业,被解雇的耻辱感已经大大降低。尤其是在2020年之后,大规模的裁员和解雇变得司空见惯,人们也更加愿意公开谈论自己的经历。在领英上发布视频、公开求职状态已经成为一种新的文化。当然,公司有时会试图暗示被解雇是个人原因,但这更多是为了安抚留下的员工,而非事实真相。 Elizabeth Spiers: 我认为公司支付补偿金,一部分原因是希望避免潜在的诉讼风险,另一方面是为了维护公司在内外部的声誉,以便未来能够更好地招聘人才,并降低员工流失率。此外,职场中存在一种不成文的规则,即高层管理者之间会互相照顾,因为他们也意识到自己有一天可能面临同样的境地。

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This chapter explores the ambiguous nature of employee departures, particularly at higher levels of organizations. It discusses the reasons why companies often frame layoffs as voluntary departures and the motivations behind providing severance packages, including managing internal and external backlash and mitigating litigation risks.
  • Opacity surrounds employee departures, especially at higher levels.
  • Companies often frame layoffs as voluntary to protect their image.
  • Severance packages are offered to mitigate litigation, maintain reputation, and reduce attrition.
  • Negotiating severance terms is advantageous for employees.

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This week: Felix Salmon) left Axios. He, Emily Peck) and Elizabeth Spiers) discuss the opaque language and politics around parting ways with an employer and the motivation behind giving severance packages. Then, it seems the threat of AI taking over jobs is becoming real as the hosts examine the role state of AI in tech and other industries and its effect on the job market. Finally, major stablecoin issuer Circle is going public. So what is a stablecoin and why do people want them?

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